I know everyone here loves a nice WD40 story ...

A fabrication worker sprayed a colleague in the face with WD40 in a row about a new pair of overalls, a court heard last Tuesday (26 August).
However, James Burt (54) was cleared of assault after his defence lawyer argued that he had sprayed his subordinate, Mariusz Adamowicz (36), with the penetrating water-displacing oil by mistake.

http://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/...f-wd40-frenzy/

Owain

On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:33:22 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

WD40 is fine for releasing stuff, but normal lubrication methods need to be
implimented long term. It don't arf pong though.
Brian

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On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:33:22 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

On 04/09/2014 23:55, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:33:22 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€� by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.



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On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€� by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

The Sun is the best selling newspaper in the UK, by a country mile. Does
that mean it's any _good_?

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

On 04/09/2014 23:55, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:33:22 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€� by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

A triumph of marketing.

Not lubrication.
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In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

On 04/09/2014 23:55, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:33:22 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€� by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

A triumph of marketing. Not lubrication.

Pah. I use WD40 a lot, mostly for tool and other metal object
preservation/cleaning, but also for mild lubrication. It's a lot less
messy than the alternatives, and the one can serves for many
applications. I'd say a can of WD40 goes in my Top Ten Tools!

2p
J.

The Sun is the best selling newspaper in the UK, by a country mile.
Does that mean it's any _good_?

I no longer get to read it whenever I want but I used to hold it out as
the best example of Plain English in the land. So that's one sense in
which I'd say it was and still is bloody good.

Another sense is that it's good at writing for rather a lot of people
who live in the UK (admittedly biased towards C2-E males outside
Liverpool). You may not like their views but that doesn't make The Sun
any less "good" than, say, The Guardian which writes for a different
readership - more graduate, metropolitan, and public sector.

And I'll wager that a greater proportion of The Sun's sales are still
to people buying out of their own pocket than The Guardian's sales.


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In article ],
Another John writes
In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€? by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

A triumph of marketing. Not lubrication.

Pah. I use WD40 a lot, mostly for tool and other metal object
preservation/cleaning, but also for mild lubrication. It's a lot less
messy than the alternatives, and the one can serves for many
applications. I'd say a can of WD40 goes in my Top Ten Tools!

It came top in a tools' survey?
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On Friday, September 5, 2014 6:18:19 PM UTC+1, Adrian wrote:
The Sun is the best selling newspaper in the UK, by a country mile. Does
that mean it's any _good_?

It has tits (at least I think it did the last time I looked at it).

Owain

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€� by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

Brown-coloured sugar water with a dash of caffeine wouldn't sell by the
description alone. But brightly label it "Coca Cola" and it mysteriously
becomes a storming worldwide success...

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:49:41 +0100, fred wrote:

In article ],
Another John writes
In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray,
why it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the
€œTop 100 Inventions of All-Time€? by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco
Survey and why they sell $300 million worth a year.

A triumph of marketing. Not lubrication.

Pah. I use WD40 a lot, mostly for tool and other metal object
preservation/cleaning, but also for mild lubrication. It's a lot less
messy than the alternatives, and the one can serves for many
applications. I'd say a can of WD40 goes in my Top Ten Tools!

It came top in a tools' survey?

More likely top in a fools' survey.

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:49:41 +0100, fred wrote:

In article ],
Another John writes
In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray,
why it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the
€œTop 100 Inventions of All-Time€? by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco
Survey and why they sell $300 million worth a year.

A triumph of marketing. Not lubrication.

Pah. I use WD40 a lot, mostly for tool and other metal object
preservation/cleaning, but also for mild lubrication. It's a lot less
messy than the alternatives, and the one can serves for many
applications. I'd say a can of WD40 goes in my Top Ten Tools!

It came top in a tools' survey?

The whole idea of a WD40 frenzy makes me chuckle.

However, good mixed metaphor on BBC Breakfast today (I forget what it was
about). They said: "XXX is another tool in our arsenal". No doubt WD40
is another.



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writes
On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€� by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

The Sun is the best selling newspaper in the UK, by a country mile. Does
that mean it's any _good_?

We've been around this loop many, many times.

WD40 may not the ultimate lubricant, rust proofer, release agent, sticky
label remover, barbecue lighter fuel etc - but it's pretty good at all
of its claimed functions, and it's all there in a single can.
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Ian

On 06/09/2014 10:46, Ian Jackson wrote:
WD40 may not the ultimate lubricant, rust proofer, release agent, sticky
label remover, barbecue lighter fuel etc - but it's pretty good at all
of its claimed functions, and it's all there in a single can.

This. If it doesn't give long lasting lubrication to something like a
lock or a hinge, it's not exactly difficult to spray it on every month
or two. I use it on the car door lock, and one squirt in November stops
it freezing up for a whole Winter, while a quick squirt stops the hinges
squeaking for months at a time, as does the proper, much more expensive
stuff.

As you say, for all its functions, there are better products, but it is
acceptable for all of them, and available just about anywhere.

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John.

On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 10:52:27 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

As you say, for all its functions, there are better products, but it is
acceptable for all of them, and available just about anywhere.

Aye, I'll cheerfully agree to that.

In article , Bob Eager
writes
On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:49:41 +0100, fred wrote:

In article ],
Another John writes
In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray,
why it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the
€œTop 100 Inventions of All-Time€? by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco
Survey and why they sell $300 million worth a year.

A triumph of marketing. Not lubrication.

Pah. I use WD40 a lot, mostly for tool and other metal object
preservation/cleaning, but also for mild lubrication. It's a lot less
messy than the alternatives, and the one can serves for many
applications. I'd say a can of WD40 goes in my Top Ten Tools!

It came top in a tools' survey?

The whole idea of a WD40 frenzy makes me chuckle.

God knows what the Sheriff was thinking about, how can you spray someone
_twice_ by accident during an argument? Perhaps a new concept of Sheriff
nullification, maybe he thought the 'victim' was in need of a good
wetting down.
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On 05/09/2014 20:49, Robin wrote:
The Sun is the best selling newspaper in the UK, by a country mile.
Does that mean it's any _good_?

I no longer get to read it whenever I want but I used to hold it out as
the best example of Plain English in the land...

That is because it is written for people whose reading skill stopped
developing at age six, as compared to age 14 that the broadsheets write for.

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On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 19:50:52 +0100, Nightjar \"cpb\"@ wrote:

The Sun is the best selling newspaper in the UK, by a country mile.
Does that mean it's any _good_?

I no longer get to read it whenever I want but I used to hold it out
as the best example of Plain English in the land...

That is because it is written for people whose reading skill stopped
developing at age six, as compared to age 14 that the broadsheets write
for.

Even then, two-thirds don't read, just look at the pictures.

On 05/09/2014 18:18, Adrian wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€� by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

The Sun is the best selling newspaper in the UK, by a country mile. Does
that mean it's any _good_?

It means its very good at doing what it was designed to do.

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On 05/09/2014 22:35, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:49:41 +0100, fred wrote:

In article ],
Another John writes
In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray,
why it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the
€œTop 100 Inventions of All-Time€? by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco
Survey and why they sell $300 million worth a year.

A triumph of marketing. Not lubrication.

Pah. I use WD40 a lot, mostly for tool and other metal object
preservation/cleaning, but also for mild lubrication. It's a lot less
messy than the alternatives, and the one can serves for many
applications. I'd say a can of WD40 goes in my Top Ten Tools!

It came top in a tools' survey?

More likely top in a fools' survey.

It was ranked as one of the €œTop 100 Inventions of All-Time€� by UK
Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey

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On 05/09/2014 22:34, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the €œTop 100
Inventions of All-Time€� by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

Brown-coloured sugar water with a dash of caffeine wouldn't sell by the
description alone. But brightly label it "Coca Cola" and it mysteriously
becomes a storming worldwide success...

Coca Cola & WD40 are a success because they meet a specific need.

Game over.

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On Sunday, September 7, 2014 4:36:31 PM UTC+1, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 05/09/2014 22:34, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray, why
it's sold in 180 countries worldwide, was ranked as one of the "Top 100
Inventions of All-Time" by UK Consumers in a 2010 Tesco Survey and why
they sell $300 million worth a year.

Brown-coloured sugar water with a dash of caffeine wouldn't sell by the
description alone. But brightly label it "Coca Cola" and it mysteriously
becomes a storming worldwide success...

Coca Cola & WD40 are a success because they meet a specific need.
Game over.

Coke meets the same need as all soft drinks.


NT

On 07/09/14 16:36, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Coca Cola & WD40 are a success because they meet a specific need.

I've not tried drinking both. Hmmm

'
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Ahhhhh.....



Game over.

Hope not. hic

:-)

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On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:21 +0100, The Medway Handyman
wrote:

WD40 is about as much use as water, anyway. IOW, a slightly better
product than Hammerite.

That would be why it's the worlds best selling maintenance spray,

Only proves a lot of people believe bull****e. Now **** off with your
hidden advertising. How much are you being paid to promote this
****ing paraffin-based ****e?

On 07/09/2014 16:36, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Coca Cola & WD40 are a success because they meet a specific need.

If WD40 was such a success when it was sold as a universal "does
everything" product, why are there now a confusing number of separate
"specialist" products (I think there might be 7 at Screwfix)? (Not
saying it sales weren't high enough to be called "successful", but have
questions over its performance.)

Either they needed to introduce products that actually work in each
role. Or they are ripping us off. Or both.

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"polygonum" wrote in message
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On 07/09/2014 16:36, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Coca Cola & WD40 are a success because they meet a specific need.

If WD40 was such a success when it was sold as a universal "does everything" product,
why are there now a confusing number of separate "specialist" products (I think there
might be 7 at Screwfix)? (Not saying it sales weren't high enough to be called
"successful", but have questions over its performance.)

Either they needed to introduce products that actually work in each role. Or they are
ripping us off. Or both.

In a word, marketing.

Three of the products on the Screwfix site are lithium grease, silicone
lubricant, and PTFE lubricant. These are quite separate products
which are marketed by a number of different suppliers. Quite possibly
all sourced from the same one or two manufacturers. WD40 are simply
selling their own "badged" version making use of their "trusted"
WD40 brand name

Other lines are simply WD40 in different pack sizes or with different applicators

Other than that, possibly a lot of potential customers simply didn't believe
the versatility of the basic WD40 product, and so its necessary for the
manufacturer to spell this out for them by marketing a number
of diffferent lines Contract Cleaner, Lubricant, Degreaser
quite possibly are all based more or less on exactly the same basic
formula.
So that while basic WD40 might well do the job the "tweaked"
more expensive product will work even better. Allegedly.

michael adams

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