WD40

Good evening all.

So what do use WD40 for? apart for helping get rusty old nuts n bolts off.

I here people spray electrical connectors with it, spray it all over there engines and even clean there wheels with it.

I used to spray it into the carburettor intakes and slather the throttle slides when laying my track bike up for winter. Big mistake, first ride on a racetrack next season and the WD40 had skinned over and baked the throttle slides to the carb bodies. Went round a hairpin with the throttles stuck open - brown trouser moment

landy-lee said:

Good evening all.

So what do use WD40 for? apart for helping get rusty old nuts n bolts off.

I here people spray electrical connectors with it, spray it all over there engines and even clean there wheels with it.

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Hi use WD40 clean marks from interior trim on most plastics also lubricate rubber seals doors and windows

Use as man spray inside my Freelander 1 to mask the hairspray products

Use it for getting chain lube of my motorcycle swing arm and wheel excellent degreaser

Use it on squid bait when cod fishing (I kid you not)

I cleaned the plastic in my car once with it, it worked a treat, I sh1t you not it attracted mice, I caught half a dozen field mice in my car over the space of a week. They must have been able to small it a mile off.

Good job you weren't inundated with cod

The window rubber channel guides on old l200.
they dry out and window goes up then down one of a large lists of issues with THE l200.

There is a web page somewhere, they list 1001 uses for it, some of it wierd, some very good.

landy-lee said:

Good evening all.

So what do use WD40 for? apart for helping get rusty old nuts n bolts off.

I here people spray electrical connectors with it, spray it all over there engines and even clean there wheels with it.

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Its a Water Dispersant really, hence it's name. However, as hughdavies says, it's canny useful LINKY

Makes a nice salad dressing. Tangy!

Makes a good aftershave..

i get it in 5 litre bottles and spray it monthly under my rangy to keep it rust free, works a treat..

Crap at penetration though "snigger" i find acetone and ATF in an oil can makes a great penetrant, shake it well before use mind you

jee said:

Makes a nice salad dressing. Tangy!

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Sounds lush. Fab sprayed on chips anorl, allegedly

Henry_b said:

Makes a good aftershave..

i get it in 5 litre bottles and spray it monthly under my rangy to keep it rust free, works a treat..

Crap at penetration though "snigger" i find acetone and ATF in an oil can makes a great penetrant, shake it well before use mind you

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WOW! Does spraying that under your Rangy attract women? Do you think it would work under a Trattor

Al2O3 said:

WOW! Does spraying that under your Rangy attract women? Do you think it would work under a Trattor

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Nope, that's what my incredible good looks are for

WD40 does attract wildlife though don't know whats in it, must be the smell

Henry_b said:

Nope, that's what my incredible good looks are for

WD40 does attract wildlife though don't know whats in it, must be the smell

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What on Earth are you doing with the wildlife!

Al2O3 said:

What on Earth are you doing with the wildlife!

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None of your business

landy-lee said:

Good evening all.

So what do use WD40 for? apart for helping get rusty old nuts n bolts off.

I here people spray electrical connectors with it, spray it all over there engines and even clean there wheels with it.

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The only thing I use it for is to stop my tools going rusty, and occasionally as a cleaner - which is does quite well.

Plenty of better products out there to get rusty stuff undone, my favourite is plus-gas

Henry_b said:

Makes a good aftershave..

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With people getting aftershave/perfume for Xmas we had a discussion about favourites and ones we'd like.

I got strange looks when I said I'd love an aftershave that had a smell a bit like classic cars - leather, oil, petrol, hot metal............is it just me?