<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Cosmic Charlie" <phatrat@comcast.net><br><b>To: </b>><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, August 29, 2014 11:13:39 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Fw: Penetrating Oil - interesting<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: #800080" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #800080;"><div><em><span size="4" data-mce-style="font-size: large;" style="font-size: large;">Very interesting....</span></em></div><div style="FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline" data-mce-style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;"><div style="FONT: 10pt tahoma" data-mce-style="font: 10pt tahoma;"><div><br></div><div style="FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline" data-mce-style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; color: #000000;"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt; color: #1f497d;"></span> </span></div></div><div style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: comic sans ms; COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)" data-mce-style="font-size: 16px; font-family: comic sans ms; color: #0000ff;"><div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #000; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000; background-color: #fff;"><div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: helveticaneue, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, lucida grande, sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helveticaneue, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, lucida grande, sans-serif;"><div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6320665527"><div><div class="yiv6320665527WordSection1"><blockquote style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt" data-mce-style="margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt;"><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span> </div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span> </div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span> </div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">For All of you Mechanic's and Self doer’s out there.</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">Penetrating Oil - interesting</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">This was in one of the Military Vehicle Club newsletters</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span> </div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">Here is an interesting article submitted by Bob Muller for our members consideration</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">Penetrating Oils</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">Recently “Machinist Workshop Magazine” did a test on penetrating oils. Using nuts and</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">bolts that they ‘scientifically rusted’ to a uniform degree by soaking in salt water, they then</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">tested the break-out torque required to loosen the nuts. They treated the nuts with a variety</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">of penetrants and measured the torque required to loosen them.</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">This is what they came up with:</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"> Nothing: 516 lbs</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"> WD-40: 238 lbs;</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"> PB Blaster: 214 lbs;</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"> Liquid Wrench: 127 lbs,</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"> Kano Kroil: 106 lbs</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"> (ATF)/Acetone mix (50/50): 50 lbs.</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span> </div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">This last “shop brew” of 50% automatic transmission fluid and 50% acetone appears to beat</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;">out the commercially prepared products costing far more.</span></i></b></div><div class="yiv6320665527MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span> </div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>