On 13/06/2018 08:06, wrote:
On Wednesday, 13 June 2018 01:36:16 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 12/06/2018 21:55, tabbypurr wrote:
On Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:14:05 UTC+1, Sean_K wrote:
replying to Sean Delere, Sean_K wrote:
Reading all these suggestions and wondering why no one has given good old WD40
a try, well I just tried it (since its all I have anyway) and I can honesty
say the glue came off like a dream. Look no further: WD40

They did mention white spirit. Why would anyone buy it for 10x the price?

Dunno... but since WD40 is not the same as white spirit, what does that
have to do with anything?

It's nearly 100% white spirit.

That's wrong:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#Formulation

25% mineral oil

12€“18% low vapour pressure aliphatic hydrocarbon

"50% 'aliphatic hydrocarbons'. The manufacturer's website claims this
ratio in the current formulation cannot accurately be described as
Stoddard solvent"

So the closest you could claim is a 50% solvent content that is similar
to (but different from) white spirit.



Check the MSDS, you will note its a different hydrocarbon composition,
and a much lower aromatic content than most white spirit:

https://cdn.wd40company.eu/wd-40/en-...CT-AEROSOL.pdf

Hydrocarbons, C9-C11, n-alkanes, isoalkanes, cyclics, 2% aromatics

https://www.barrettinepro.co.uk/uplo...e%20Spirit.pdf

hydrocarbons, C9-C12, n-alkanes, isoalkanes, cyclics, aromatics (2-25%)


plus white spirit does not evaporate to leave the heavier oil residue
like WD40 does.

With white spirit the solvent is the product, with WD40 in many
applications the solvent is simply the bearer of the product.

The small amount of oil doesn't help with adhesive dissolving.

That's not even wrong.

The mineral oil *may* well help dissolving adhesive - depending on the
type of glue. However its a straw man, since it does nothing to support
the assertion that its just white spirit anyway.









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Cheers,

John.

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