The needs for a penetrating oil alternative are in high demand for developing nations, such as the various nations in Africa. Apparently, many nations in Africa use kerosene as a form of penetrating oil. Unfortunately, kerosene in not in abundance and can be costly. The main goal the team has come up with is to find a way to produce a cheaper penetrating oil that greatly outperforms kerosene.
After analysis of the project needs for developing nations, the team has come up with some initial designs. The main design considered is a mixture of transmission oil, acetone, and paraffin. Acetone and transmission oil produce a powerful penetrating oil, but the reaction between them can be somewhat unstable, this problem is solved by adding paraffin to the mixture. Another possibility the group has come up with is to use the same mixture above, but replacing transmission oil with vegetable oil. This may produce a good penetrating oil that can be environmentally safer and might support the current “green” movement. Overall the team plans to test various amounts of the above mixtures and test them on rusted fasteners to see if they can develop a useful penetrating oil.
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