Liquid Plus Gas

Acetone will evaporate rapidly anyway. A penetrating oil is meant to stay as long as it takes - hours, maybe days.

Liquid Plus Gas ("Fast Release Dismantling Liquid" it says on the orange and black tin) IS available, in 500ml cans. Look on its own site:

www.plusgas.co.uk.

The site's stockist map shows my nearest is Screwfix, but there are others of course.

Screwfix's web site only shows the aerosols at the moment...

Got a response from D&M tools this morning. Tey can't get the tins and their supplier forcasts availability in the end of May.

The tins just aren't out there at the moment. maybe they are waiting for a container load of plastic spouts from China!

Wot!! quality downhill, used to have it at the company I worked for years ago and although they did have a few quart size tins with the ally spout that you turned upside down into the tin and held in place with a sealing washer and the screw on cap, but they mostly had a drum in the stores which the storeman would fill your own container, which for most blokes was a tubular washing up squeezy bottle, which often had the name Fairy on it.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 30/03/2022 16:21:56

Wikipedia explains that ATF isn't a single consistent substance, so possibly some types won't dissolve in Acetone, or only in part. But as far as I know they're all oil based, and should.

Is your Acetone pure? Most oils dissolve in Acetone, I think, but so does water. Any water in the Acetone will come out of solution when the oil is added possibly creating the illusion that the ATF and Acetone aren't mixing. Nail Varnish remover is as much as 30% water.

Dave

Reasearch on the web should lead to the type of ATF required. I THINK it is the type meant for Fords, there is a difference.

I have used analar grade acetone in my attempts to mix with ATF fluid. It is totally immiscible with the ATF fluids that I have tried. Takes about 2 seconds to separate out after shaking the container!

I gave up after trying 3 types of ATF fluid, but must admit that I have not tried a grade specific to Fords.

Andrew.