Another penetrating oil - Kroil

[bonanzadave]

Aero Kroil

http://www.kanolabs.com/google/

I had a chance to use Aero Kroil on a seized bolt and it really worked. I would put it above PB blaster or Deep Creep Seafoam. Chances are they all use the same chemicals. You can get 2 cans for $12 delivered. Thats not bad.

 

[67fire]

Kroil does smell an awful lot like PB Blaster...

Eric

 

[Zook]

Kroil has been around for years and sells direct to the consumer.

Got a seized engine? pour some Kroil in it. bet it comes loose before long. It is really good stuff.

Funny...this very subject came up just a couple days ago on another board....

 

[chiphead]

I've been using Kroil for a couple of years and that stuff is the seeds.

 

[redsoxvw]

I started using kroil in the early 90s.....I find it to be the Cats pajamas LOL

 

[salty_monk]

I like it too...

 

[bwringer]

That 2/$12 delivered is a killer deal. Ordered!

Thanks for the heads-up!



My uncle always called stuff like this "Panther Pi$$". That one always makes kids laugh (as they're being corrupted).

Dale Walksler at the Wheels Through Time museum mentioned Kroil several times. I guess if anyone would know all about rusty stuff, it would be a man with a couple hundred running prewar motorcycles.

 

[willie]

I was introduced to Kroil, The Kreeping Oil, back in the early 70's while working as a lab tech in Homelite's R&D lab. Best experience with it was to free the pistons in a Yam 250 that were rusted solid in the bores. Hard to believe but I still have a little left in the bottle I ripped off, I mean, borrowed from the Labs back then.
Willie

 

[redsoxvw]

Just got this in my email today from them

"Please try the new Industrial Size Aero Kroil for the price of Regular Size - that's 65% Free. For the next 7 days, we will sell a 12/16.5 oz. case of Industrial Size for $95.00 - that's a savings of $38.75/cs. Limit 10 cases per customer."

Seems like a good deal LOL.....Just dont know what I would do with 12 cans.....

 

[Rover]

Just got this in my email today from them

"Please try the new Industrial Size Aero Kroil for the price of Regular Size - that's 65% Free. For the next 7 days, we will sell a 12/16.5 oz. case of Industrial Size for $95.00 - that's a savings of $38.75/cs. Limit 10 cases per customer."

Seems like a good deal LOL.....Just dont know what I would do with 12 cans.....

Pass them out to New England GSR members.

 

[Griffin]

Kroil is great lubricant for firearms if you're out in temperatures below about -10 degrees F (I used to call in coyotes when I lived in North Dakota). It doesn't gum up like most conventional firearm lubricants do.

Just don't use it on a firearm with a fine wood stock. It does "kreep" everywhere, and will stain the wood. A synthetic or laminate stock will be fine though.

I use it all the time on motorcycle restoration projects to free up stuck piston rings. Just squirt some into each spark plug hole and let it sit for a couple days.

 

[jknappsax]

It IS great stuff! My brother, a master machinist, turned me on to it a few years ago. It has helped immeasurably in working on old bikes and old boats. Anyplace rust or corrosion cause stuff to seize, Kroil does wonders. PB Blaster is great too, but I prefer Kroil, especially the non-aerosol cans, because you can really target specific stuff when applying it with a q-tip.

 

[redsoxvw]

Pass them out to New England GSR members.

Was that a hint Rover???

 

[82Shafty]

> From: "David J. Morrow" <morrow2002@lightspeed.ca>
> To: "FJR Listserv" <fjr1300@micapeak.com>
> Subject: Penetrating oil test
> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 14:42:09 -0700
>
> Following up on my adventure with the stuck brake
> disc bolts, here's some
> info I found in an article in the April/May 2007
> issue of Machinist's
> Workshop.
>
> They did a test to find the best penetrating oil.
> They artificially corroded
> a number of nuts / bolts so there were enough
> samples to try out the various
> penetrating oils on. The nuts/bolts were tested by
> soaking them in the
> penetrating oils for 12 hours. The load needed to
> break the nuts free was
> tested with a Baldwin compressometer. Here's the
> results ( lower number is
> better) :
>
> 50/50 mix of ATF & acetone - 53 Lbs
> Kroil - 106 Lbs ( this is what I used to removed
> the bleeders on my old
> 1975 Wing )
> Liquid wrench - 127 Lbs
> PB Blaster - 214 Lbs
> WD-40 - 238 Lbs
> None - 516 Lbs
>
> David Morrow

 

[DPage]

So a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone was the winner, wow! I wonder who thought of creating that combination? I'd rather not blow myself up, so I'll use something a little safer like Kroil - it really is great stuff, kind of like PB Blaster on steroids.