Stolen from another forum:
Excerpt taken from "Machinist's Workshop" magazine. They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being a torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.
Penetrating Oil Average Load
None.............516 pounds
WD-40..............238 pounds
PB Blaster..................214 pounds
Liquid Wrench.............127 pounds
Kano Kroil................106 pounds
ATF-Acetone mix..........53 pounds
The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50/50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone.
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