Hot and breaks down some bonds, activating motion in others.

Good idea. Likely why some RF vibration tanks have heaters inside.
Mine does.

Martin

On 9/19/2015 1:21 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:09:40 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Ed Huntress fired this volley in
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The key point is that they don't behave at all like the water-soluble
bath soaps and other soaps we're familiar with. Lithium soap is
slightly water-soluble, but most others are not.


I agree with your solubility claim, but that is NOT the 'key point'.

It's the key point in this discussion, because the OP is looking for
ways to dissolve the crud. One suggestion involved water. That's why I
posted that comment about how metallic soaps are different from bath
soaps.

The key point is you completely mis-represented the chemistry to people who
may not all be chemists (or empirical ones).

Well, I won't argue it, because I'm not a chemistry guy. That's how
it's been described to me by lubricating companies. They make a big
point of the fact that the metallic soaps, at least the ones used to
thicken grease, are very different from the soaps we're familiar with.
Some are stringy, like in wheel-bearing grease; others are smooth;
most are insoluble in water.


There's a reason auto machine shops use hot steam washers to remove
grease. Think about that.

Steam is hot, for starters.