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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 2818207" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>It's not meant to be a lubricant, period; it's meant to displace water. The name stands for "Water Displacement, 40th formula," indicating its original purpose: protecting the Atlas nuclear missile from corrosion. As it turns out, the light hydrocarbons in it work as a penetrating solvent (which is why it helps break loose frozen joints), and also provide <em>some</em> lubricity just as a function of being oils. There are much better products if your primary goal is lubrication, though.</p><p></p><p>Sources:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40</a></p><p><a href="http://wd40.com/cool-stuff/history" target="_blank">http://wd40.com/cool-stuff/history</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 2818207, member: 13624"] It's not meant to be a lubricant, period; it's meant to displace water. The name stands for "Water Displacement, 40th formula," indicating its original purpose: protecting the Atlas nuclear missile from corrosion. As it turns out, the light hydrocarbons in it work as a penetrating solvent (which is why it helps break loose frozen joints), and also provide [I]some[/I] lubricity just as a function of being oils. There are much better products if your primary goal is lubrication, though. Sources: [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40[/url] [url]http://wd40.com/cool-stuff/history[/url] [/QUOTE]
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