Need Help: What kind of person uses a lot of WD-40?

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Seriously. I've been cleaning out my dad's garage, and in various places I've found no less than 7 large cans of WD-40, all 97% full. The oldest had a price tag reading $1.19 for a 16 oz. can!

We have about 3000 years' supply at the current rate of consumption. What kind of person uses a lot of WD-40? I'd be happy to find one locally and give them 4 or 5 large cans to use up. My dad can keep 2 cans, and only have 500 years' supply on hand! The last thing he needs is MORE hazmat in his garage!

Since I don't use a lot of WD-40, I really don't have an idea on who uses alot of it.

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-John
 
find someone who races motocross and give it to them. I used a bunch of WD-40 when I was racing.
 
Well, there are two kinds of people who use WD-40, those who know what it's good for, and those who don't.

Here's a clue: The WD part of it stands for "Water Dispersant."

It's not intended to be a lubricant, just a protective coating against corrosion.

As I recall, from reading an article in Forbes magazine years ago, the stuff is mostly kerosine with a bit of the active ingredient in it.

After you spray the object you wish to preserve, the kerosine evaporates, leaving the coating of the secret ingredient.
 
What kind of person uses WD-40?

The kind who has not yet seen the light of CLP and Hoppe's 9.

You must show him the way... The way of the fo- er... The afforementioned fine products.
 
Just be careful using it around ammo; either spraying it or handling ammo if you have it on your hands. It can deactivate the primers if allowed to remain on them for any length of time. Like others have posted, it is not a lubricant; it's essentially an aerosol solvent.
 
I use a LOT of wd-40 on everything except my guns.
Great as a lighter fuel (works in a zippo, I know that) used it to light my fireplace on many occasions (it is kerosene essentially)

Works to kill bugs, but I wouldn't hit any windows with the stuff...it's hard to clean off.

It also works like the label says, to stop squeeks and prevent rusting.
 
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Someone who thinks it's an all purpose, fix everything lubricant.

BTW, it's just the thing for getting stuck labels out of dot matrix printers.:)
 
I do not wish to start a war with my esteemed colleagues and please take my comments in the manner in which they are intended, to inform, not to inflame. In my humble opinion, next to the light bulb, the next greatest invention was WD-40. To some who say the only things needed in life are an excellent can of the aforementioned substance, a roll of duct tape I would heartily recommend a stout pair of pliers. As stated earlier for movement or lack thereof use WD-40 or duct tape I say with the pliers the offending object can either be yanked, cranked or bonked until no usable form remains!

Don't leave home without them. OBTW a stout rope assists in situations too numerous to mention but I digress!

:neener::D
 
Water Displacement Formula Forty

Between Duct Tape and WD-40, I've saved probably 20,000 man hours in my lifetime.

When I had my machine shop, there were always two or three cans of it aournd --bed ways, drill press columns, any freshly-cut ferrous metals.

When it dries on steel, it leaves a brownish stain which looks like rust, but isn't, and can result in an "AACK!" experience when you first see it.

Even the vapors are good for re-starting old mantle-style pendulum clocks. Squirt some on a rag and put the rag in the clock case and within a couple of days the clock will start working again.

I don't like the smell, but I can put up with it.

I am also informed that it is a fish attractant, and spraying it on lures brings a lot of bites. I cannot confirm this since I am personally 200 lb of concentrated fish repellent, and it takes a really perverse masochistic fish to come to my hook.

Squirting some on a frozen bolt, applying 24 hours and a flame, usually results in the bolt coming loose without ripping the head off.

Naysayers and Unbelievers begone!

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EDIT: Even as I write, there is a story on the news of some would-be bandit who tried to rob a liquor store in TN with his face and head wrapped in duct tape for a mask. Egad! Even if he got a thou in loot, is it worth taking the duct tape off? (He was captured after the store owner used what looked like a 1 1/2" diameter dowel on him.)
 

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I knew an old guy years ago who swore it helped his arthritis. He bought it by the case and sprayed it on his joints, which doesn't seem too smart since it's petroleum based.
 
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//////Wise N. Himer mode on

The Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz" :D:evil::D:evil::D

I use some from time to time, but not that much of the stuff. I do spray the auger/chute of my snowblower if I am out of 'Silicon Spray Lube'. Also use it on my shootin' irons that got wet, untill I can really clean them.
 
WD-40 is also one of those things that a lot of people pick up "by reflex" whenever they're in a hardware store, because they don't stop to think that they've done the same thing the last 30 times they were in that store; that's how you end up with 30% of the free world's supply of WD-40. :D
 
Don't use WD40 on guns

Bannockburn's reply was right on! NEVER USE WD40 ON FIREARMS!!! WD40 is a penetrating lubricant. If it gets on the primer or around the primer pocket of ammo, it will penetrate it and ruin the primer. I have found Breakfree CLP a good readily availble firearms lubricant and preservative.
 
Why does everyone think that WD-40 will ruin ammo, but Breakfree CLP won't? You get either one on ammo and it can inert the primers. You're not supposed to spray your ammo with either one. (edited to add. You're not supposed to soak a gun in it anyway.) You spray it on and wipe it off. :rolleyes:
 
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WD-40 is also one of those things that a lot of people pick up "by reflex" whenever they're in a hardware store, because they don't stop to think that they've done the same thing the last 30 times they were in that store; that's how you end up with 30% of the free world's supply of WD-40.

Worth repeating SDC--and there is always that 'special' on WD that has the little extra can as a bonus. The one solid thing I can say is that even my Mom has it in her house and knows what I'm talking about when it comes up.
For non-mechanical types (like my Mom) WD may be the only type of solvent laying about with any regularity.

It also does OK as a spot solvent for sticky residue that kids leave behind from stickering every object. An if I shoot and don't want to clean, I feel somehow less guilty about betraying the indoctrination of gun cleaning that was wasted on my lazy tail if I spray half a can down the muzzle.
 
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