12 Apr
2016
12 Apr
'16
5:28 p.m.
On Apr 12, 2016, at 8:19 PM, drlegendre .
<drlegendre at gmail.com> wrote:
"I suppose it might do that, but that's not its main purpose. Its main
purpose is to loosen rusted and otherwise stuck fasteners and shafts."
Here I thought that the 'WD' stood for Water Dispersant (version 40). Also,
while I have no use for the stuff myself, I've certainly never encountered
any of the 'horror stories' about it turning to wax, gum, +attracting+
moisture and fostering rust, ad nauseam.
Yes, it does stand for water displacing, but I figured that refers to the water that's
in the rust of rusted parts. For drying ignition parts I've seen silicone spray;
using a flammable spray like WD-40 seems a bit iffy. Also, one finds WD-40 sold (in bulk
as well as cans) in machinery catalogs, far from car ignitions.
And I've seen plenty of warnings against WD-40 in forums discussing metalworking
machinery and firearms, or gunsmithing reference books.
paul