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Phil Allison[_3_] Phil Allison[_3_] is offline
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Default WD-40 to clean electric contacts?

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Here we go again!


** With a congenital lunatic like you at the helm.


WD-40 is not:

A lubricant.


** Yes is is.

A contact cleaner.


** Yes it is.

Sticky or gummy.


** One out of three.


It is a 100% volatile light solvent,


** Wrong. The solvent part is about 80%.


mostly ultra-refined kerosene,



** Wrong again.

designed to displace water



** But rarely used for that.

so that whatever it is may be cleaned or lubricated with
something designed for the purpose.


** Half witted bull****.


A sticky, gummy mess is what happens when existing skunge dissolves
into WD-40 and is then distributed throughout whatever it is
- for which the WD-40 is then blamed.



** Happens a lot.


The stuff is a cheap rinse, quite useful for removing and loosening skunge, rust and other detritus *IN PREPARATION FOR* the correct permanent treatment.


** Absurd crap from a serial bull****ter.




Cleaning audio controls - Not so much unless followed up with
the correct permanent solution thereafter.


** Aside from a new control, there is no "permanent solution".



Peter Wieck


**Wot a ******........




..... Phil