On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:44:18 +0100, PeterC
wrote:

On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:12:48 +0100 (BST), Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 04:11:43 -0700 (PDT), Rob G wrote:

I was trying to remember what the problem is - it goes sticky doesn't
it ? Maybe that would explain why the sections of my wife's walking
poles ended up as a solid mass.

Yes, leaves a sticky residue that a part from gummimg things up also
attracts dirt. Dirt that then gets made into a nice grinding paste
with the residue, so yes it's a means of selling more locks.

Out of interest, is there a thin spray lube that's OK for switches, locks
etc?
Sometimes oil or grease has gone thick in something realtively inaccessible
(the last pull-switch that I stripped and rebuilt now works freely but
skips sometimes, but 'tis old). Also, a thin film of something is sometimes
better than oil or grease.

BTW, found a good use for WD40: quick spray on blades of hedge clippers,
sickle etc. and rub it in forms a thin film that isn't sticky enough to
hold on to leaves and grass. Now I can start to use it.
What an earth are you people rambling on about???? (happy smiley
inserted here)

WD40 has been used for years as penetrating AND lubricating

I have been in engineering for 25 years and WD40 has been used all the
time its well known to be used in locks and any small component
devices.
If you look on the site it tells you.
http://www.wd40.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1519