Description
Brand: Winona Van Norman
Package Information: Pail
Item Form: Liquid
Recommended Uses For Product: For use in flywheel grinders, surface grinders, and other precision metalworking machines where a clean, consistent finish is required. Suitable for grinding cast iron and steel components such as automotive and racing flywheels, brake rotors, and clutch surfaces. Mix concentrate with water per label instructions before use in coolant reservoirs or sumps. Intended for use by automotive machine shops, racing teams, and professional machinists performing flywheel resurfacing and precision grinding work. For industrial and commercial machining use.
Flywheel grinding puts unforgiving demands on a coolant. The wheel is loading against cast iron and steel across a wide, flat surface, heat builds fast, and any residue left behind shows up as a scratched or hazy finish that fails inspection. Winona Van Norman built this coolant specifically to solve that problem — not as a generic all-purpose fluid stretched to cover grinding, but as a dedicated formula developed in-house for flywheel and precision grinding work. This ultra-concentrated coolant mixes at a minimum of 5–7% with water (roughly 1 part coolant to 20 parts water), so a 5-gallon container goes a long way in the shop. The concentration keeps the grinding wheel cutting cleanly rather than glazing over, which extends wheel life and cuts down on redressing. Parts come off the grinder with a noticeably cleaner, more consistent surface finish, and the coolant itself stays cleaner in the sump — less sludge, less filter changing, less downtime. Machinists and racing teams who run flywheel grinders daily know that coolant choice affects more than just the finish — it affects wheel wear, cycle time, and how often the machine needs attention. A worn or glazed flywheel surface can lead to clutch chatter, uneven engagement, and premature wear on new clutch components, so getting a true, clean regrind matters. This coolant is formulated to help achieve that flat, properly finished surface that a rebuilt or resurfaced flywheel needs to seat correctly. It's also low odor, which matters in shops running grinders for hours at a stretch, and it mixes easily without clumping or requiring special equipment. This is a trusted, shop-tested recipe from a Midwest family business, made and tested in the USA — the same coolant formula used in Winona Van Norman's own machine shop. Mixing instructions: Combine 1 part coolant to 20 parts water for a 5% concentration (minimum recommended). Adjust ratio up for heavier grinding applications as needed.