vic008
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Need to free alloy-alloy join on furler. Frozen together. Thought make dam with sikaflex And soak with the above. Bearings inside are Torlon. Will acetone attack these.
Acetone/ATF mix
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LONG_KEELER
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Don't know about acetone.
Have had success with diesel freeing spreader ends. Left the solution for about a week though.
Have had success with diesel freeing spreader ends. Left the solution for about a week though.
Minchsailor
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I've found acetone evaporates a bit quickly. Had some success with a white spirit/ATF mix.
anoccasionalyachtsman
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I use the mixture on cars and it works extremely well - I try to get it working 24 hours before I need the part freed. Recently I've substituted brake and clutch cleaner for acetone and it seems to work just as well, and I feel that the thinning is just to help deliver thick oil before evaporating.
Good as it is, I don't think it's the right stuff for a stuck foil section. I'll repeat that I've read that soaking in Ammonia is supposed to dissolve Alu oxide - don't know, haven't really had the chance to try it, and none of the people that I've suggested it to has ever replied with a yea or nay. Hot water is the most common advice.
Good as it is, I don't think it's the right stuff for a stuck foil section. I'll repeat that I've read that soaking in Ammonia is supposed to dissolve Alu oxide - don't know, haven't really had the chance to try it, and none of the people that I've suggested it to has ever replied with a yea or nay. Hot water is the most common advice.
VicS
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Aluminium oxide is amphoteric but I am pretty sure it will not dissolve in ammonia solution. Please let us know if you find that it does
Spirit (of Glenans)
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Whatever mixture you are using, if it works, you will then have a job removing the Sikaflex, could I suggest something like putty or Plasticene?
AntarcticPilot
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Aluminium will certainly dissolve in Ammonia, as it will in any strong base. I am less certain of Alumina, but I guess that it might work by attacking the underlying aluminium and thus loosening the attached oxide. However, it belongs to a class of solutions that I'd use with very great care!
