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for me its that its not at all long lasting. I guess it's fine as a cleaner, but even light mineral oil hangs around longer. oh right, it also seems to leave a
by convolvatron 9mo ago
for me its that its not at all long lasting. I guess it's fine as a cleaner, but even light mineral oil hangs around longer.
oh right, it also seems to leave a gummy residue, which is really not great for machine tools
- b00ty4breakfast 9mo agoyeah, most of my use-cases for classic wd-40 have always been getting things unstuck rather than long-term lubrication. The lubricating action tends to evaporate with the solvent(s) and leaves, as you've pointed out, the famous gummy residue that is good for keeping moisture out but not at being a lubricant
- senderista 9mo agowhy not use penetrating oil?
- b00ty4breakfast 9mo agoif I have my druthers, it's kroil but there was a time before I knew better, haha.