[SEL] Oil of Wintergreen

[John Culp]

No, it's been reported to be a great penetrating lube. Methyl 
salicylate's the chemical name for it.

John

On Aug 16, 2006, at 4:38 PM, Bill Brox wrote:

> Hello, my name is Bill and I am new here.
>
> I wonder if anyone have heard about Oil of Wintergreen and the 
> possibility
> to use it for loosening rusted bolts and nuts. I live in Norway, and I 
> have
> never heard about this oil, so I have searched the net and found that 
> it was
> used by Indians to cure headaches and such things ?   So, now I also 
> wonder
> if someone just pulled my leg, as a rusted bolt can cause a headache 
> too...
> :-)
>
>
> Bill Brox
>
> billbrox at online.no


John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA