I've Rediscovered WD-40

Phil Anderson · 2011-07-15T01:21:25+00:00

Haven't posted for awhile, but I still read the group at least once a week.Ya know how when you were but a babe, maybe 20, maybe a teenager, and you discovered the wonders of WD-40? When you sprayed it here and there, it made everything work easier, quieter? I was like that. Then I discovered Usenet and this group in particular. I read how the magical fluid in the blue can was not a lubricant. That anything it did would not last. That it could cause more problems then it solved. So, I believed it all and began using other recommended sprays and lubricants. And that is the way it has been for me for years. Oh, I still used WD-40 for certain things, mostly when one of my cast iron tools would get some surface rust on it. I would spray it on, let it set a bit and then scrub with a Scotch pad. That always worked and worked well. Other than that, haven't really used it for years.A while back, I had a sticking file cabinet lock at work. It just kept getting harder and harder to turn the key each day, but I put up with it. One day I thought I was going to break the key off. All we had in the office was a can of WD-40. From what I had learned, that was exactly the wrong thing to use. I needed some graphite! But, we didn't have any. I was frustrated and really didn't care. I took the blue can, aimed the tube into the lock and sprayed, just a little. I know how this stuff runs. I slipped in my key and voila! It turned like buttah. That was about 2 years ago. The lock still works great.The other day, one of our screen door locks just wouldn't turn. It's a deadbolt on a little used door. It has a knob on the inside to turn it but it just wouldn't budge. I thought, "this isn't good, what if there's a fire?" There was a slight gap when I pushed on the door, just enough to get that little spray tube into, but it wasn't going to reach any part of the workings of the lock. I tried to take the lock apart, removing the screws and as much of the cylinder as...

Jul 15, 2011 65 Replies

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Martin Eastburn 15 years ago

Medicare won't buy KY I suppose. Have to sneak it out of the Doctors office.

Mart> >

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Larry Jaques 15 years ago

Hopefully, in a pretty nurse, right?

-- Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. -- Abraham Lincoln

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Josepi 15 years ago

...and those latex gloves are great for other things in the bedroom too..., so I hear.

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Medicare won't buy KY I suppose. Have to sneak it out of the Doctors office.

Martin

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willshak 15 years ago

Josepi wrote the following:

When I was a kid in the early 1940s, I was given a spoonful of Mineral Oil or Castor Oil as a laxative. Mineral Oil wasn't so bad, but Castor Oil was horrible.

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Mike M 15 years ago

I don't mind the cool but the amount of rainy days we've had really sucks.

Mike M

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Josepi 15 years ago

Despite all the warnings people still use it and with a USP label on it people don't read that either.

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---------------- Josepi wrote the following: There are some here that intentionally and knowingly ingest mineral oil. A little more petroleum product in your liver, would be no big deal

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