is wd-40 a
good idea? I was thinking isopropyl alcohol
Depends on whether you're trying to
ruin the keyboard or not!
Round here, I call it 'Wanton Destruction 40'. The stuff sold in the UK
(and I assume elsewhere) is a mixture of many different hydrocarbons --
the short chain ones evapourate quickly, leaving the longer, waxy, ones
behind. Great at keeping rust off the garden tools, or the steel rods you
keep in stock, not good on precision machinery.
The problem is: WD-40 ISN'T A LUBRIFICATING AGENT!!! How many times it
has to be shouted for people to understand? WD means Water Dispenser, is
something that isolates metal from water (and humidity). It SEEMS to be an
oil, but isn't a replacement for oil. It is SO thin that it can penetrate
everywhere (curiosity: Someday I put some WD inside a syringe with a very
thin needle. I used to ungrip some nuts, and needed the precision of the
needle to apply and not to mess with the entire device. I left it overnight
(full) in a horizontal position. Next morning it only had HALF the syringe
of WD. It had flowed thru the (very fine) needle and there was lots of WD on
my table. Incredible how thin it is!!!). So it is used to ungrip bolts, nuts
and like.
If you want to use WD as an oil, you can use cooking oil with the same
result - a total mess.
Greetz :)
Alexandre Souza