On 08/10/14 6:33 AM, John-Del wrote:
On Monday, October 6, 2014 7:23:46 PM UTC-4, David Platt wrote:

Hitting it with a gas-torch flame, after having sprayed it with a

penetrant which is made up of a high percentage of flammable petroleum

distillates?



That seems like a Really Bad Idea.

Good idea if you like making exciting youtube videos..

When torching stubborn fasteners I follow it up with a rub with a piece of paraffin. When the fastener is hot enough, it wicks the wax in the threads. Nice thing about this is that you don't need to keep reheating the fastener if it's got a lot of turns.

Yeah, well I was assuming some experience there. Naturally the idea was
to leave it soaking overnight or whatever for a few hours and then
trying the heat. A method I used for many years (even before the fetish
of regaling others with films of self stupidity). Also the method was
applied after the localised heat was tried.