Better than WD40

Laminarman · May 5, 2004

I found a product better than WD40 and Liquid Wrench. It's called PB Blaster (Autozone). Man, loosens rusted bolts ten times better.

Thought I'd share.

DaveNay · May 5, 2004

Have to agree...the stuff is magic.

Dave

Laminarman · May 5, 2004

Dave

I tried to loosen a tie rod on my 911 and it would not budge after hitting, banging and a wide assortment of four letter words. Soaked it in PB Blaster for five minutes and it came off with a crescent wrench. The other side didn't budge with LW or WD, and then came off after a PB soak. I'm converted.

SnowRidge · May 5, 2004

( I found a product better than WD40 and Liquid Wrench.)

Yep, PB Blaster is the stuff. I haven't bought a can of Liquid Wrench since I came across it.

SnowRidge

DaveNay · May 5, 2004

They also make a spray lubricant that has Teflon in it. It leaves blue-grey residue behind after it dries, so you need to be careful where you use it, but I haven't found anything better for getting old stuck locks to work like new. I use it on the cheap locks on my pickup tool box, and the keys slide in like butter.

Dave

SnowRidge · May 5, 2004

( They also make a spray lubricant that has Teflon in it. )

What's it called, Dave? That sounds like something I could use.

SnowRidge

DaveNay · May 5, 2004

PB Blaster Dry Lube

I may be mistaken about it containing Teflon (PTFE), but I thought it does. Still works great though, whatever it contains.

Dave

SnowRidge · May 5, 2004

Thanks for the link, Dave.

SnowRidge

Robert_in_NY · May 5, 2004

Kroil is also a very good one but you have to order from Kano labs to get it. They have a lot of different products for almost any application. Kano Labs website

KENB · May 5, 2004

I got a can of stuff called "Tri-Flo". Has a straw just like WD40. Works really good.

Soundguy · May 5, 2004

Since I got pb blaster ( back when i was working on an old rusty disc harrow ) I havn't used the liquid wrench for more than spraying and washing tools down after work...

Soundguy

higgy · May 5, 2004

Works great, smells bad.

em14 · May 5, 2004

I agree it sure does smell bad ... but ... it works great! And that's what counts!
Leo

TNCHRIS · May 5, 2004

also the best bee killer i've ever used. they just quiver and die.

5030 · May 5, 2004

This is to all you posters:

Murrays and TSC sells PBlaster in gallon bulk cans. They also include a spray bottle for it although I use a larger plastic spray bottle like my wife uses for fly repellent for the horses.

The stuff is quite a bit cheaper in gallons than by the aerosol cans.

I've been using PB ever since I snitched a can from one of our mechanics at the shop. Makes Liquid Wrench look like Kool Aide.

B964 · May 5, 2004

What? I love that smell, it smells like victory. Best stuff around.

PineRidge · May 5, 2004

The other day I was using my old Dearborn 2-bottom plow and snapped the 5/8 inch bolt that held on the landside wheel. I thought that I might be done for the day but I sprayed the rusted broken off bolt with PB blaster and finished my cup of coffee. When the coffee was done I took a blunt punch and hit the broken bolt still rusted in the plow body and to my amazement it backed out of the hole without hesitation. I'm sold on the stuff.

mrcaptainbob · May 5, 2004

Yep. Welcome to the wonderful world of PB! It also has a fairly high heat tolerance. If there's a particularly difficault item to remove, heat it up to almost the cherry red and soak the PB to it. As it cools, it sucks the PB down into it and will come right off. Neat stuff.
okay.are we getting royalties for all this? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

DaveNay · May 5, 2004

( ...heat it up to almost the cherry red...)

Just heating the female portion of a threaded connection is usually enough to break most anything loose. I have actually mated (unthreaded) rings to shafts using a method similar to this. Freeze the shaft (liquid nitrogen) and heat the ring. Quickly slip the hot ring onto the cold shaft, and make darn sure it's where you want it. Once the temperature equalizes, the two parts are essentially welded together.

Dave

mrcaptainbob · May 5, 2004

Yep. Did that a few times, too. Froze the inner, heated the outer. I had a couple incidents this week where heat wasn't enough to yank it off the shaft. Was concerned about cracking the cast pulley. That PB just always amazes me.