WD-40 Story and uses.....

jll346

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I guess it's not only for rust and drill bit lube.

Water Displacement #40. The product began from a search for A rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect Missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953 by three Technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a water displacement compound. They were Successful with the fortieth formulation, thus WD-40. The Corvair Company bought it in bulk to protect their atlas Missile parts.

Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is Nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you... IT IS MADE FROM FISH OIL . When you read the shower door' Part, try it. It's the first thing that has ever cleaned That spotty shower door. If yours is plastic, it works Just as well as glass. It is a miracle! Then try it on your Stovetop... It is now shinier than it has ever been before.

1) Protects silver from tarnishing.

2) Removes road tar and grime from cars..

3) Cleans and lubricates guitar strings..

4) Gives floors that `just-waxed` sheen without making it slippery.

5) Keeps flies off cows.

6) Restores and cleans chalkboards.

7) Removes lipstick stains.

8) Loosens stubborn zippers.

9) Untangles jewelry chains.

10) Removes stains from stainless steel sinks.

11) Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill.

12) Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing.

13) Removes tomato stains from clothing..

14) Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots.

15) Camouflages scratches in ceramic and marble floors.

16) Keeps scissors working smoothly.

17) Lubricates noisy door hinges on vehicles and doors in homes

18) It removes black scuff marks from the kitchen floor! Open some windows if you have a lot of marks.

9) Bug guts will eat away the finish on your car.Removed quickly, with WD-40!

20) Gives a children's play gym slide a shine for a super fast slide.

21) Lubricates gear shift on lawn mowers.

22) Rids kids rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises.

23) Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to open.

24) Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open and close.

25) Restores and cleans padded leather dashboards in vehicles, well as vinyl bumpers.

26) Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles.

27) Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans.

28) Lubricates wheel sprockets on tricycles, wagons, and bicycles for easy handling.

29) Lubricates fan belts on washers and dryers and keeps them running smoothly.

30) Keeps rust from forming on saws and saw blades, and other tools.

31) Removes splattered grease on stove.

32) Keeps bathroom mirror from fogging.

33) Lubricates prosthetic limbs.

34) Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell).

35) Removes all traces of duct tape.

36) Folks even spray it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve arthritis pain

37) Florida's favorite use 'Cleans and removes love bugs from grills and bumpers.'

38) Protects the Statue of Liberty from the elements.

39) WD-40 attracts fish. Spray a little on live bait or lures and you be catching the big one in no time.

40) Ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately and stops the itch.

41) WD-40 is great for removing crayon from walls. Spray on the mark and wipe with a clean rag.

42) If you've washed and dried a tube of lipstick with a load of laundry,saturate

the lipstick spots with WD-40 and PRESTO! Lipstick is gone.

43) If you spray WD-40 on the distributor cap, it will displace moisture and allow the car to start.

Keep a can of WD-40 in your kitchen cabinet. It is good for oven burns or any other type of burn. It takes the burned feeling away and heals with NO scarring.
 
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It was just emailed to me? Should have looked it up first. Definately no fish oil in it but the origin is a true story.
 
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Anyone know if it actually gets stains out? I always thought it would stain, because it is dark and oily.
 
Keep a can of WD-40 in your kitchen cabinet. It is good for oven burns or any other type of burn. It takes the burned feeling away and heals with NO scarring.

Probably by destroying nerve endings :rolleyes: I'm gonna call BS on this one . . .
 
Do not know about stains but it sure will get glue off of things. Someone put some tape on the door of my truck and when they pulled it off all of the glue was left on it. I got the WD40 and it took the glue off and did not hurt the paint.
 
It does work as a soothing treatment for minor 1,1,1 Triclor/gunscrubber exposure on the hands. Obviously not a proper medical treatment and not recommended for serious burns, but it takes the edge off the burning sensation if you get some on your hands.
 
I wouldn't permit it in my house !!! For any use there's something better than WD-40 !
 
There's always something better for specifics, but for general stuff, wd-40 seems pretty good.
 
No Joke, my Grandfather would spray it on his leg where he was ranover by a car when he was young and he always said it took some of the pain out of it, Dr's always laughed at him but he stopped taking arthritis meds? DUNNO?
 
Love Lube. ;)

I think it's a pretty good product. I do use other products specifically engineered for tasks that I used WD-40 for as a kid.

We used Kroil at work a lot, and I became a big believer for freeing up rusted/corroded parts. It's like magic in a bottle.

WD-40 is great to spray on your smelt when sturgeon fishing :D
 
You can kill the weeds in your driveway with it :)
I like the smell of it better than kroil, though!
 
I had to use some aero-kroil to get off a stubborn rusty bolt on a chunk of metal I needed for my filing jig, I expected it's pink colour to have a strawberry or even cherry smell-I was disappointed :(
 
I like the smell of Kroil.

I use the heck out of that stuff out here in the Nigerian Swamp.
Miracle juice on stuck bolts and stuff...

I go through a lot of both WD-40, and Kroil.

Stuff rusts like you wouldn't believe out here.
Some stuff will literally rust between passes on the lathe !!

I squirt everything with WD-40 before I go to lunch, or I come back to a rusty mess.
 
I have to stick by 3 cents in here. WD-40 is good for cleaning sticky stuff off windows. It is a solvent that is made out of anything that they can get cheap, like kerosene. It is just about worthless as a lubricant or for rust prevention. Left on a gun for a long time, it turns to sticky gum. I have personally had 2 rifle ruined because I trusted it for storage. :grumpy:

The copier company that I worked for issued WD-40 until we found out that it didn't do much of anything. We used it to clean parts and find squeaks. Then we used a good lubricant like Tri-Flo or Break-Free.

There have been numerous threads on WD-40. Some people like it, but most hate it because they trusted it and got screwed. The only thing I can say for it is that it's cheap.
 
WD 40 is a wonderful product if you understand it's attributes.
In 35 years of using it, I have never seen it turn to "sticky gum."
 
I will admit i use it once in a while there are alot of other better products . Everyone forgot to mention it has contents in it that are extreme CANCER causeing agents in it.Read the MSDS for when you get it on your skin . We had a chemical at work the the guys would wash there work gloves in make um look brand new. The MSDS label read EXTREME CANCER CAUSING AGENT DO NOT GET ON SKIN. Needless to say the guys never used it again, only 30 percent of the old timers died from cancer. I dont smoke after doing it for 30 years my gramma smoked her whole life till she was 90 her heart give out . Ya never know but why take chances. kellyw
 
My wife worked at WD-40 more than 10 years ago.
Among the more unusual uses ...

They heard about a lot of people using it for arthritis. My wife actually took a call from some person calling the office to tell them that the elderly mother-in-law was sitting on a table swinging her legs and her knees were creaking! One of the family squirted her knees with WD-40 and they stopped!--No joke, that's what they said.

It was also well known as a bait-enhancer for certain types of fish. (Spraying directly onto the bait). I seem to recall some controversy over its use in competition fishing back then.

There were a bunch of offbeat uses I hear about back then.
 
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