can penetrating oil be gelled?

Nov 18, 2004 26 Replies

Petrolium gelly?

No. I think i've found an easier way. Take your rusted items and wrap them in paper towels. Spray down the towels real good with your de-ruster oil and then take those bundles and put them in a plastic grocery bag. Place the bag in a bucket.

Thats what I'm trying now..

-Scott

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:46:02 GMT, "aSkeptic" vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:

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I think that misses the point of the problem a bit.

shoot. you're right..

the part that is rusted cannot be removed from the structure that it is attached to

hmm..

Phosphoric acid jellys are supposed to remove rust but it inevitably leaves a new chemical coating which might be undesireable.

Adding degreaser to petrojelly would make it runny and it'd be a jelly no longer

Sandblasting might work better..

-Scott

...Throw some acid on it and be done with it...

Tim

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Have you tried bicycle or motorcycle chain lubricant? It goes on as a foam and is designed to be highly penetrating.

--RC Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine?

I haven't tried that. I'll keep my eye out for it. thanks

Google groups has given me trouble lately too. I finally broke down and I'm now using a real usenet reader. Just an email client...

-scott

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