Wd40

[Aage]

Originally Posted by Fyrzowt

From what I hear, WD-80 is twice as good...

[ScottW]

Two comments: NEVER use anything to start a diesel except diesel fuel - period!

According to the Mfg's of WD-40, there is NOTHING in it that can harm you! It is not kerosene based.

Sorry, but that's my 2 cents worth.

[ScottW]

Originally Posted by RIstream'n

According to the people at Kennedy space center they invented it. Oh well maybe they were wrong

It was in fact, Rocket Chemical company. Norm Larsen invented it in 1953.

[Excella CM]

The main ingredient in all car care products is marketing. Some of these products also have useful trace contaminations of chemicals that actually do some good.

[azflycaster]

WD-40 the fly...



This fly in olive or brown is a killer on the San Juan River.

[thecatsandi]

Originally Posted by sander17

see
WD-40 Company and Product History
It was the Rocket Chemical Company, not NASA that invented it, for Atlas missiles. The hard part was keeping the employees from taking it home at night!

The Rocket Chemical company WD-40 was used as an ultra low temp lubircant for the Inertial Nav system in ICBMs.

[DFord79]

3 in 1 oil and WD 40 have to be the two most universal and probably the best lubricants and water displacement items every made. I have tried may new products over the years for all types of lubrication and rust protection. Nothing is better than 3 in 1 or WD 40. I use 3 in 1 oil in lock mechanisms and it seems to last forever. And the fomulas for both are TOP SCRET to this day.

[flitzwhopper]

after my mother-in-law got froggy and squirted WD40 into all of her locksets arount the house, and seizing up about half of them, I asked the locksmith where i work what was up with that. He said that you should never use any oil in locksets... only alcohol and graphite. I disassembled the offended locksets, washed them out with alcohol and lubricated them with the graphite. The work fine now. mother-in-law saved a couple hundred dollars because she would have had to have a locksmith come out to do what I did. However, no good deed goes unpunished... but that's another story.

[LHall]

My Grandmother used to spray it on her arthritic knee and then wrap it in saran wrap. She claimed that it really helped with the stiffness and pain.

[wbrownrr]

Ihall, my grandmother uses Windex....

[Aage]

Originally Posted by wbrownrr

Ihall, my grandmother uses Windex....

She's not by any chance Greek, is she?

[safari 28]

I use it for everything. Works great on chains, the entire hitch assy and best of all, it really does the job on rock guards for the Airstream. I tried waubernize on the rock guards and what a mess.

[wbrownrr]

Aage,
How'd you guess???!!

[wbrownrr]

Safari 28,
Good idea about the rockguards. I tried Walbernizer once too.... ugh! We used stainless steel polish the last time we treated them, but the WD40 might be easier/quicker.

[Aage]

Originally Posted by wbrownrr

Aage,
How'd you guess???!!

You're kidding, right? You did see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" didn't you?

[Aage]

Originally Posted by safari 28

I use it for everything.

Rumour has it that it's a wonderful laxitive, too.

One thing for sure: it is NOT a lubricant, in my books.