Dave Fawthrop wrote:

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:54:12 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

| On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:05:46 +0100, souls wrote:
|
| wing nut just won't budge on either side its very rusted looking but
| not fragile enough to break.
|
| But I bet the hinge mounts will if supplied with enough force. This
| make hacksawing off the heads that were in them much easier as a) you
| have a bit projecting above the (delicate) enamel b) you have easy
| access.
|
| Tried wome WD40 but no just.
|
| Why use a Water Displacer when you should be using a
| penetrating/easing oil like Plusgas or similar?

WD40 contains a penetrating oil, try spraying it on your hand or indeed
anything.

WD means that it is a water dispersent. This originates from the armed
forces and they used the letter G followed by (usually) a three figure
number, to determine what different greases were. Oils were determined
by the use of a letter O followed by numbers.


There have been several water dispersants, depending on what/why they
were used.

Alas, I do not have my Shell reference book of equivalent oils/greases
etc any more.


Dave