On 13/05/17 19:18, Phil Allison wrote:
Ian Jackson wrote:
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I just hate dealing with customers machines after they use WD-40 as a
'lubricant'. In all cases, after a few years, the gear systems are
frozen with some sort of glue like substance that take soaking in
mineral spirits/paint thinner overnight to soften enough to take apart.
** Or another squirt of WD-40 will dissolve in seconds.
Indeed. WD40 never sets 'hard'..
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** The certainly ARE oils and greases that can turn into glue.
Anecdote:
I bought one of the very first CD players available for purchase in Australia ( Sony CDP101 )
in May of 1983. I still have it and it works perfectly.

Nice one! On the now rare occasion that I play a CD, I still use
my Sony D-22 CD Diskman that I bought 2nd hand in the late 80's.
Still works fine. Just don't try to play a data CD - it'll spit
out high volume white noise! It's the only home CD player I'll
ever own.