Forney 20857 Tap Magic Industrial Pro Cutting Fluid, 4 oz

Great product, just what I wanted.

I cut off a little too much off the tip and it just runs out. Should have just used a straight pin would have been plenty. Seems to work well.

I’ve always just leaned on the drill press and smoked my way through metal and heavy plastics. A few “drops” of this stuff is like you’ve sharpened your drill bits AND your drill bit don’t have a permanent purple and blue finish. They last MUCH longer between sharpening

o.k.

It is like Magic! I like this oil a lot. Im a beginner at this metal lathe. But Learning Using it for drill press stuff and the lathe sure makes a difference!

Excellent.

Keeps it cool

I still haven’t figured out what the difference is between this product and the one that looks like it’s the same bottle but a different price and different part number, the bottle I’m reviewing says “Tap Magic EP-Xtra Forney 20857”. Every application I had planned for it was into a vertical surface, not flat and horizontal, so after reading some reviews saying this stuff is thin like water had me concerned it wasn’t going to work for how I needed to use it. It’s certainly not thick like gear oil consistency like other tap fluids I’ve used, it’s not as thick as motor oil, but it is a little thicker than water. I put some on my drill tip and some on the vertical surface I intended to drill and most of it did run down and off, but some also did stick and it worked amazing. I needed to drill several holes into a very hard frame on my one ton truck. The first hole I attempted was with just any old bit I had on hand, barely scratched the surface, 100 years of drilling and I still wouldn’t have gotten a hole. Second attempt was with the best bit my local hardware store had, I tried wax, motor oil, WD40, I did get a hole in it but it took a lot of effort, so much so that I gave up on my task after just one hole to see if I could find an even better bit on Amazon. What I found was this stuff and I remember seeing it years ago in tool and die shops I’d been in so I ordered it. The word “Magic” in the name is more than just a marketing gimmick, it’s mind blowing what a difference just a little of this stuff made, night and day. If I was a drill bit manufacturer I’d include some of this stuff with every bit I sold, people would think it was my drill bits that were so amazing and would have no idea it was actually this Magic Tap fluid. I completed all my holes with little effort and just one bit.

I do a lot of commercial door hardware. I use this stuff all the time. Best on the market.

worked for my project