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You know WD-40 has been used for dozens if not hundreds of off label
uses. From lubing a squeaky hinge or cutting aluminum on the mill to being spray as a fish attractant and even used topically as an arthritis pain treatment. Well, as I've learned over the years to use the right product for the right job my supply of WD-40 has dwindled. Its been years since I ran out. Well today I actually needed some for its intended purpose. To displace water on some machinery I just cleaned by taking it out side and blasting the chips off of with a hose nozzle. For once its the right product for the job and I don't have any. LOL. |
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:31:02 -0700
Bob La Londe wrote: You know WD-40 has been used for dozens if not hundreds of off label uses. From lubing a squeaky hinge or cutting aluminum on the mill to being spray as a fish attractant and even used topically as an arthritis pain treatment. Well, as I've learned over the years to use the right product for the right job my supply of WD-40 has dwindled. Its been years since I ran out. Well today I actually needed some for its intended purpose. To displace water on some machinery I just cleaned by taking it out side and blasting the chips off of with a hose nozzle. For once its the right product for the job and I don't have any. LOL. I started buying the gallon cans and their branded pump/squirt bottles. Watch for good deals/sales when the can starts getting low. Think I have three squirters setting around in strategic places. Mostly used as a rust preventive after handling/using tools. Big help with high humidity days of late. Doesn't work well as a long term rust preventative though... Works pretty well for getting sticky/gooey gunk off your hands too :) -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b |
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On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:25:30 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:31:02 -0700 Bob La Londe wrote: You know WD-40 has been used for dozens if not hundreds of off label uses. From lubing a squeaky hinge or cutting aluminum on the mill to being spray as a fish attractant and even used topically as an arthritis pain treatment. Well, as I've learned over the years to use the right product for the right job my supply of WD-40 has dwindled. Its been years since I ran out. Well today I actually needed some for its intended purpose. To displace water on some machinery I just cleaned by taking it out side and blasting the chips off of with a hose nozzle. For once its the right product for the job and I don't have any. LOL. I started buying the gallon cans and their branded pump/squirt bottles. Watch for good deals/sales when the can starts getting low. Think I have three squirters setting around in strategic places. Mostly used as a rust preventive after handling/using tools. Big help with high humidity days of late. Doesn't work well as a long term rust preventative though... Works pretty well for getting sticky/gooey gunk off your hands too :) WD has ZERO rust inhibitors in it. Its marginally ok as a solvent and a very short term low load lubricant for small moving parts. Thats ALL it has going for it.. that and the fact its Stodard Solvent makes it take the oil/stuff off your hands Oh..it also has DMSO so its not bad for joint pain. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Stops mosquito bite itch, too. |
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On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:31:44 AM UTC-4, wws wrote:
Stops mosquito bite itch, too. I've used it to start my neighbor's balky lawnmower when I ran out of ether. I couldn't believe it worked. -- Ed Huntress |
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On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 11:38:31 AM UTC-4, pOmqt ¬ π΄πππππ πΎππππππ ¬ wMlUf wrote:
wrote on 7/16/2018 10:07 AM: On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:31:44 AM UTC-4, wws wrote: Stops mosquito bite itch, too. I've used it to start my neighbor's balky lawnmower when I ran out of ether. I couldn't believe it worked. It wasn't a hidden secret. It was known since the beginning of time. By whom? The Stoddard solvent is less volatile than gasoline, and harder to ignite, but the spray gives you some pre-mixing. That was the hope I had when I tried it. It seemed to work. If you don't know yet, you can spray WD-40 onto the distributor cap to dry your high-tension ignition wires if you have a hard time starting your car after driving on wet roads. I've heard that. -- Ed Huntress |
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wrote on 7/16/2018 12:11 PM:
On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 11:38:31 AM UTC-4, pOmqt ¬ π΄πππππ πΎππππππ ¬ wMlUf wrote: wrote on 7/16/2018 10:07 AM: On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:31:44 AM UTC-4, wws wrote: Stops mosquito bite itch, too. I've used it to start my neighbor's balky lawnmower when I ran out of ether. I couldn't believe it worked. It wasn't a hidden secret. It was known since the beginning of time. By whom? The Stoddard solvent is less volatile than gasoline, and harder to ignite, but the spray gives you some pre-mixing. That was the hope I had when I tried it. It seemed to work. Not bad. It's almost like saying you recently "discovered" you can put ketchup on a hotdog to make it taste better. More relevant to your point, even diesel/kerosene is easy to ignite if you spray it into a fine mist. Many people carry a can of WD-40 in the truck, but not a can of gasoline, diesel, or kerosene. That's why they use WD-40. If you don't know yet, you can spray WD-40 onto the distributor cap to dry your high-tension ignition wires if you have a hard time starting your car after driving on wet roads. I've heard that. The "WD" in WD-40 stands "Water Displacement". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#History According to Iris Engstrand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Engstrand, a historian of San Diego and California history at the University of San Diego, Iver Norman Lawson https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iver_Norman_Lawson&action=edit&red link=1 invented the formula,^[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-Engstrand2014-3 while the WD-40 company website and other books and newspapers credit Norman Larsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Larsen.^[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-4 ^[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-Mercer2011-5 ^[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-BarryObit-2 "WD-40" is abbreviated from the term "Water Displacement, 40th formula", suggesting it was the result of the 40th attempt to create the product.^[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-latimes-1 The spray, composed of various hydrocarbons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocarbon, was originally designed to be used by Convair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair to protect the outer skin of the Atlas missile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-65_Atlas from rust and corrosion.^[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-aboutus-6 ^[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-barrynytobit-7 This outer skin also functioned as the outer wall of the missile's paper-thin fuel balloon tanks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_tank, which were so fragile that, when empty, they had to be kept inflated with nitrogen to prevent them from collapsing. WD-40 was later found to have many household uses^[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-latimes-1 and was made available to consumers in San Diego in 1958.^[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-aboutus-6 In Engstrand's account, it was Iver Norman Lawson who came up with the water-displacing mixture after working at home, and turned it over to the Rocket Chemical Company for the sum of $500, which today (2018) is about $4,600. It was Norman Larsen, president of the company, who had the idea of packaging it in aerosol cans and marketed it in this way.^[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-Engstrand2014-3 It was written up as a new consumer product in 1961.^[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-8 By 1965 it was being used by airlines including Delta and United; United, for example, was using it on fixed and movable joints of their DC-8 and Boeing 720s in maintenance and overhaul.^[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-AEAT1965-9 At that time, airlines were using a variant called WD-60 to clean turbines, removing light rust from control lines, and when handling or storing metal parts.^[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-AEAT1965-9 By 1969 WD-40 was being marketed to farmers and mechanics in England.^[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#cite_note-10 |
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:31:02 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: To displace water on some machinery I just cleaned by taking it out side and blasting the chips off of with a hose nozzle. For once its the right product for the job and I don't have any. LOL. LPS1 is a FAR better water displacer than wd-40. Back in the early years after Earth's creation when I was racing motocross professionally, I also worked in a bike shop. We sold LPS products. We'd set up a demo where we'd take a small bike with a points-type magneto, hose down the points and coils with LPS1, crank the bike and then flood the magneto with a garden hose. The engine would not miss a beat. LPS1 is kinda hard to find but Amazon probably has it. John John DeArmond http://www.neon-john.com http://www.tnduction.com Tellico Plains, Occupied TN See website for email address |
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 07:07:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:31:44 AM UTC-4, wws wrote: Stops mosquito bite itch, too. I've used it to start my neighbor's balky lawnmower when I ran out of ether. I couldn't believe it worked. It's the propane propellent more than the WD40. WD40 in a squirt bottle doesn't work - only in an aerosol. |
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:38:24 -0400, pOmqt?? ? ?????? ??????? ? ??wMlUf
wrote: wrote on 7/16/2018 10:07 AM: On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:31:44 AM UTC-4, wws wrote: Stops mosquito bite itch, too. I've used it to start my neighbor's balky lawnmower when I ran out of ether. I couldn't believe it worked. It wasn't a hidden secret. It was known since the beginning of time. If you don't know yet, you can spray WD-40 onto the distributor cap to dry your high-tension ignition wires if you have a hard time starting your car after driving on wet roads. And if you spray it UNDER the cap, or inside the cap and don't let it air oput a bit before replacing the cap, it will blow the cap right off (often in pieces) |
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On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:25:06 PM UTC-4, Clare wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 07:07:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:31:44 AM UTC-4, wws wrote: Stops mosquito bite itch, too. I've used it to start my neighbor's balky lawnmower when I ran out of ether. I couldn't believe it worked. It's the propane propellent more than the WD40. WD40 in a squirt bottle doesn't work - only in an aerosol. AHA! That makes sense. It was a desperate effort and it struck me funny that the Stoddard solvent and mineral oil mix would work at all. Apparently, it didn't. g -- Ed Huntress |
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:26:40 -0400, Clare Snyder
wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:38:24 -0400, pOmqt?? ? ?????? ??????? ? ??wMlUf wrote: wrote on 7/16/2018 10:07 AM: On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:31:44 AM UTC-4, wws wrote: Stops mosquito bite itch, too. I've used it to start my neighbor's balky lawnmower when I ran out of ether. I couldn't believe it worked. It wasn't a hidden secret. It was known since the beginning of time. If you don't know yet, you can spray WD-40 onto the distributor cap to dry your high-tension ignition wires if you have a hard time starting your car after driving on wet roads. And if you spray it UNDER the cap, or inside the cap and don't let it air oput a bit before replacing the cap, it will blow the cap right off (often in pieces) Don't you wish to use "DAMHIKT", clare? -- America rose from abnormal origins. The nation didn't grow organ- ically or gradually from indigenous tribes--like, say, the French or the Poles--but emerged out of courageous, conscious acts of will by Pilgrims and Patriots. --Michael Medved, Right Turns |
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:45:48 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:26:40 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:38:24 -0400, pOmqt?? ? ?????? ??????? ? ??wMlUf wrote: wrote on 7/16/2018 10:07 AM: On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:31:44 AM UTC-4, wws wrote: Stops mosquito bite itch, too. I've used it to start my neighbor's balky lawnmower when I ran out of ether. I couldn't believe it worked. It wasn't a hidden secret. It was known since the beginning of time. If you don't know yet, you can spray WD-40 onto the distributor cap to dry your high-tension ignition wires if you have a hard time starting your car after driving on wet roads. And if you spray it UNDER the cap, or inside the cap and don't let it air oput a bit before replacing the cap, it will blow the cap right off (often in pieces) Don't you wish to use "DAMHIKT", clare? Yup - I'll admit to learning that "the easy way" when I was an apprentice at 16 years of age. Had a wet cap on a 327 Sprayed WD40 into the little slide-up window - let it sit for a few minutes, then cranked it over. Not sure I'de have been able to find the parts of the cap if it weren't for the coil wires - - - . Doing something stupid first hand IS the easy way to learn - you never forget - - - - |
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:37:09 -0400
Clare Snyder wrote: huge snip Doing something stupid first hand IS the easy way to learn - you never forget - - - - I use to work with guys that would do stuff like that again, sometimes a week or maybe a month later :) -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b |
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:41:42 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:37:09 -0400 Clare Snyder wrote: huge snip Doing something stupid first hand IS the easy way to learn - you never forget - - - - I use to work with guys that would do stuff like that again, sometimes a week or maybe a month later :) Can't fix stupid. Some are too dumb to associate cause with effect |
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:37:09 -0400, Clare Snyder
wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:45:48 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:26:40 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:38:24 -0400, pOmqt?? ? ?????? ??????? ? ??wMlUf wrote: wrote on 7/16/2018 10:07 AM: On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:31:44 AM UTC-4, wws wrote: Stops mosquito bite itch, too. I've used it to start my neighbor's balky lawnmower when I ran out of ether. I couldn't believe it worked. It wasn't a hidden secret. It was known since the beginning of time. If you don't know yet, you can spray WD-40 onto the distributor cap to dry your high-tension ignition wires if you have a hard time starting your car after driving on wet roads. And if you spray it UNDER the cap, or inside the cap and don't let it air oput a bit before replacing the cap, it will blow the cap right off (often in pieces) Don't you wish to use "DAMHIKT", clare? Yup - I'll admit to learning that "the easy way" when I was an apprentice at 16 years of age. Had a wet cap on a 327 Sprayed WD40 into the little slide-up window - let it sit for a few minutes, then cranked it over. Not sure I'de have been able to find the parts of the cap if it weren't for the coil wires - - - . Doing something stupid first hand IS the easy way to learn - you never forget - - - - I guess that's true for some things, but... -- America rose from abnormal origins. The nation didn't grow organ- ically or gradually from indigenous tribes--like, say, the French or the Poles--but emerged out of courageous, conscious acts of will by Pilgrims and Patriots. --Michael Medved, Right Turns |
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