WD-40 Advertisement

Sep 23, 2016 8 Replies

When WD-40 was ready to hit the market in 1958 one of the company's marketing kooks came up with an ad sign for it, which I doubt ever made it out the door. (No guarantee that this story is true.)



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Jeff


Jeff...

Did you get the idea for your domain from the tv sitcom?

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I liked the character DJ Dr Johnny Fever the best though. [g]

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When I was an internet radio based DJ, I emulated him more often than not. [g]

When WD-40 was ready to hit the market in 1958 one of the company's marketing kooks came up with an ad sign for it, which I doubt ever made it out the door. (No guarantee that this story is true.)

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Jeff

Per Jeff Wisnia:

Cute...

But, AFIK, WD-40 just displaces water and claims no lubricating properties.

Mormy would have had a half dozen posts by now! 8^(

Yet that's precisely what everyone uses it for. Funny how it stops hinges squeaking that aren't wet.

The new stuff does...

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It's not.

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