seized screws rust or whatever was: leaky batteries! - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 Dec 2003

On Dec 2, 21:57, Ron Hudson wrote:
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 On Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at 09:50  PM, vance(a)neurotica.com wrote:
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 > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Joe wrote:
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 >>> While everybody else is talking about cleaning up the leakers,
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 >>> Is this chemical is good use to dissolve rust on steel screw is rust
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  >>> seized in the potmetal or aluminum
distributor?
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 >>   No, not really. The best thing for that is Break Free or some other
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    kind of penetrating oil. 
 I use WD40.  It's cheap.

 Peace...  Sridhar

 Naval (as in Navy) Jelly? 
No, Naval Jelly (or phosphoric acid) is what was originally mentioned.
 It won't penetrate into the threads of a tightly-fitting screw, and if
it did, the phosphate it left behind would be almost as bad as the
rust.

Break Free isn't a penetrating oil, it's a lubricant with PTFE in
suspension.

WD40 isn't nearly as effective as a proper penetrating oil. It will
*prevent* rust but not remove it -- it's a water displacer.

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