On 4/12/16 5:38 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > >> On Apr 12, 2016, at 8:19 PM, drlegendre . <drlegen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> "I suppose it might do that, but that's not its main purpose. Its main >> purpose is to loosen rusted and otherwise stuck fasteners and shafts." > > That is *not* the main purpose of WD-40, nor does it even work well for > that purpose *at all*. Rather, a penetrating lubricant like PB > Blaster is for loosening rusted fasteners. > > WD-40 is a very misunderstood -- albeit still very useful -- product. > > - j. > >
"WD-40 is mostly a mix of baby oil, Vaseline, and the goop inside homemade lava lamps." https://web.archive.org/web/20140119014037/http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/st_whatsinside https://www.engineeringforchange.org/how-to-make-penetrating-oil/
