On 10/01/2017 2:43 PM, Benderthe.evilrobot wrote:

"Doug Landau" wrote in message
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On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 9:55:19 AM UTC-8, David Scheidt wrote:
Jeff Liebermann wrote:

:I want to know why it works at least twice as good as the others on
:the list.

My experience is that it doesn't. That's just one of the reasons no
one puts it in a can and sells it commercially. I read the original
article, a long time ago, and as I recall the testing method was about
as scientfic as drawing lots.

Commercial penetrating oils are far superior.


Coca-cola?


Apparently it contains phosphoric acid - which is also an ingredient of
some rust treatments.

The rust is chemically converted into iron phosphate - the end result
bears some resemblance to the metal equivalent of polystyrene cement.

Don't know about rust treatments but when I was a kid working as a mech
helper at the local Coca-Cola plant we would use Fresca to remove the
grease from the truck bay doors.