Kroil! Time for me to grow facial hair and wear suspenders

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I have had Kroil on my work table for years. I have always been impressed by its ability to loosen stuck screws and parts. I have many other liquid "gunsmithing" products that I like to use. Well, I recently acquired an SMLE from 1940 and liked how the other favorite products brightened its bore. An Aussie Enfield Forum I was reading recommended using Kroil and complained it was hard for them to find. Thus inspired I ran some, a lot actually, through the SMLE's bore and I am converted. I may never use anything else on any of my firearms bores. No one is more fanatical than a convert and I am afraid I am converted. I need more Kroil!
 
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Worked in the gas processing industry for many years. Kroil was the best solvent I've ever used. Recently my old friend was trying to remove the pulley from a zero turn mower. He tried everything except a torch. I told him to try kroil. He complained about the price but bought some. Kroil'd the pulley, went into the house for 10 mins, came out with a hammer to remove the pulley. Reached up and the pulley fell off in his hand. He is now a true believer.
 
They're in TN and so am I. I've driven by the factory in Nashville. I've been using Kroil products for more than 20 years. A small can lasts for decades. I'm running low, so I need to see what new stuff they have for my next order.
BTW, it's so good, that it won't even stay in a spray can! Get the old fashioned drip cans or you'll have a worthless mess in a year. Ask me how I know.
 
A very good solvent for rifles that are shot a lot is 10% Kroil and 90% Shooter's Choice solvent. Back when I was shooting the National Match course on military teams using the National Match M14 and later the M16 rifles, it was the go-to bore solvent for us. I still use the formula for my hunting rifles and it performs as well as always.
 
cgt4570 said:
BTW, it's so good, that it won't even stay in a spray can! Get the old fashioned drip cans or you'll have a worthless mess in a year. Ask me how I know.
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I can't even get it to stay in a drip can! It oozes up and out around the top. I keep the can in a glass dish. It's like Sriracha sauce. (where are you, Rusty??) That stuff will leave the bottle and hit the kitchen counter even if you don't touch it. Rusty probably has he right idea. Use it before it gets away from you!
 
JH1951 said:
Kroil is expensive, but I have had no other product preform better. With that product IMHO you get what you pay for, and more. It has a permanent spot on my workbench. (I will add that I do not like the Kroil laced with silicone.)
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I have a drinking buddy that manages 2 "peaker" on-demand combustion power plants for the local utility. When they tear down a aero derivative GE frame 7 turbine engine, they order in Kroil by the drums! He always cracks one open and brings home a new gas can full for us.
 
When I was a little kid my Dad had a one gallon Kroil can that he used for lawnmower gas . This was in the early sixties . I'm just rambling ...
I have a spray can of Kroil out in the garage . No mess .
 
Kroil has been on my workshop shelf for a few decades but I don't use it as often as I would like to because of the smell. When I do use it, I usually take what ever piece I am working on and bring it outside. If I absolutely must use it indoors I open up windows.

The only reason I do put up with the smell is because it does work well. I wish they could make it smell like Marvel Mystery Oil or G96 - LOL!! Love the smell of those!
 
armorer951 said:
Liquid Wrench seems to work just as well at half the price....and no horrible smell.


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Looks like he put more Liquid Wrench on the bolts than Kroil on the first application. This one test doesn't convince me that WD-40 is better than Kroil! Besides using Kroil to break in barrels with JB Bore Paste and to break loose lead fouling, I used it on an old Anniversary Clock (you know the ones that have gold balls that spin). It belonged to my in-laws. It had never spun since we got it. Thinking that it could do no harm. I put a couple of tiny drops on the mechanism. That was years ago, and the clock has kept spinning since.
 
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Krogen said:
I can't even get it to stay in a drip can! It oozes up and out around the top. I keep the can in a glass dish. It's like Sriracha sauce. (where are you, Rusty??) That stuff will leave the bottle and hit the kitchen counter even if you don't touch it....
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LOL. Add Prussian Blue and Anti-Seize to that list. If they had a root or nervous system they could be classified as an "invasive species" (except that they're beneficial).
 
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