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Thread Number: 96421
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Penetrating Oil Showdown....Which is the Best? |
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Post# 1211422 8/6/2024 at 16:28 by reactor  (Oak Ridge, Tennessee-- ) |
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For those of you unfamiliar with "Project Farm" videos, they are of a man who tests various consumer products, somewhat of a one man Consumer Reports. There are others who do this as well, but Project Farms tests are consistently based on reproducible tests.
Here is the first phase of penetrating oil/lubricants. There is a part two, which I will post later that tests additional brands. Part 3 is a showdown of the top two winners of the previous tests. BTW, As some have previously mentioned, WD-40 is technically not a penetrating oil (he calls them penetrating "fluids,") but it is included in his test/review. CLICK HERE TO GO TO reactor's LINK This post was last edited 08/06/2024 at 21:42 | ||
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Post# 1211481 , Reply# 1 8/7/2024 at 01:49 by robbinsandmyers (Conn) |
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 Many years ago I started out with Liquid Wrench I bought at the auto parts store. It worked well I thought until I started working in the truck/trailer industry and we had a Ryder Truck Rental shop around the corner. One day a tech brought me over some Howes penetrating oil in a pump sprayer. They bought it in 55 gallon drums. That was the best stuff I used until I got turned on to PB'laster when it was made by the William K. Westley Co before they sold out. That was my go to until a friend that works at Pratt & Whitney started bringing me home cans of Knock Er Loose by CRC and that became my favorite. Then I was working at a John Deere dealer after switching careers to lawn & garden repair when the service manager brought in a small 8oz squeeze can of Kroil with a pin point nozzle his brother gave him to clean his guns with but he didnt like the smell so he gave it to us. I immediately discovered a little goes a long way and I've done some incredible things with that stuff over the years that was very rusty. I also use it to drill holes in steel to keep the bit cool and also to tap new threads. I was buying the same containers off eBay until the stuff started to get very expensive a few years ago so I stocked up on a dozen cans once when a seller had them crazy cheap. Luckily my friend at Pratt started supplying me with Aero Kroil cans he gets so Ive been using those. I know it didnt come out on top in those tests but Im sure gonna stick with it, even though I can still get the Knock Er Loose for free as well. As far as WD40 goes its great for wet ignitions and thats all I use it for. Thats all its really good for with all the other options out there. | ||
| Post# 1211579 , Reply# 2 8/7/2024 at 23:13 by Thatwasherguy (Kentucky) | ||
I’be been a believer in liquid wrench…
Ever since I used it to free up a pair of needle nosed pliers about five years ago. An HVAC tech left them at our house, and we found them about a month later, after having sat out in the rain and rusted just about completely solid. After leaving them in the garage to marinate for about a year, I re-discovered them when I needed a set of pliers, and couldn’t find my regular ones. By this point, I could only get them to move to two positions; almost completely closed and almost completely open, no middle ground. As soon as I sprayed the joint with the liquid wrench, it freed up. I continue to use those pliers to this day, and haven’t had any issues with the joint since.
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Post# 1211604 , Reply# 3 8/8/2024 at 10:58 by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Post# 1211619 , Reply# 4 8/8/2024 at 14:01 by kalanikaau1 (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
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My go to | ||
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Post# 1211697 , Reply# 5 8/9/2024 at 01:02 by robbinsandmyers (Conn) |
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Never Seize | ||
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Post# 1211711 , Reply# 6 8/9/2024 at 09:08 by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Zoom-Spout Remains my go-to. I have had consistently good results over the years. | ||
| Post# 1211747 , Reply# 7 8/9/2024 at 19:20 by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1211808 , Reply# 8 8/10/2024 at 16:00 by eronie (Flushing Michigan) |
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Theres a guy on UTube that sweres by crayons... | ||
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Post# 1211873 , Reply# 9 8/11/2024 at 13:13 by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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QSD-DAN------ Ok, ok, so I am not a professional mechanic. I use PBlaster and Zoomspout for everything. They work. Something must penetrate! | ||
| Post# 1215549 , Reply# 10 9/24/2024 at 13:11 by Statomatic (France) | ||
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Post# 1215959 , Reply# 11 10/1/2024 at 14:58 by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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A home made blend | ||
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Post# 1216060 , Reply# 13 10/3/2024 at 08:18 by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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"The chance of success or failure depends on the technique and tools used by the person attempting the disassembly"
Dave, I couldn't have said it better myself. When a penetrating oil is used for disassembly, I often think of it more as a temporary lubricant for the exposed threads, more than the oil attempting to get past the first round of threads within the tapped section or nut. Also, where applicable, heat via a torch is king. Ben | ||
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