"Tim Williams" wrote in message
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"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message
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It's not
uncommon to wash parts in Stoddard solvent and follow with a cold water
spray, then permit the parts to dry. They'll accept paint well. Try
that
with ATF or other light oils, including kerosene. I wish you luck.

If it works it works, but isn't WD-40 mostly stoddard solvent? Seems
counter-intuitive that WD-40 (or uh, WD-1? heh) can be displaced itself by
the thing it's supposed to combat...

Tim


If you've used WD-40, you realize that while it may be made of Stoddard
solvent (does the product say it is? I don't think so), it also contains
something that is dissolved that remains behind after the solvent has
evaporated. That something appears to me to be paraffin. Again, I don't
think the product admits to what it is. Shades of ATF in solvent.
Makes no sense. I don't usually put dirt in wash water to improve its
cleaning power.

My comments on Stoddard rinsed with cold water are based on experience. It
works, and well. What isn't soluble by the Stoddard is removed by the water
rinse. Surprisingly, the majority of the Stoddard is also washed off.

Harold