On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:49:41 +0100, fred wrote:

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Bob Eager wrote:

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

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!

It came top in a tools' survey?

More likely top in a fools' survey.