Making your own Penetrating Oil

Loosening those rusted nuts:

You can make your own rust penetration oil which works better than most shelve products.
Mix Acetone and ATF 50/50 . The Acetone makes it thin to easy penetrate and the ATF does the job.

A study done by Machinist’s Workshop magazine in their April 2007 issue looked at different penetrating oils to see which one did the best job of removing a rusted bolt by measuring the pounds of torque required to loosen the bolt once treated. If the study was scientifically accurate, it turns out a home brew works best!

Here’s the summary of the test results:

Penetrating oil ….. Average load

None …………………. 516 pounds
WD-40 ………………. 238 pounds
PB Blaster ………….. 214 pounds
Liquid Wrench …… 127 pounds
Kano Kroil …………. 106 pounds
ATF-Acetone mix….53 pounds