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Dude. At least be original with your glurge, huh?
Bah, that’s nothing. I’ve got some WD-41, and you wouldn’t believe what that shit does.
I’ll tell you one thing: WD-40 is the most important tool in a locksmith’s truck.
When I was working as a locksmith, I can’t tell you how many times I went out on a call to repair someone’s lock and all I did was spray WD-40 in it. Of course, we didn’t tell the client that. I’d show up and the first thing I’d do is spray WD-40 in the lock, and if that worked, I would pretend to do something for 10-20 minutes then write them a ticket for an hour’s labor.
Oooh, snap!
It’s a sad day for America when our useless internet gnats can’t even be troubled to write their own garbage.
No, you most certainly did not.
There are many products on the market for killing ants. One called Taro works well. But if you want something less toxic that you can spray into a crack in the floor or something, WD-40 works. Follow the ants to an entrance and spray around. Also good on bee and wasp nests.
As stated, it is good for moving parts like locks and even electric switches. Watch out for sparks though. I remember when a man sprayed the guts of one of those old large cash resigters. Those things had these AC/DC motors that really produced an arc at the brushes. He sprayed and turned it on immediately while the fumes were still fresh. Nice fireball.
For rust and rust prevention, I find it rather unsuccessful because it evaporates so fast. I only use the spray. Perhaps the liquid concentrate is better for that.
There are many products on the market for killing ants. One called Taro works well. But if you want something less toxic that you can spray into a crack in the floor or something, WD-40 works. Follow the ants to an entrance and spray around. Also good on bee and wasp nests.
As stated, it is good for moving parts like locks and even electric switches. Watch out for sparks though. I remember when a man sprayed the guts of one of those old large cash registers. Those things had these AC/DC motors that really produced an arc at the brushes. He sprayed and turned it on immediately while the fumes were still fresh. Nice fireball.
For rust and rust prevention, I find it rather unsuccessful because it evaporates so fast. I only use the spray. Perhaps the liquid concentrate is better for that.
I hope you followed that up by flushing it out with Break-Free and then protecting the lock with a silicone- or Teflon-based lubricant. WD-40 is hygroscopic and as the volatiles will evaporate with time, will eventually gum up anything it comes into contact with. It is also a pretty potent solvent and can be absorbed by and damage a number of materials; in the aerospace world it is (or at least, should be) banned from a production floor and field tool kits because of the damage it can do. I’ve worked on a number of locks and household mechanisms that someone lubed up with WD-40 and then let sit for months or years, and it’s always a pain to clean out the corrosion and get it working again.
As for WD-40 stripping paint, there are much better solvents for removing paint from on top of a clear coat surface.
Stranger
I’m with Stranger here. I have no idea what is in WD 40, but I was warned by a locksmith from ever using it on locks. Some story about it displaces lubricants and ends up wrecking them.
Yep. I’ve seen idiots at the range use WD-40 on firearms instead of Break-Free.
I always thought the main base ingredient for WD-40 was petroleum distillates.
One of the best uses for the stuff is as halibut bait. It’s not legal, but it sure works.
I’ve heard that - that it’s really not a good lubricant because it’ll eventually get all gummy. Sadly, I’m in the practice of using it to clean and lubricate my sliding screen door, and it works pretty well. (I clean the bottom rail first using soap, water, a scrub brush, and a hella lot of paper towels, then spray on WD-40. I do this probably yearly.)
Is there a better lubricant that I should use? One more suitable?
Thanks!
We always used it for the flame thrower when we were killing our army men. Lighter + WD-40 = win
Dad would have killed us if we’d used his WD-40 for torching army men.
That’s why he told us to use Mom’s Aqua-Net. 
My mechanic prohibits it anywhere near his shop when they’re painting a vehicle. He says it creates a halo effect in the finish.
Actually, it is a paraffin distillate (white spirits or mineral oil), though the exact composition is a trade secret. It was originally used to protect the bodies of Atlas missile (which had a bare, unpainted skin) during its brief operational deployment, although once the booster was decommissioned a more typical beeswax or cosmoline-type protectant was used in storage. NASA objected to the use of WD-40 on the Mercury-Atlas SLV and Atlas SLV-3 because of the potential for outgassing and inadvertent combustion, but ended up having to leave the coating on because of the highly corrosive atmosphere at the Cape.
Stranger
According to the link in Post #2 of this thread: