Free your metal! PB B'laster & WD40

[muddstopper]

I keep a can or two of pb blaster around at all time. It will free up about anything,but for those things it dont work on, I have used the acetone/atf mix for years. If its really stuck, the acetone/atf will work better and anything. Works great at freeing up stuck engine, just fill the bores and let it set for a day or three and try giving it a spin. Motor will smoke like crazy when she fires up, but it keeps the Knats away.

 

[lutt]

I keep a can or two of pb blaster around at all time. It will free up about anything,but for those things it dont work on, I have used the acetone/atf mix for years. If its really stuck, the acetone/atf will work better and anything. Works great at freeing up stuck engine, just fill the bores and let it set for a day or three and try giving it a spin. Motor will smoke like crazy when she fires up, but it keeps the Knats away.

We used to use straight ATF in old John Deere 2 cylinder tractors to free them up. Also some of the old wrenches such as my dad used to use a mix of diesel and old engine oil. Don't fool with them old irons any more. I am a big fan of PB Blaster, they also make some good contact cleaner I like. I buy it and WD-40 in gallon cans. The first of PB I bought at Oreilys auto parts came with a metal spray bottle. LUTT

 

[farm boy00]

I can spray PB Blaster outside at arms reach with the wind blowing sideways, wait 3 hours and go in for lunch and my wife will complain of a huge head ache. I finely threw the can away. I will have to try that homemade mix. Thanks Ed

Is it the smell? ?

 

[farm boy00]

We use pb or wd40 but prefer pb blaster for our high jackers. They have 2 shafts that slide together and if left in the rain or forced together without lube are a b***** you get part and for the winch and wheels on the forks



Also more technical name "duct lifts"

 

[s219]

Problem with acetone is that it can damage a lot of paints, finishes, and plastics, so I am very careful when I use it, even on a rag. I'd be *super* careful putting it in a spray bottle even if mixed 50/50 with transmission fluid.

 

[muddstopper]

Problem with acetone is that it can damage a lot of paints, finishes, and plastics, so I am very careful when I use it, even on a rag. I'd be *super* careful putting it in a spray bottle even if mixed 50/50 with transmission fluid.

Acetone is the same thing as finger nail polish remover, so yea, its hard on paint. I have use Denatured Alcohol in the place of acetone, results seem similar.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Is it the smell? ?

I don't know really. She has a nose that can smell things most can't but she gets a head ace even when she can;t smell the PB. She does have some allergies so that may be it. What ever it is it's not worth it for me to have it around. Ed

 

[katoomed00]

Because a firm believer in the early 80s while working on workover land rigs. We went to a location that had an old sucker rod oil well, the 12" casing cap was locked up tight, we beat it with a 12lb sledge and bent the handle on a 60 inch chain tong using a hydraulic ram to pull on it. That afternoon we just soaked it down with a few cans of WD-40, next morning we put the chain tong back on it and it unscrewed with one person, blew my mind WD-40 would work that well.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Because a firm believer in the early 80s while working on workover land rigs. We went to a location that had an old sucker rod oil well, the 12" casing cap was locked up tight, we beat it with a 12lb sledge and bent the handle on a 60 inch chain tong using a hydraulic ram to pull on it. That afternoon we just soaked it down with a few cans of WD-40, next morning we put the chain tong back on it and it unscrewed with one person, blew my mind WD-40 would work that well.

Had you used Fluid Film on it, you would have found it had unscrewed itself by next morning. ;-)

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[GLyford]

I use PB because it works, in aerosol cans since I don't gon't go through it fast enough to justify buying the stuff in bulk cans...and I can find it anywhere. I use WD-40 because I can't stop people from giving me cans, haven't actually bought any in decades. But my favorite commercial product is Kroil, from Penetrating-Lubricating Oils . I've got one little bottle which I hoard for the real hard cases.

My brother works on more stuff than me and is a big fan of the get-it-hot, hit it with any spray, tap it with a hammer, then turn approach, and I have seen it work wonders (20 year old muffler bolts on an Allis Chalmers).

I've known about ATF-Acteone and the related "Ed's Red" for a while, but haven't used them, I may make some up to play with one of these days.