castile
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I have heard all this clap trap over 38 years of using WD for my you guessed it guns. All this crap about WD leaving behind a residue is bunk. What WD does is to dissolve grease and gunk in and around your gun. It will then drip out and if the WD evaporates it will leave the grease and gunk it had dissolved in it. from the WD manufacture site fact page "Myth: WD-40® Multi-Use Product is not really a lubricant.
Fact: While the “W-D” in WD-40® stands for Water Displacement, WD-40® Multi-Use Product is a unique, special blend of lubricants. The product’s formulation also contains anti-corrosion agents and ingredients for penetration, water displacement and soil removal."
Myth: WD-40® contains fish oil.
Fact: Consumers have told us over the years that they have caught some of the biggest fish ever after protecting their fish hooks and lures with WD-40®. We believe this legend came from folks assuming that the product must contain fish oil since it appears to attract fish. Sorry Charlie®, it just ain’t so.
WD-40 Company has taken steps to respect and conserve the environment, and encourages its users to do the same. While WD-40® can be used to help protect fishing equipment from rust and corrosion, WD-40 Company does not recommend using WD-40® to attract fish.
For long term storage which I have done for over 38 years I use a zip lock bag and all metal mags and the like spray a bit of WD and lock it up. Keeps them nice for long term. The brown oil in the bottom is the gunk the WD has liberated from the metal mags ect. I will also put in a bit of rigs grease to my spray bottle and dissolve it and spray guns and the like that are not going to be zip locked. The light oil left behind after evaporation is not that great for long term storage. The rigs grease works well.
Fact: While the “W-D” in WD-40® stands for Water Displacement, WD-40® Multi-Use Product is a unique, special blend of lubricants. The product’s formulation also contains anti-corrosion agents and ingredients for penetration, water displacement and soil removal."
Myth: WD-40® contains fish oil.
Fact: Consumers have told us over the years that they have caught some of the biggest fish ever after protecting their fish hooks and lures with WD-40®. We believe this legend came from folks assuming that the product must contain fish oil since it appears to attract fish. Sorry Charlie®, it just ain’t so.
WD-40 Company has taken steps to respect and conserve the environment, and encourages its users to do the same. While WD-40® can be used to help protect fishing equipment from rust and corrosion, WD-40 Company does not recommend using WD-40® to attract fish.
For long term storage which I have done for over 38 years I use a zip lock bag and all metal mags and the like spray a bit of WD and lock it up. Keeps them nice for long term. The brown oil in the bottom is the gunk the WD has liberated from the metal mags ect. I will also put in a bit of rigs grease to my spray bottle and dissolve it and spray guns and the like that are not going to be zip locked. The light oil left behind after evaporation is not that great for long term storage. The rigs grease works well.