The best frozen thread penetrant you never saw - maybe!

[RayG]

Hi Rob,

Isopropanol is available in small bottles at Bunnings, usually in the solvent section, and it used to be available from Dick Smith in larger bottles, but Jaycar might be better than DS these days.

Great for cleaning monitors keyboards and such.

Regards
Ray

[Ropetangler]

Thanks Ewan, Crossfeed and Ray for the info and explanations etc, I definitely got my guns mixed up that's for sure, and quickly getting out of my depth with the discussion on organic chemistry too.
Ray, you may be interested that Isopropanol is in Jaycars catalogue for $8 for 250ml. I would hazard a complete guess that you would only pay 4-500 dollars for a 200 litre drum of the stuff, and I feel peeved when I get gouged by resellers with mark-ups of 1000% and more - but what can you do.
Mike 48 I'm with you on your invitation to Crossfeed, you can never have too many people sharing their expertise, and we're a very friendly bunch on this forum Crossfeed. By the way what is your name?
This is a very interesting and informative thread, thanks and well done you blokes,
Best wishes,
Rob

[mike48]

[QUOTE=Mike 48 I'm with you on your invitation to Crossfeed, you can never have too many people sharing their expertise, and we're a very friendly bunch on this forum Crossfeed. By the way what is your name?
Rob[/QUOTE]

Crossfeed, he means you not moi.

By the way everyone, you can get Industrial Methylated Spirit in 20 litre dums for about $75, and it appears to be 98-99% ethyl alcohol, with a few other minor chemicals to deter unnatural use etc.

And Crossfeed, what are you like on theories for shrinking and oozing plastic handles on wood planes please?
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/s...id-why-148081/

cheerio, mike

[bwal74]

Hi,

I've been following this thread with interest. I want to clean up my shaper some (surface rust on the metallic surfaces).

What was the final verdict?

Oil of Wintergreen, power steering fluid and acetone mixed together for reclamation and rust prevention?

Adios Ben.

[Grahame Collins]

Ummmm, now i am confused, SWMBO's car uses dextron 2 in the box and as steering fluid. It is an old car though. I don't touch my van as it's under warranty still.

Ewan

All I can say it works for me and following pics
of
power steering fluid

A 50 /50 mix of acetone and psf swirled around and photographed after 10 mins.

Grahame

[barkersegg]

Grahame,

That recipe you mentioned earlier is very similar to a brew called Ed's Red, which I use in shotgun (as distinct from spray gun) cleaning - see this link Ed's Red

I've not tried it specifically for rust removal so can't comment but it's not as 'caustic' or harsh as other solvent mixtures and works well on carbon and plastic buildup.

Interestingly many years ago you could buy tins of cod fish oil rust converter liquid which was used on rusted metal prior to priming the metal (surface rust only)....that worked well in not only removing the rust but as a sealant against more rust - the good thing being you didn't need to strip the metal back bare to prime...it smelt awful - especially if you splashed some on you and found it attracted all the dunny budgies and moggies in the area...I've not seen it for a while so not sure if it's still available ....am interested in the findings also ................Lee

[jhovel]

Lee,
you can buy something with similar properties to Cod Fish Oil that seals rust in and works a s a primer. It's called Penetrol. Used to be difficult to find but I've recently seen it at Bunnings. It can also be mixed into enamel paint to give the pain rust sealing properties.
Definitely works. I painter my very rusty trailer with it before repainting - still no new rust or paint bubbles or lifting of paint.
Cheers,
Joe

[Crossfeed]

Hi Guys the names
Mark

I don't know what the oozing stuff from the Stanley handles is, some urethanes are prone to degrade but I have only seen wood handled stanley planes. The shrinkage is almost like the plastic is losing it's plasticiser whatever that may be. The burn and smell test would be my approach, (hardly non destructive and it is difficult to describe what smells are what)

Chemicals in small bottles, and repackers markups familiar story. IPA used to be $50 for 20 litres about 5 years ago but solvents here have undergone the same sort of inflation as houses. IPA should still be similar in price to metho.

Interesting to see the power steering fluid being soluble in acetone, I have always used dexron ATF in power steering systems.

[Ueee]

Interesting to see the power steering fluid being soluble in acetone, I have always used dexron ATF in power steering systems.

Thanks Mark, here i was think i had gone maderer! Never even seen a bottle of power steering fluid before.

Ewan