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Solvent-will it penetrate rust?

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Dave

09-19-2003 18:34:39

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I always seem to put a lot parts into the parts washer to soak for a while before working on them.Got to wondering if it helped loosen up rusty bolts,etc.?? I've never heard anybody mention solvent among all the favorite fluids for penetrating rust.Can't remember the brand name just now,but the stuff I use is flammable.

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John Garner

09-22-2003 16:48:54

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Re: Solvent-will it penetrate rust? in reply to Dave, 09-19-2003 18:34:39

Dave --

Cleaning solvents certainly will penetrate, but the quickness of the penetation and the amount of lubrication that the solvent offers will vary with the solvent and whatever is contaminating it . . . in other words, it is not as predictable as a commercial penetrating oil.

Many years ago I worked for an old guy who used a mixture of Stoddard Solvent and Automatic Transmission Fluid in his parts-cleaning tank. He stored the too-dirty-to-keep-using solvent in a 55 gallon drum behind the garage. He threw seriously frozen bits and pieces into the drum of old solvent and let them soak for up to three months . . . most of them came apart without too much trouble once he fished them out of the drum.

John

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ret

09-23-2003 15:57:44

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Re: Re: Solvent-will it penetrate rust? in reply to John Garner, 09-22-2003 16:48:54

in the ford dealership I worked at in the 60s, in rust country, when all the fords had long SAE 5/16 bolts in them, when we dissasembled them (was a body man) we put the bolts and nuts in a can of Tranny oil, Ford used F type in those days. They sure came out clean when soaked for a day or two. Maybe there is something better today, but it is cheap to use REt

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