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As an engineer, I get tired of... anti-science personal anecdotes.
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Originally Posted by pooch
Of people who parrot or repeat things they hear without trying it or experimenting themselves.
I have read 100/s of times the virtue of 50/50 acetone/ATF mix as an alternative to branded name concoctions.
Well, I tried it, and IT DOES NOT WORK .
It evaporates almost instantly, then I tried less acetone and it did nothing, and then I tried straight ATF.
The straight ATF was the best , but still not as good as the lowly WD40.
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Your sample size of a single failure doesn't discredit the rest of us who have used the process successfully.
The fact that your mixture is evaporating instantly leads me to suspect you're not actually experimenting with a 50/50 mix of atf and acetone.
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Originally Posted by Lanny
Wow, these collage student tests (like the atf/acetone and this test) are
a big freegin joke.
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Manufacturers spend lots of time and money testing products
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Is the Machinists Workshop Magazine a collEge paper?
Where is your test data that qualifies you to discredit the research?
How do you think the manufacturers test their products? Probably in a controlled, repeatable environment. What do you suggest?
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Originally Posted by pooch
Most of these tests are guffaw.
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How do you figure?
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I did my own test.
In the morning, I put the band on first , then turned, then removed it .... and guess what... I could turn 10 degrees more without it.
It was not the wrist band doing anything, it was the pre stretching of the muscles on the first turn.
They scammed millions.
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Including you, apparently. What point does this prove?