Re: Penetrating oil

["James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>]

Barrie,
   I think wax (or parrafin, as you Brits say) mixed with kerosine 
(white gas) will produce a similar product.... or is that the recipe for 
Napalm?  I always get the two confused.  Now let me dig a little 
further...  Do you want a true penetrating oil (something with such a 
low viscosity and surface tension that it creeps into the tiniest of 
cracks and loosens rust  but really doesn't hang around all that long 
(like Kroil (which is magic, in my book.  Also great for cleaning out 
rifle bores)) or are you looking for something with just enough 
penetrating properties to seal a cavity or seam for the long term?  If 
you are looking for the latter, I'll dig out the name of a product I 
bought based on the results of a university study (I used to have that 
study, and in fact I think I once posted a link to it, but I don't know 
how to search the archives, and lost my copy due to a hard-drive 
failure).  Waxoyl works fine for this purpose, too, although it doesn't 
penetrate all that much.

Kroil is great stuff, even at $70.00. I guarantee you'll find many other 
purposes for it.  It allowed me to get many a spark-plug out of an 
aluminum head, without striping the threads, and it helped me take a 
barrell off of an M1 Garand that had been in place since Hitler annexed 
the Sudatenland.  Many match shooters use it to get the toughest fouling 
out of their rifle barrels, and these guys are concerned about 1 inch of 
accuracy at 1000 yards.  Again, I don't regret a single penny I spent on 
my gallon.
JJJ


Barrie Robinson wrote:

>  I want to soak the inside of my sills (cills?) with oily stuff but 
> Rust Check will not sell me a few litres, Krone wants $70!   So, 
> anyone know how to make penetrating oil?   Perhaps mix engine oil with 
> toluene, acetone or kerosene or what?
>
> A lister once mentioned filling the cavities and then draining  - then 
> using the liquid to do the next ones
>
> Barrie Robinson
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