Eric R Snow wrote in message . ..
It may be that gelling the oil will prevent it from wicking into the
joint. But if enough of the fastener is protruding then maybe a small
piece of stiff foam would do. Just push onto the bolt and saturate.

Until it disappears from the solvent... Idunno about Kroil, et al. but
some of the homebrew substitute mixtures have stuff that eats styrene
for breakfast (laquer thinner for instance).

Tim (posting from Google 'cuz Charter is bumfocked the last few days)