Better than WD40

California · May 6, 2004

I gotta get some PB Blaster.

I tried Liquid Wrench to free up the three point hitch's right side lift turnbuckle - the vertical one. Even removing the top half of the turnbuckle and pouring LW inside, the lower shaft was obviously galling instead of unthreading. So I poured in 3-in-One oil instead. The turnbuckle unscrewed smoothly, as oiled threads should. I decided Liquid Wrench was useless.

RichNJKubota · May 6, 2004

For me, I found that Kroil is the best.

Rich

theboman · May 6, 2004

You folks seem to like this PB stuff... I'll grab some for when I need it.... but does work as a cleaner as well as WD40? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Got old labels, tape etc on things....WD40 gets it off. A longtime fan of WD40's bajillion uses.

SnowRidge · May 6, 2004

( Murrays and TSC sells PBlaster in gallon bulk cans. )

Oooohhh, I didn't know that. Next stop TSC for a gallon of the good stuff. Thanks for the tip.

SnowRidge

higgy · May 6, 2004

I would not use blaster in that maner, it smells and is hard to get off of things. I keep wd arounf for other uses, such as drying out distributer caps de-watering etc.

Dane

Dozernut · May 6, 2004

We found an old Kahn tuba (about 1900) for my son who is a music major and aspires to be a band teacher. The valves were dirty, corroded and stuck. We disassembled the valves, cleaned the chambers and replaced some missing pieces, but the valves were still sticky. We gave them a shot of PB and they worked flawlessly. However the horn stunk badly for months, but the smell eventually left and the horn still works well today.

BeeFarmer · May 6, 2004

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OkeeDon · May 6, 2004

We found an old Kahn tuba (about 1900) for my son who is a music major and aspires to be a band teacher. 

I've done that with a few instruments, like a French horn I found at a yard sale for $45, for my band director daughter. By the way, if your son is thinking about teaching middle school, and likes the country, tell him to apply to Okeechobee, Florida schools. My daughter is the high school director, and is always looking to recommend a good middle school teacher as part of her feeder program. She took over the program about 6 years ago, and just got her concert band to the State level adjudication for the first time in 16 years.

Soundguy · May 6, 2004

For those using PB on old instruments:

They do make a valve grease ( really a thin oil.. like sewing machine oil - whale oil ) specifically for that.. is almost as thin as alcohol.. you can almost pour it through paper..

be careful using that strong of a solvent near the corked slip and flange fittings.. some of those are held on with adhesive...

Soundguy

Bird · May 6, 2004

( my band director daughter )

I think there are some vacancies for band directors in the Dallas schools. According to the Dallas Morning News they've arrested 3 in the past couple of weeks for stealing band instruments from the schools where they worked and selling them to pawn shops. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif