IIRC, this thread came up here a few years ago. Older cans of WD-40
never carried the word "lubricant" or "lubricate" on them. Now they do.
A friend at work (in his 30s) was talking about working on his car,
another person chimed in about using WD-40 as a penetrating oil. I
clued them in about the whole "Water Displacement" thing and strongly
suggested Liquid Wrench as a start.
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On 12/2/2014 10:43 AM, Don Holbrook wrote:
Check out www.kanolabs.com for excellent products of this type. Been
using them 50+ years.
----- Original Message -----From: Chris Trask
<christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: Olympus Camera Discussion
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, olympus@thomasclausen.netSent: Tue, 02
Dec 2014 13:36:57 -0000 (UTC)Subject: Re: [OM] Moose caught in a web
of lies?
"Parenthetically, WD-40 seems to be widely misunderstood. It is
not really>a lubricant. It was developed for the military>during
WWII for the express purpose of water displacement, hence the
WD>name. It was the 40th formula tried, hence WD-40.">> OK,
Moose, my apologies, not quite a web of lies. But, out
of>curiosity, I put "WD-40 development" into Google and got to
><http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/WDFourty.htm>
WD-40 does>stand for Water Displacement, and it was the 40th
attempt to develop it,>but is was done by three engineers, not
the military, in 1953, not WWII.>
There's been a lot of BS about WD-40, and this is the first time that
I've heard someone make up a new one about it's origins being during
WWII. That's one for the urban legend file.
It's America's favourite lubricant, even though it's not supposed to
be used as a lubricant. I've come across all sorts of bicycle
bearings that suffer from what I call "WD-40 Syndrome", where the
WD-40 has dried out to form a thick goo. I'll squirt in some Liquid
Wrench to loosen it, then chase it out with 30W motor oil to chase it
out.
A few days ago we had a couple come into the bike shop with a
crippled rear wheel. They had taken it to a commercial shop and wer
told that their gooed-up hub would cost $130 in parts to replace. I
asked to see it, and yes, it felt like it was in the advanced stages
of WD-40 Syndrome as the pawls were just barely clicking and engaging
the spline. I didn't have any Liquid Wrench available, so I gave it a
shot of WD-40 to start, which loosened it up. Then gave it repeated
applications of 30W motor oil until the fluid that came out was
reasonably clear.
They were amazed, even more so when they were told that it wouldn't
cost them anything. They gave us a $10 donation and left very, very
happy.
Chris the Moto(bécane)maniac~~~ __o~~~ _ <_~~ (_)/(_) --
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