The revolution has started!

Oct 06, 2009 70 Replies

They're relying on the general public remaining ignorant of WD40's failings - assuming they're even aware of the failings themselves, which they might not be.

If things turn sour they'll silently drop the recommendation, I'm sure. Of the locks that fail, I'm sure they can claim all sorts of natural causes for the vast majority - and silence the minority quite easily.

It'd be interesting to ask them what sort of longevity testing - if any - they did on locks treated with WD40, but I can't be bothered - I've not seen any Yale products this side of the Pond, so it's just not an issue for me.

cheers

Jules

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman" saying something like:

And I'm sure Hotpoints only work properly with Daz.

Thats coz Daz (can you still buy that - and Omo, which always made us laugh as kids) give away a free packet. You don't get a free can of WD40 with a Yale lock.

Sorry for the delay in answering this post, but I still disagree with you. At the end of the day it is still a water dispersant and that is what it was originally designed as. Not too long ago, it was known as WD

  1. The fact that it *can* lubricate for a short time, is a bonus. As is its ability to penetrate. That was part of its design, to penetrate and oust the water.

Regards

Dave

If Omo won't whiten it and Daz won't brighten it, BUGGER it.

(J.Carrot)

(Fred "Oldest Swinger in Town" Wedlock)

(At least, according to my memory and eccles here: )

Best Universal Grease Grime & Effluent Remover. IIRC

Definately Carrot

If my album identification is right, it was on Wedlock's Frollicks album issued in 1973. And he called it Best Universal Grit Grime and Effluent Remover.

Not for one minute am I suggesting that Carrot, J, never had a version, but I *think* Wedlock was earlier.

I heard it from Carrot but Wedlock was certainly around at the time. Carrot may have "borrowed" it.

Now, If I hadn't lent that album to some drunken norverner 30 years ago, I could have told you

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