WD 40

Kipper at sea · 2010-03-27T13:10:24+00:00

Beleive it or not, tre or falsecopied from another group.Before you read to the end, does anybody know what the main ingredientof WD-40 is?Don't lie and don't cheat.WD-40. Who knows?I had a neighbour who had bought a new pickup. I got up very earlyone Sunday morning and saw that someone had sprayed red paint allaround the sides of this beige truck (for some unknown reason). Iwent over, woke him up, and told him the bad news. He was very upsetand was trying to figure out what to do probably nothing until Mondaymorning, since nothing was open.Another neighbour came out and told him to get his WD-40 and clean itoff. It removed the unwanted paint beautifully and did not harm hispaint job that was on the truck. I'm impressed! WD-40 who knew?'Water Displacement #40' The product began from a search for a rustpreventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40was created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego RocketChemical Company..Its name comes=2 0 from the project that was to find a 'waterdisplacement' compound. They were successful with the fortiethformulation, thus WD-40. The Convair Company bought it in bulk toprotect their atlas missile parts.Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is nothing in WD-40that would hurt you. When you read the 'shower door' part, try it.It's the first thing that has ever cleaned that spotty shower door. Ifyours is plastic, it works just as well as glass. It's a miracle!Then try it on your stove top ... Viola! It's now shinier than it'sever been. You'll be amazed.Here are some other uses:1. Protects silver from tarnishing.2. Removes road tar and grime from cars.3.. Cleans and lubricates guitar strings.4. Gives floors that 'just-waxed' sheen without making them slippery.5. Keeps flies off cows.6. Restores and cleans chalkboards.7. Removes lipstick stains.8. Loosens stubborn zippers.9. Untangles jewellery chains.10. Removes stains from stainless steel sinks.11. Removes dirt and grime from the...

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Bruce 16 years ago

Swallow or spit?

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Bruce 16 years ago

Perhaps you should have requested him to "eff off" on the basis that you thought because he was "a total plantpot"?

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dennis 16 years ago

There are a fair few foul mouthed people here,, mostly not DIY types but trades people. They must be pretty annoyed to bother replying rather than go and make a cuppa.

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