Not the US military, not now anyway. Maybe during WW2. Mix that up and have it at work and OSHA, EPA, PETA, etc, etc would go crazy!
Sometimes I forget chains in teh bottom of a pail or in the truck bed and they get pretty nasty. I just throw them in the parts tank and rinse them off. I have stoddard solvent in there.
My mistake on the Military using it.. It was in a Military vehicle club magazine,,, whoops. Interesting though...
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bobabuee
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Homemade Penetrating Oil tests
i found this on
www.homadetools.com thought very interesting.
Homemade Penetrating Oil
For All of you Mechanic's and Self doer’s out there.
Penetrating Oil - interesting
This was in one of the Military Vehicle Club newsletters
Here is an interesting finding on Penetrating Oils
Recently “Machinist Workshop Magazine” did a test on penetrating oils. Using nuts and
bolts that they ‘scientifically rusted’ to a uniform degree by soaking in salt water, they then
tested the break-out torque required to loosen the nuts. They treated the nuts with a variety
of penetrants and measured the torque required to loosen them.
This is what they came up with:
Nothing: 516 lbs
WD-40: 238 lbs;
PB Blaster: 214 lbs;
Liquid Wrench: 127 lbs,
Kano Kroil: 106 lbs
(ATF)/Acetone mix (50/50): 50 lbs.
This last “shop brew” of 50% automatic transmission fluid and 50% acetone appears to beat
out the commercially prepared products costing far more.
NOTE: I can't personally vouch for the results, 'cause I haven't read the magazine or tried it yet.