brake fluid uses

[Mattlt]

mix it with pool chlorine and have a fire extinguisher handy. make sure your friend holds your beer...

I was wondering when someone was going to mention this!

 

[yhprum]

Killing Scorpions: Just put the brake fluidd in a squeeze or squirt bottle and Bobs your uncle!

 

[BPJOOP93]

A 50/50 mix of brake fluid and paint thinner is great for severly rusted parts. let whatever soak for a day in mixture and wala parts come apart.

 

[JimVonBaden]

A 50/50 mix of brake fluid and paint thinner is great for severly rusted parts. let whatever soak for a day in mixture and wala parts come apart.

Hmm, that is the first real good use I have seen.

Jim

 

[mtnwalton]

Way back when, early 60's, before dinosaurs, I put brake fluid on my tires, as tire shine. A good wax job, an old style tire shine on the 54 Chevy, it not only looked good, BUT WAIT- Here it is!! It would stop on a dime!!! Ha-Ha

Used to do that myself, made the tires look like new.

 

[brownfoot]

did you wipe that '54 down with gas to get rid of the dead paint, then wax it?

 

[kald]

In addition to the lower boiling point from accumulated mositure. The moisture causes corrosion. Have you ever noticed ho bad cast iron master cylinders get?

 

[Mmfh]

I've been using brake fluid, kerosene, and diesel mixed together as a great penetrant. If I get an engine that is stuck, pistons stuck to the cylinders and all corroded and furry looking. I will pour that mixture in the plug holes several times over a week or so and each time give a little tug on a wrench on the crank nut.

It has always worked for me. I think a old timer told me that when I was very young and I've used it many times over the years.

Mm