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Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

On 04/09/2014 23:55, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:33:22 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€� by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

A triumph of marketing. Not lubrication.

Pah. I use WD40 a lot, mostly for tool and other metal object
preservation/cleaning, but also for mild lubrication. It's a lot less
messy than the alternatives, and the one can serves for many
applications. I'd say a can of WD40 goes in my Top Ten Tools!

2p
J.