3-in-1 oil now in a plastic container

Andrew · 2023-06-24T17:53:48+00:00

My 200ml tin of 3-in-1 that I must have bought about 20 yearsago has finally emptied.It still has the label of the local 6-shop hardware store showinga price of 2 Pounds 29p, but it also has the wd40 url in very smallprint, so I must have bought it after 1995, when wd-40 acquired 3-in-1.I went into Robert Dyas to get a new one and it is now in a nastyplastic container and costs nearly seven pounds !, so I wanderedalong to the Poundshop and bought a 100ml aerosol of 3-in-1 forOne pound 50p.Since 3-in-1 is an oil I wonder how the propellant affects it ?,but at least is in a metal can, unlike the non-aerosol version.I suspect the plastic container would turn brittle long before Iused all the oil anyway.The containers are now also boldly marked with WD-40, who boughtthe company in 1995 (but that fact had escaped me).I see that singer sewing machine oil is still on sale. I wonderif it is a better product for general lightweight oiling ?.

Jun 24, 2023 Last reply: 3 years ago 25 Replies

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alan_m 3 years ago

They don't need to with no tyres and no tarmac on which to ride.

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Andrew 3 years ago

I suppose Whale oil was used for many things apart from lamps.

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Andrew 3 years ago

What colour was it ?. White needles are pretty big. You'd feel one of those going into a vein without an initial local

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Andrew 3 years ago

Really. Shows how long a 100ml tin lasts me then :-)

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Sn!pe 3 years ago

Andrew snipped-for-privacy@btinternet.com wrote: [...]

Beef hooks?

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Animal 3 years ago

No idea, I know I didn't fancy jabbing myself with it. I couldn't get any oil movement at all, despite fierce pressure.

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