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Using Transparent Blocks of Acrylic to See Which Penetrating Oil Works Best

Hint: It ain't the WD-40 product

By Rain Noe - August 24, 2018

in Tools & Craft

What superpower would you like to have? The stock answers are flight or invisibility, but I'd have to go with X-ray vision. When fixing a machine or implement, having the ability to see what's going on inside would be priceless.

This here is the next best thing to having X-ray vision: The fellow behind Project Farm, a YouTube channel that tests shop tools and fixes, wanted to see which penetrating oil works the best. To do it, he rusted up a bunch of bolts, tapped pieces of acrylic to insert them into, then purchased six products-- Brake Fluid, Seafoam Deep Creep, Fluid Film, BG In-Force, WD-40 Rust Specialist, CRC Knock'er Loose--and applied them such that we can see the oil penetration in action:

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Brad Johnson

6 years ago

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In case you don't want to watch all 11 minutes... Seafoam ($11.99) came out on top, and CRC was second ($7.99).

Interesting test. Thanks for posting!

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Kirk Boone

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Too bad he didn't include my fav "Kroil" in this test.

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