I did not know Kerosene was an oil.
And I would like to find a way to make a threaded fastener get rusty quickly to the point of seizure where you really need to test stuff.
I worked in a DX gas station after school and sometimes had to wash an oil company car. we put about 10 gallons of hot water in a 30 gallon drum, added a box of Tide laundry soap (about the size of a cereal box) then a gallon of diesel.Was just thinking and wonder how diesel would do in the same test. It is technically a fuel oil and would lubricate it at the very least.
Also heard stories about it being used to wash vehicles in Vietnam and they looked great until some dirt started blowing around and then they were a big grimy mess.
This was a timely thread for me. Working on an older Marlin 94 I got on the cheap because of functioning issues. Found a lot of rust in the magazine. Beginning to think it's where the previous owner liked to store salt water...the amount of rust makes about that much sense. Some people. But I digress.
The plug screw would not budge. Liquid Wrench...nada. PB blaster....nada. Tried some Kano Aerokroil on advice. Out on the first try after a 10 minute soak. Now it could be that it took application of all three over along period of time but it sure seems the Aerokroil was the bomb-digity. I keep WD-40 around but never bother with it as a penetrating oil or gun oil.
Kerosene is a lighter oil than diesel in the cracking process and refined more. Kerosene will basically evaporate in a short period of time while diesel will remain fluid for a long time. The fact you mixed kerosene with #2 pretty much proves the point.Kerosene is considered #1 fuel oil, while diesel fuel is #2 fuel oil. If I remember right, diesel is just refined more. Again, with those, #2 diesel will gel in cold temperatures, so when I used to deliver fuels, we'd go around to the farmer's tanks and create a mix so their tractors and such wouldn't gel up in the winter. #1 diesel (kerosene) is what we blended with the #2 to get a lower gel point. We'd usually mix 40% kerosene with 60% diesel.
Kroil works. I've used it on tractors that had sat in fields for 50 years. You just have to wait and let it creep on really frozen parts. I've seen it work on track torch wheels that were engulfed in flame.
X 1000......I also worked at a DX after high school. On Saturdays, the oil field pickups would come in for a hand wash. Had mud 2 inches thick, and as bad on the inside. I had to wash them with an air tank sprayer and Tide soap.Seems like we added kerosene. Also had to wait on customers and fill up cars. Those were the days....I worked in a DX gas station after school and sometimes had to wash an oil company car. we put about 10 gallons of hot water in a 30 gallon drum, added a box of Tide laundry soap (about the size of a cereal box) then a gallon of diesel.
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You can do a decent creep test with a few rusty bolts of the same size.I did not know Kerosene was an oil.
And I would like to find a way to make a threaded fastener get rusty quickly to the point of seizure where you really need to test stuff.
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