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Had a real rough patch with some old pipe flanges on a job in Tacoma

We were replacing a section on a 20 year old boiler and every single bolt on the main steam flange was seized solid. Spent three hours just on the first one, trying heat, penetrant, and a 3 foot cheater bar before it finally gave. The rest of the day was just that, over and over. Anyone got a better trick for that kind of rust besides just brute force and time?
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grantmartinez
Man, that sounds like my whole last week on a retrofit job, just brutal.
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gibson.sarah
But didn't @robinson.hannah just say it's honest work?
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robinson.hannah
Sounds like a great way to earn your paycheck the hard way.
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