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Originally Posted by javadog
Next time, skip the penetrating oil and use paraffin wax. Heat the threads up to a fairly high temperature and then apply wax from a normal candle. What you want to see is enough heat in the joint that the melted wax enters the joint and bubbles come out of it. Repeat it a few times and it should unscrew pretty easily.
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Someone taught me that trick for rusty stuck hardware and it works great. The wax doesn’t evaporate in the hot part like penetrating fluid. It flows in and lubricates the threads. The “hot” wrench is my - go to - rather than brut force.