Date:         Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:54:06 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Penetrating fluid
Comments: To: Gab and Em <shoesandbikes@GMAIL.COM>
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---- Gab and Em <shoesandbikes@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> "50% acetone & 50% ATF"
>
> I will try that too -- THANKS -- WD40 seems so weak, it drives me crazy.
>
> (Navy uses Tabasco by the flat on rusted bolts in the boiler room.  Not
> sure if it is just that particular type of rusted stainless steel which
> gets loosened by Tabasco or not; but I haven't had much success with it
> since exiting the boiler room for the last time.

Tabasco, really?  Well, lactic acid from the pepper fermentation, acetic acid from the vinegar, water, capsaicin.  Anything I am missing?  Maybe I'll try sour kraut next time I need to loosen a sticky bolt.  Then if that doesn't work, a little vinegar.  Then pepper juice.  Then mix two of them.  No water by itself though.  Water won't work.  mcneely

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David McNeely