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Old 01-19-07 | 09:23 AM
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comradehoser
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Originally Posted by jemoryl
I'm surprised that a product sold as penetrating oil would be the same as framesaver (and I'm thinking of Weigle's product). Framesaver is clearly an oily wax that is made sprayable by a solvent that evaporates, leaving behind the waxy film. This later property seems absent (nor desirable) in most penetrating oils. Now there are some automotive sprays (e.g. the British Waxoyl) that might be very similar to Framesaver...
Yup, that's why I passed on it the first time at Home Depot when I asked them about rustproofing sprays. But if the smell test is definitive at all, it's the exact same stuff. Framesaver has a very distinctive smell.

Also looks the same out of the can. It might be "penetrating" in the sense that it lifts off rust. I did a spot test of frame saver and KEL-132 on a shovel with some surface rust, and both cleared up the rust pretty well off the sprayed spot.
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