There's this guy that I used to work with who lives in the country and works on all sorts of tractors, vehicles, and machinery. A complete DIY type of guy. He's been telling me for years that Kroil is the best penetrating lubricant ever formulated and that it blows everything else out of the water hands down. I've never tried it but he sent me this link to buy 2 cans for the price of one.

Google Deal

For only $12 I figured it's worth a try so I ordered a couple of cans. Has anybody ever used it? What's your opinion?

 

I've used Kroil extensively on my antique autos and it's great stuff. It's not labeled for regular consumer use (legal stuff), just commercial only. It gets its name from the fact that it "creeps" into crevices between frozen parts, that is--creeping oil or Kroil for short!

Interesting quote from another forum:

Machinist's Workshop Magazine (March/April or May/June, 2007) actually tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts. They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.

*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

The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50 - 50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone. Note the "home brew" was better than any commercial product in this one particular test. Our local machinist group mixed up a batch, and we all now use it with equally good results. Note also that "Liquid Wrench" is about as good as "Kroil" for about 20% of the price.

 

Excellent info! I'm going to mix up a batch of the ATF Acetone, it seems to be far superior to anything out there according to the testing. I'll try it out.

Thanks for sharing.

 

Nice t-bone!

ATF and Acetone huh? Sounds like a bomb remedy or something haha.

Sam care to chime in?

 

[QUOTE=Gamedog;2975011]Nice t-bone!

ATF and Acetone huh? Sounds like a bomb remedy or something haha./QUOTE]

Yeah, no shiet! and no smoking either!!!

The problem with the ATF/acetone mix is that you really need to use it right away and get rid of the extra you don't use (don't even think about tossing it somewhere).

I got a can of Kroil aerosol for that reason alone....

 

Why not mix it and save it in a closed container? Does it lose its strength?

 

Don't know...the can of Kroil was easier to use and safer, in my opinion. BTW, Kano says the shelf life of this product is 2 years, if that matters to you.