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MG TD TF 1500 - WD 40

We have all seen the booklets 101 uses for WD 40, here is one you probably not seen (or maybe you have). Enjoy - Dave

DW DuBois

Also useful for stripping.. Paint that is. Cheers
Peter TD 5801
P Hehir

Also helpful when trying to fit a male part into a female part.

Tim
TW Burchfield

Alright.... I'm gonna say it....

It's also a spermacide.

Done.

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MAndrus

Just to be clear, this isn't a real ad. But it's funny though. ;)
Steve Simmons

What I find interesting is that a lot of folks have no idea what it is really for.

Was at a friends house who had washed his engine compartment and gotten his electrical system wet. Car would not start. Looked in his garage and saw a couple of cans of WD 40. Sprayed the distributor with it and the car started right up. My friend looks at me and says. Wow, I did not know it did that?
Bruce TD4139 Cunha

From the WD 40 web site:

"WD-40® literally stands for Water Displacement, 40th formula. That's the name straight out of the lab book used by the chemist who developed the product back in 1953. The chemist, Norm Larsen, was attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion—a task which is done by displacing water. Norm's persistence paid off when he perfected the formula on his 40th try."
TW Burchfield

In a related story... who here knows why '3-in-One' oil is called 3-in-one?

Well, check this ad from 1935 for the answer!


Kevin McLemore

G'day all

"Oils ain't oils Sol"....Aussies know what I mean.

Ciao for now John TF6020.
J Greco


>>Also useful for stripping.. Paint that is.<<


I've used it for removing gum and tar from car paint and never done any damage to the paint.

Steve
Steve Wincze

G'day all

"Oils ain't oils"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7TUiMCeils

Hope the above link works for you. Never tried to do this on the forum before.

I suspect if you Google the link it will probably take you to You Tube so you can select the appropriate clip.

Fingers crossed for you all.

Ciao for now John TF6020
J Greco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7TUiMCeils

Remover the "s".

Yikes, that's awful.

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MAndrus

Steve I spilled a few drops on my black ceramic painted exhaust some days later but before it had been set at engine temperature & it removed the coating completely. I was less than impressed. Maybe it only affects ceramic based paint? Cheers
Peter TD 5801
P Hehir

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