Tested: Kroil, Seafoam Deep Creep, Honey Goo, Liquid Wrench.
Results: penetrating oil is mostly hype. Thank you for your help! Statistical Data Plot here: https://i.imgur.com/z71hM7sg.png
Early Access here http://www.Patreon.com/AvE
Results: penetrating oil is mostly hype. Thank you for your help! Statistical Data Plot here: https://i.imgur.com/z71hM7sg.png
Early Access here http://www.Patreon.com/AvE
Always heat and beat if you can help it… Especially here on the beach, every piece of metal is either falling apart or bonded by electrolysis… I wish it was just iron oxide!
RIP kroil
Safe to say if spraying Seafoam Deep Creep on bare clean metal, the product should keep the metal rust free?
Does anyone else call it “Liquid Stench”?
Using any penetrating fluid provides the majority of benefit. Everything else is second order.
All you need for penetrating oil is just cheap motor oil, 5w30, 10w30 they all work. Works better than anything else, 6 bucks a quart. Hit it with the torch first, then apply motor oil, works every time. I haven't used anything else in years and it's never let me down.
I have had good luck with Kroil on old rusty guns, but honestly I've never tried anything else. I got a big can of it given to me when I first got into guns so it's just what I use. Haven't had anything I couldn't get apart so far with it but was surprised to see it suck in this test since it really does get a lot of hype.
I'm pretty sure they changed the formula on Kroil. I remember when I first used that stuff there were warnings on it to not use it in an enclosed, unventilated space because of the chance of asphyxiation. That is no longer the case and if I'm not mistaken it comes in different iterations now. I no longer use it anyway because of the price and better products. Love your vids…
Depends on the types of metals, in the UK we have a different range of products (similar chemicals, different "brand" names). WD40 liquid is the least effective IME unless its only recently seized. Kroil liquid is the most effective on parts that have been frozen for a long time. Not speaking strictly threaded fasteners, but items with pivots/bushs/sliding action the Kroil certainly does very well.
However often comes down to technique, patience and using good quality tools to prevent rounding the fasteners. Heat, knock, kroil, patience and repeat over a reasonable period of time (a week) will get most things moving again without causing undue damage to the parts.
Always cheaper to buy from the flam cabinet in the shop.
Half an hour of foul-mouth cussing and juvenile genital joking to present dubious results? No thanks! I don't have the time to waste.