Aerokroil

[BigVeeGrin]

Bloke at work was telling me about this stuff - he used to use it to free corroded nuts etc. and swore by it. Checking online it seems highly rated and hard to come by.

anyone used it, know of it?

http://www.kanolabs.com/

[turbo_billy]

On ebay now in the States. Postage kills it but it is available.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10oz-AeroKroi ... 588fc45a9f

[tony.mon]

Any manufacturer that posts on their website things like:

"carry graphite into
infinitely small places for long lasting lubrication"

is suspect in my book.

Any space smaller than one molecule-width of graphite cannot be affected, and if the parts are chemically or metallically bonded together there is no gap.
And graphite is an effective lubricant not because it slips against other surfaces, (although it can) but because the shear bond strength between layers of graphite is very low, so one layer of graphite slides easily over another. So maybe any space smaller than a few molecules thick can't benefit either.

Standard mnfr bullshit, pseudo-scientific blurb, I'm afraid.

Probably works as well as any other penetrating oil or solvent-based lubricant, I would have thought.
The penetrating and wetting qualities of the solvent base are fundamental, surely, to enable the (graphite in this case) lubricant to be carried into and between the joint items?
Ordinary oil alone doesn't have great penetrating qualities, which is why all penetrating oils are very thin.

But as I'm no scientist, any other opinions?

[MacV2]

I agree with Tony on this but I'm not a scientist either so can not add anything to the argument.

However I did spot a product the other day made by Ambersil which ''claims'' to free Rustys Nuts by freezing the rust particles. It was so good they were out of stock.

Try goggle search for Ambersil or freeze spray or rusty nuts, I cant be bothered as my nuts are well lubricated.

[BigVeeGrin]

I agree with Tony on this but I'm not a scientist either so can not add anything to the argument.

However I did spot a product the other day made by Ambersil which ''claims'' to free Rustys Nuts by freezing the rust particles. It was so good they were out of stock.

Try goggle search for Ambersil or freeze spray or rusty nuts, I cant be bothered as my nuts are well lubricated.

here's the stuff http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.co ... 9c123d.pdf

[gilson]

I am a scientist, but can add nothing more. QED

Haha

[BigVeeGrin]

speaking to the Honda dealer today and he said the best stuff to free up corroded crapola is Silkolene All-in-One, reckoned it has always worked and never needed anything else. btw got 2 x gasket, 4 x nuts and 2 x studs for around £15, same price pretty much as D Silver.