Free your metal! PB B'laster & WD40

[BigBoyToys]

I started using PB years ago working on the Jeep.
Now I'll be mixing up a little "Autotone" for future work!!!

 

[tbn7]

"Autotone" I like that name.

 

[Mike9]

I use the 50/50 mix. If something is that rusty I'm not worried about paint. Acetone evaporates so fast it isn't touching the enamel on my Kubota. The stuff works better than anything I've ever used - lube and tap, lube and tap.

 

[Workstead]

I've used "Autotone" in one of those metal squeeze oilers. For a few days it's great but then the acetone evaporates and I'm left with tx fluid.

 

[MNBobcat]

The trick with whatever you use is to heat the metal first with a propane torch and then spray the oil on while the metal is hot. You don't need to heat it red hot. The heat thins the oil and as the metal cools it sucks the oil in via capillary action. At least that is my theory on it. Whatever the case, I discovered this trick 40 years ago and it really does work.

 

[newbury]

WD-40 is great for cleaning greasy parts without a parts washer. Spray it on, wait a few minutes, scrub with old toothbrush, wipe with shop towel, voilà. <snip>

Just don't let your wife know you used her toothbrush!

One of the reasons I started this thread was because for the average handyman I seem to need a lot of duplicates. I'm maintaining 4 houses and an apartment. I've got 5 "shops". In each shop I've workbenches set up in my pallet racking for different projects. For stuff I use frequently in all I've found it a lot better for me to have duplicates at each site. Travel time (even just walking) to get a different wrench set, a roll of duct tape, a can of WD40 was eating up my day. And if the "tool" is handy I'm more likely to use it immediately. Especially with things like WD40 and Fluid Film. In about 3 years I've gone through a full case of Fluid film, but that includes a half case still spread out. I've only 1 gallon of Kroil.

I thought the price on the two can combo's was worth bringing to the attention of others.

To those that want to use acetone and atf, more power to you.

 

[arrow]

Fluid Film has an excellent reputation, and not only lubes, but stays in place as a film, further protecting items exposed to weather/corrosive environments.
Wurth, a German manufacturer that sells automotive items to garages, etc., makes a product called Rost-off. I used it exclusively for many years when I owned my own foreign auto repair/sales shop. They also have many, many other excellent, though not cheap, auto supplies available at 301 Moved Permanently and other sites online.

Had to ask Coyote: it's probably just positioning but it looks as if there's a fire in your bucket. Interesting avatar none the less.

 

[franklin2]

I've used "Autotone" in one of those metal squeeze oilers. For a few days it's great but then the acetone evaporates and I'm left with tx fluid.

The same thing happened to me. Besides smelling really bad(auto tranny fluid doesn't smell that great) it does work very well, but I let it sit for a couple of weeks and went to use it and it was just tranny fluid.

PB blaster and the others work good, but I have never found anything that worked better than Kano Kroil. It's not cheap, but there is nothing better to loosen rusty bolts. It has no lubricating properties like wd40 has, but if something needs to be loosened up it can't be beat.

 

[ray66v]

Penetrating oils are mostly a feel good thing. The time they take to work, as well as the smell, make them worthless to me.

My boss and I work back to back. He uses PB Blaster all day. And I use nothing but heat. I get more work done than he does, and I don't smell like PB Blaster, which is basically squirrel urine.

As far as a spray oil goes, WD-40 evaporates so fast, it's just about worthless. And. it has an unpleasant smell too. Anything people use for WD-40, there is a product that will do that better, and costs a lot less money to use.

This product: Ultra Lube, Amazon.com: Ultra Lube 10444 LubriMagic Spray Lubricant and Penetrant Aerosol - 12 oz.: Automotive, lasts much longer than WD-40, and has no smell at all. It's also a penetrating oil, for those who like to waste their time using one. Lowe's sells it in my area.

 

[stuckmotor]

On a rusty, bolt I like to work over the exposed threads with a steel bristle brush before oiling and loosening the nut. At least for me, it usually keeps rust from jamming it after it's started coming off.