Topic: WD 40 Profit slips

[Markcb750]

http://news.yahoo.com/wd-40-profit-drops-25-percent-221542363.html

I pass on WD 40 now, just not worth 8 bucks for a can. 

It never made a very good lubricant, as it evaporates away and leaves very little lubricant behind.

I use plain oil from a straw, or a little grease to lubricate something.  A $2.99 a can brake cleaner to clean up a greasy mess.

High end rattle-can paints have gone crazy too.  I use SEM high fill primer which is up to $18 a can.

[mcpuffett]

Same here in the UK WD40 is expensive and the supermarkets have there own brand for 99p cheers Mick.

[70CB750]

I use Rem-Oil instead of WD40.  It is a real oil and helps to keep the metal rust free.

[Retro Rocket]

http://www.roadsters.com/gibbs/

Anyone tried this stuff, it reads well..?

[Raul CB750K1]

WD40 is not a lubricant?

Then, what is it for?

I have been using it as a lubricant for years now....  just recently I discovered it is great for cleaning grease!

[70CB750]

It was originally designed to repel water and prevent corrosion.

WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement – 40th Attempt".

It lubes too but not as much as real lubricants.

[Retro Rocket]

It was originally designed to repel water and prevent corrosion.

WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement – 40th Attempt".

It lubes too but not as much as real lubricants.

I don't think its a good lubricant at all, it tends to take of other lubricants off, i use it to preserve parts short term or to wash parts down....

[333]

As already stated, it was never meant to replace other lubricants.  But it is great at loosening frozen or rusted stuff, as well as the water displacement thing.  I find it invaluable in removing adhesive residue.