Better than PB Blaster

salty · 2010-08-06T11:27:23+00:00

This is pretty wild. 50/50% mix of ATF and Acetone is twice aseffective as the 2nd best, Kroil, and 4 times as effective as PBBlaster!"The April/May 2007 edition of Machinist's Workshop did a test ofpenetrating oils where they measured the force required to loosenrusty test devices. Buy the issue if you want to see how they did thetest. The results reported were interesting. The lower the number ofpounds the better. Mighty interesting results for simple acetone andtranny fluid!Penetrating oil . Average load .. Price per fluid ounceNone ................. 516 pounds .WD-40 .............. 238 pounds .. $0.25PB Blaster ......... 214 pounds .. $0.35Liquid Wrench ... 127 pounds .. $0.21Kano Kroil ........ 106 pounds .. $0.75ATF-Acetone mix.. 53 pounds .. $0.10The ATF-Acetone mix was a 50/50 mix (1 to 1 ratio)."

Joe 16 years ago

Back to Chem 101 dude. You have two words wrong in your statement: aromatic and hydrocarbon. By strict definition, hydrocarbons contain only carbon and hydrogen which acetone does not. Aromatic refers to compounds with ring structures like benzene, toluene and the like. Acetone can correctly be considered a polar compound, hydrocarbons are considered the opposite, non polar. With it's penchant for water miscibility acetone is a very poor choice for mixing with any strictly hydrocarbon fluid like PSF, ATF or hydraulic fluid. And that's a fact.

Joe

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Doug Miller 16 years ago

Bullshit.

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clare 16 years ago

Well, I just tried Dexron 3 and it does not mix very well neet. I used to use Dexron 2, Kero, varsol, and Acetone in equal amounts and that mix DID work. It's known as Ed's Red. Perhaps the kero and varsol aid in the mixing, or perhaps the old Dexron mixed better - I don't know. But the 4 way mixture sure mixed well, and stayed mixed.

Darn good penetrant too, and the ATF left enough oil behind to resist re-rusting

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Ralph Mowery 16 years ago

I have been using Ed's Red for about 15 years when I got the mix from him off the old Fido net, Way back before the Al Gore 'invented' the internet. It works very well for many things. The acetone seems to stay mixed in it. Might have to do with all the other items in the mix.

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