We are posting what has worked for us over the years. Personally.. PB blaster works good for me.. however.. at the price per can it gets prohibitive when yuo are working on antique tractors where 110% of the fasteners were already rusted stuck years before I was born. Thus.. i can go broke buying the scientifically formulated stuff, or i can find something that costs 3$ to make a little over 2 gallons of it, and have it work at least 90% as good. With your way.. I'd have less money to spend on dragging the rusty iron home.. etc.
While i havn't used the acetone mix, i have used other quick flashing materials like naptha... They work as solvents to thin the ATF.. once it is thinner it can wick into tighter spots faster.. when the solvent flashes off you are left with a decent lube residue.
Why not. You honestly think that every meaningfull scientific breakthru that has happend on this planet has only taken place on purpose, in a lab under controlled environments, with 4 million dollars of test equipment on the shelf, and a team of engineers and other people with enough lettered degrees by their name to need a chinese alphabet? That's real wishfull thinking.
Since you are so big on science to back up things.. where is your emperical evidence disproving any of the concotions posted here. We will of course want corroborating test results conducted by independent labs to verify your hypothesis.. etc.
Guess I shouldn't hold my breath on that right? (wink)
I can't speak for others.. but in the forums i haunt.. I'd wager that ATF has helped break free more stuck pistons/rings from liners than probably any other single chemical.
In some cases, a slightly thinned atf concoction actually works better than the superthin penetrating oil for situations where you want it to pool and wick around many places, like rings on a piston, vs leaking out intot he pan the first straight thru opening it finds... etc.
Soundguy
