Using April fools as an excuse to get wildly stoned on toxic solvent fumes on RU-vid. This man is a genius... At least he used to be. I imagine he only has a few brain cells left after this.
This should be a performed by a panel of experts (AvE, This Old Tony, and Hand Tool Rescue) in an ice fishing cabin with a cooler of beer. Safety first!
Things learned: 1) RU-vid does not forbid the huffing of chemicals on channel videos. 2) Mixing your penetrants can produce interesting results. 3) HTR likes to huff stuff! LOL
Well done, I’m not sure if Todd from “Project Farm” would have done it differently, (I would expect weight and temperature testing as well) I would like to nominate him as well as AvE, ToT, BigClive,HTR and VVG to the Northern Hemisphere Consortium for the tasting (I mean testing) of lubricants for the use in mechanical contrivances! Again well done!
While some may confuse this video with a joke, as it is April 1st. I assure you this is no laughing matter and this man is in fact serious. Nothing is more important than the smell of penetrating lube. Thank you for selfless service to bring forth such important information.
Agreed. I'm sensitive to smells. As silly as it sounds, this is useful to me. Even if it's only a fraction of a fraction of an improvement of my daily life because realistically you only smell it for a few seconds anyway.
Marvel Mystery Oil has always been my favorite. Still smells good when you torch something seized up but still just enough like cancer so you know you shouldn’t be huffing it.
its got that pepto bismol wintergreen smell. if you run it as mix oil in a 2 stroke it smells great. but its not too good for the engine most of the times.
This has been my 5-year-old daughter's absolute favorite video for the past few months. "Can we watch the silly guy again? I want the smelling video," she says. She cracks up, and I mean like hunched-over belly laughs, every time you combine the three oils at the end and exclaim, "Augh! I've done it!" I told her I thought it was great that out of all the videos on the internet, she chose this one as her favorite, and that she loves watching restoration videos so much. She asked, "Why? Why is restoration so important? Because it teaches us not to inhale dangerous chemicals like this?" (Her vocabulary, as you might be able to tell, is more advanced than your average 5-year-old.) I took the opportunity to explain a few reasons that it's good not to just toss something when it breaks and get a new one, and it created yet another teaching and bonding opportunity. We just started watching it, and when you asked, "Is smelling inhaling?" she responded, "Yes," at the same time you said it. Man, it makes me laugh and swell with pride.
This should be done in front of a rip-roaring fire in a woodstove. The final test to see is what colors these sprays create when shot directly into the fire.
I know the story of why the PL-100 smells like cured bacon. It began in 1985 with a man named Pierre Labouchère who wanted a distinctive Canadian flair to his penetrating oil formulation. He instructed his scientists to add the extract of virgin sap from 100 year old blue maple trees, which is a rare and relatively unknown species, only found in the most remote regions of Nunavut. The acidic nature of this extract makes it unsuitable for syrup production but is ideal for breaking down hydrated iron oxides and curing meats, particularly pork, hence your association of its smell with bacon. Because the addition of this versatile extract was so revolutionary in the industry, the marketing folks decided to commemorate Pierre's contributions by naming the product PL-100 and providing it in a blue can. Fascinating history. 🍻
Starrett's M1 has vanilla scent added to its formula, it is very recognizable when you smell it and a bit confusing when you stop to eat after drenching your hands in it
Eric, thank you for taking the time to record and share your comparisons of these uber useful products. As an aside, I was surprised to see your immaculately clean hands. As a dedicated follower of your channel (is that creepy?), it never occurred to me that you could leave your shop to wash up! Way to go.
Like his regular restoration videos aren't "silly" Handtool Rescue videos are the only ones, when they drop and my phone dings that I stop whatever I am doing and watch it.
Fluid film is more of an automotive under coating. I agree with everyone else, I like the Project Farm style take, good to hear more than just a word or two from you in a single video!
WHY WAS I JUST THINKING OF LOOKING FOR THIS EXACT VIDEO YESTERDAY! You have manifested my thoughts, WITCH! I love watching your videos, never stop being you.
I hadn't thought of doing a test. But, two products that I don't mind the smell. I have used Hoppe's gun solvent as a penetrant when I was in a bind. It smells pretty good. Marvel Mystery Oil doesn't smell bad, either.
Oh i didn't knew i needed this so much, i live in Mexico and not all those brands get here but it's nice to know how to create the best smell possible.
It is good to see someone appreciate these things as they are. The damn kids these days add weird energy potions and fruit bits to everything. I prefer WD40 in the morning and something a little headier in the afternoon. I save the PB Blast for when I want everyone to leave.
If that certain C word smells as such where you loose all senses in the sniffer there be something really bad going on . Whomever owns that C Needs to have it looked at . Something might have died in there 😕
This video held double duty. Not only do we now know which penetrant has the best smell, but we're also closer to finding Randy Quaid. I had heard that he and his wife moved to Canada in 2010. This video confirms the rumors. "Clark, that's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year."
You know you're watching the right videos when Cousin Eddie makes it into the comments. "A word of warning though. If he does lay into you, it's best to just let him finish."
This video might be a joke, but I'd gladly buy a penetration oil based on the fact that it smells better. I absolutely hate using PB Blaster because of the smell. No matter how careful you are when using penetrating oil you always get it all over your clothes and it always hits you in the face. The smell lingers on you all day.
This takes me back to grade school, but we didn’t call it smelling. The best penetration oil I have ever used is 50% acetone, 50% automatic transmission fluid. It has a delicate bouquet.
Back in the day we used to make our own holders for those thin blades you are using. But for the last twenty years I wasn't bothered, and have never seen one in shops yet.
I like "open and shut" made with tetrachloroethylene, the fluid that's been used in dry cleaning forever, it also works well for drilling and tapping, if you own the tap and die set from Canadian tire with the blue plastic inside, tetrachloroethylene will dissolve the blue plastic.
O. M. G. This video was practically one hysterical one-liner after another! I haven’t laughed that much for ages 🤣 I hope you didn’t slay too many brain cells making this one lol
If another test is ever performed I suggest getting tri-flow (smells of oranges) personally my favorite and I’ve smelled 6 out of the 10 you tested, works amazing to boot
I use tri-flow for car door locks in winter, keeps them from freezing up too much. I do not get a smell of oranges from it though, I wish haha Fluid film is one of the most potent smelling, and not very good either, I have undercoated a car with it and it was truly a smelly time!
I’m a locksmith, we use tri flow all the time and ’ve always gotten fake banana smell from it. Actually I’ve become quite tired of the smell now though, but it’s nice because customers don’t usually mind the smell.
