What is in WD-40?????‏

[Gosling1]

maybe I should call the bastards and start doing their ads for them !!!

[Mikey84]

good one gos

[Naked Twin]

If you ever go slot car racing it softens the rubber and gets a lot more grip out of the tyres. I know it sounds the opposite to what you would think but works amazingly well.

Nick

[Glen]

It's awesome for cleaning your Titanium slip on

[Glen]

... and for stopping mud from sticking to your dirt bike. We used to spray it all over the race bikes before sending them out in the mud.

[Glen]

From the Live science website. This is from the interwebs so it must be true.....this dude reckons fish oil is a myth??????? I thought it was kero but it looks like that's a myth as well.

Who knows.........

WD-40: Strange Facts and Myths .By Robert Roy Britt, Editorial Director

posted: 24 July 2009 02:10 pm ET
John S. Barry, the man "who masterminded the spread of WD-40," as The New York Times puts it, has died at age 84. The product he promoted is more popular than an iPod.

WD-40 can be found in 4 out of 5 American households, the company claims. Its ingredients are a secret, and it has generated its share of myths and strange applications over the years.

Barry didn't invent the stuff. "Norm Larsen, founder of Rocket Chemical Company, is considered the original founder of WD-40," according to wd40.com.

Larsen aimed to develop a line of rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry. He succeeded at the goal, Water Displacement, on the 40th attempt, hence the name.

"Convair, an aerospace contractor, first used WD-40 to protect the outer skin of the Atlas Missile from rust and corrosion," according to the web site.

A few years later the company made an aerosol spray version and the rest, as they say, is history.

WD-40 does not contain fish oil, contrary to a popular myth, nor does it contain silicone, kerosene, water, wax, graphite, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

And WD-40 won't cure arthritis, despite another odd myth (Windex, however, cures everything, if you believe the Dad in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding").

It has been put to these uses, the company says: A bus driver in Asia used WD-40 to remove a python, which had coiled itself around the undercarriage of his bus; police officers used WD-40 to remove a naked burglar trapped in an air conditioning vent.

The product has never needed a Billy Mays; as the ShamWow guy might say, WD-40 sells itself. I'll certainly vouch for it, having once owned a '56 Ford pickup and later a '66 Mustang, neither of which could not be worked on without a squirt here and there to loosen rusty old nuts and screws.

The company also says it'll remove gum. I have an 8-year-old, and a pair of reading glasses sitting in the back seat of the car, on which to test that later today.

[6maniac]

http://www.msds.com.au/MSDSPages/MSDS_S ... _Keywords=

[Gosling1]

WTF ????? No FISH OIL ??

fuck that, I am never buying it again !!

[MickLC]

I see no mention of it not containing any real, actual Wizard's Piss, so I'm working on the theory that's the major component

[Six Addict]

It's awesome for cleaning your Titanium slip on

or aluminium

[Jonno]

What the main ingredient In TiRE shine then?

Milk from the Witches tit?


Whatever it is it really works as a last resort and is part of my liquid overhaul kit


I Don't use it on bikes, I use Mr Sheen

[Duane]

I see no mention of it not containing any real, actual Wizard's Piss, so I'm working on the theory that's the major component

Rats, Wizard piss is awesome stuff..

Not quite as good as Charlie Sheen's tiger blood though..

http://shop.harcoslabs.com/collections/ ... iger-blood

[h.b.bear]

despite what a lot of fishos might tell you - WD40 is *the shizzle* when sprayed onto lures for saltwater fishing....I have caught some monster flatties with lures that have been sprayed with good old Wizards Piss.

Apart from that - it is still a great addition to any toolkit, for what it is designed to do best - disperse water, and provide a light lubrication for sliding or hinged parts.

It is *not* and has never been a rust preventative first and foremost, it can provide some light resistance to surface rusting on plated parts, but is is not designed to be used in buckets to prevent rusting to rough cast iron or steel parts. There are better products out there for rust prevention, but for light-duty use in the home or garage - WD40 is still one of the best products on the market for its designed purpose.

a old fisherman years ago told me to spray wd on my lures and bait because it was basically fish oil but unlike you Gos i didnt catch a bloody thing but just queitly i still carry a tin in the boat and use it still havnt caught a thing