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Sidenote: WD-40 is not a lubricant. IMHO you should not buy this stuff at all. Rather buy specific lubricants/solvers for the use case.
by mo_42 4y ago
Sidenote: WD-40 is not a lubricant.
IMHO you should not buy this stuff at all. Rather buy specific lubricants/solvers for the use case.
- tomrod 4y agoInteresting. It's also ridiculously useful in most of the cases people use it for. Perhaps the WD-40 folks should release a new version of their all purpose lubricant. They could call it something memorable, like WD-40, so everyone knows to use it in the same way everyone uses WD-40. They could even use the same packaging.
- chpatrick 4y agoIt's (kind of) great for loosening something that's stuck but then it evaporates so it's not suitable for long term lubrication.
- hotpotamus 4y agoI'd add the requirement that it be food safe if it's truly going to be all-purpose.
- FpUser 4y ago>"IMHO you should not buy this stuff at all." Yes you should. Just not a replacement for special purpose lubricants. Nobody is asking to use WD40 as bearing grease, it has its own unique uses.
- SAI_Peregrinus 4y agoWD-40 is a penetrating oil. It's pretty decent at that[1] and not badly priced. It's a pretty "middle of the road" product at its intended purpose: displacing water and rust to loosen stuck fasteners (and other items). [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEob2oAKVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEob2oAKVs