About 17 years ago we started working on clearing 22 acres of So. Alabama swamp/semi-swamp. There was not a week that went by that we did not discover a new use for WD-40. It cleaned paint and grease off hands, it freed stuck bolts, protected against rust, and the list went on and on. It got to a point that as we headed to Possum Bottom, we would actually remark to each other, "I wonder what use we are going to find for it this week?"
The point of the post: I was cutting a designs in a stack of four 3/16th inch thick ash boards on my scroll saw and had joined them with double stick tape - naturally. When it came time to separate the stack, the tape did not want to turn lose. Oh, I got the boards apart without much difficulty, but the tape did not want to turn lose of the wood. I tried about everything I could think of in the shop (scraper, acetone, etc) and nothing worked. So I reached for my old faithful can of WD-40, BINGO. The WD-40 turned the tape and tape glue to a gel which scraped off with little or no problems.
What would I do without my friendly blue can? :-)
Deb