15 Jul
2006
15 Jul
'06
6:14 p.m.
You might try some paint- or hardware-store denatured alcohol. It's
basically ethanol with a bit a methanol added to make sure you don't try to
mix your martinis with it. It's used as a shellac thinner among other
things. I use it to clean flux residue from PCB's. It doesn't bother most
plastics.
Isopropyl alcohol might also be okay if you can get it in the pure form.
Don't use rubbing alcohol--it's usually about 70% alcohol with the balance
being water.
Ah, for a can of Freon TF....
Cheers,
Chuck
On 7/15/2006 at 8:30 PM J.C. Wren wrote:
I think it means "Water Displacement".
http://www.wd40.com/AboutUs/our_history.html
--jc
Alexandre Souza wrote:
penetrate
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 > 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
>
>