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| Three Generations of Service  |
Horry Sheet! I've heard of this homebrew before but never actually tried it. That bolt on the ATV hadn't responded in the least to heat, patience and PB Blaster, so I mixed up a batch and soaked it down good a couple of times about 4 hours apart. Let it sit another couple of hours and damned if it didn't back right out. Freakin' amazing. Given the evaporation rate of acetone, I can't see having much on hand, but I'll be damn sure to have the components to mix up a dab when needed. Thanks!This message has been edited. Last edited by: PHPaul, Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | ||
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What is this cocktail you speak of? _________________________ | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
A simple mixture of 50/50 automatic transmission fluid (ATF) and acetone. The acetone floats on top of the ATF, so you need to shake it up good before applying. Very thin so a little messy but DAMNED effective. I used an oil can to squirt it all around the offending fastener. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Ahhh a homemade liquid wrench! _________________________ | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Well, yes, in the sense that High Point and Sig are both guns...   Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
I think it's essentially Kroil. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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Drug Dealer |
You might want to check out methyl ethyl ketone (MEK, butanone). It has similar solvent properties as acetone but is less volatile. When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw | |||
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A Grateful American |
Yer welcome!
Yep. Learned of the "mix" from a Brit when I was in Germany. One of their Phantoms broke at Bitburg AB and I had F-4 experience, so I got asked to help. Guy was trying to remove some bolts and asked if we had any "Weasel Pee". I asked WTF is it? And he told me acetone and transmission fluid. So off to the paint barn and AGE yard to get the stuff, and away went. I used that for years until someone told me about Kroil. Kroil is some great stuff, but sometimes it's faster to make up your own. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Not to mention a helluva lot cheaper! Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Acetone + ATF: I'm gonna have to remember that one. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Thank you both for this bit of knowledge. I love Kroil and try to keep it on hand, but this is good to know. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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I thought this thread would be about the Monkey and the Moonshine Poh-leece. This thread is officially a disappointment. | |||
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| A Grateful American |
I'll drink to that! "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
Careful, monkey... That stuff'll make you go blind.  | |||
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| Non-Miscreant |
So what's the other stuff in Ed's Red? Something about polar opposites? Not Bi-Polar, thats a wife thing. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
I'm not even going to mention certain monkey habits. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| A Grateful American |
Yeah, he's wrong, and I have the hairy palms to prove it. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I would advise against using MEK. Years ago I worked with the stuff cleaning sonar modules in the shipyard. One time, I dropped something in a bucket of MEK. No problem. I was wearing a thick industrial black glove that I was given. It went up to my elbows. I stuck my hand in bucket, felt the cold, got the thing in just a few seconds, but when I pulled my hand out, NO GLOVE! It melted away. Ever since then, i became more careful of the stuff. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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IIRC, "Ed's Red" is a 1:1:1 mix of Acetone, ATF and Mineral Spirits or Kerosine. It was developed as a firearm bore cleaner and lube. I remember seeing it written up in the American Rifleman many years ago | |||
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