On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:26:53 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

CarlBriggs wrote:

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

Carl - where have you been? I've been fighting the WD40 corner all alone
for ages. :-)

Together we could form a military wing!
Sorry been lurking too long!!
The thing with WD40 is I agree its not designed for large components
and mainly we used it on small mechanisms and you used nearly half a
can mainly as flushing agent, but it does work as a lubricant.
In the industry I was in it was the best/cost effective that is
available.
We used the modern PTFE etc based stuff but it was costing an arm an
leg to get the same results as WD40.