Lew Hodgett wrote:
"dpb" wrote:

Kerosene, any light oil, water, virtually any other lubricant will
do the same...


Try buying kerosene in SoCal.

Close as you come is a bottle of scented and colored lamp oil.
....

internet search showed about a dozen in the LA area in ThomasNet; retail
yellow pages about as many more...

But, point was/is "...virtually any other lubricant" will do...nothing
unique about the WD40 for the purpose.

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