25 Aug
2004
25 Aug
'04
10:04 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 21:06, Tony Duell wrote:
Doesn't the 'WD' bit stand for 'water displacement'? i.e. it's
not
designed to be a lubricant at all (and hardly surprising there's some
waxy junk in there)
I have a feeling the '40' bit is meaningless and was just chosen because
it rolled off the tongue nicely...
cheers,
Jules
It's a
drag to repair damage done by amateurs, putting
WD40 on things that actually needed a heavy grease.
We call it Wanton Destruction 40 round here for a very good reason. It's
a mix of all sorts of viscosities of lubricant, including some waxy
stuff. The problem is that the thinner oils evapourate first leaving the
wax to gum things solid.