WD 40 is not a lubricant!!

[el-saturn]

............its a creeping or penetrating compound and dries! it has some similiar properties as oil or grease has: but as you may have noticed, it's gone in 10min!! ---- there's also oil-spray on the market: if it always has to be sprayable chaps sandy

[pharriso]

Don't worry Sandy I greased up my door locks

[Apx]

https://wd40.com/cool-stuff/history

[S2Jay]

I have not checked recently, but some years back I recall hearing or reading [I do not recall from where I heard or read this] that nowhere on the WD-40 can do the words ?oil? or ?lubricant? appear. At the time, I read the entire label & found no reference to lubrication or petroleum products.

Probably still true, but now with them producing various greases, can a synthetic motor oil be far behind?

[StressCraxx]

WD-40 is a Water Displacing penetrant. It is a mixture of stoddard solvent and light turbine oil. A fragrance has been added. Not much else to it.

LPS is a much better lubricant.
http://www.lpslabs.com/index

[vincereynard]

I've used this stuff on cars, locks and bikes. It seems to work very well.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WELDTITE-TF2- ... 1277092949

[pharriso]

I was in Lowes last night, this display made me smile:

WD40 now have a range of products including lubricants.

The label of the original WD40 product says "Frees stuck mechanisms" I can atest to that with my door locks...

[nomad]

I like to use it on my antique guns. It displaces moisture and black powder residue cleans up best with hot soapy water. light oil is needed for long term storage though.

Kurt.

[el-saturn]

makes me smile too phil! -------------- but also reminds me of nowadays lamebrain mechanics who clean brakes with some miracolous spray (instead af taking apart, putting in a proper "bath" for a while) in 2 minutes at 20? a bottle/can (25 of em per month each AND three knucklehead mechanics) equals 1500?!! aint that nice!! sandy

[Robbie693]

I use it mostly for cleaning, great for a quick spruce up around the engine bay, cleaning tools etc. Removes waxoyl from your tools and hands too.

Also great on the shower curtain rail!

[Grizzly]

Wd40 is about the worse thing you can put in a lock or some thing like that, it actually washes out grease and gives you a very short term fix. I think the WD40 media machine made the world think it was one product to do it all but as i'd sure your aware it most defiantly isn't and it's also very expensive for what it does do.

Personally i use Duck oil in a trigger bottle on seized joints/bolts etc and spray grease on Hinges/Locks etc.

[Chancer]

Me too Grizzly except my duck o?l, a 5 litre can I bought nearly 40 years ago is in the UK.

WD40 is a quick go to for freeing something up, it is unrivalled for cleaning and removing gum, glue tar, any petrochemical.

Agreed re the use on locks, graphite is best often applied straight to the key from a pencil, I have some WD40 PTFE lubricant (love the smartstraw!) it has worked really well on the cylinder lock of my letterbox that is exposed to all weathers and I have been lubricating that with other products for 12 years now, time will tell but its already outperforming anything else.

[The Veg]

It's also mildly corrosive. Keep away from electrical contacts.

I've never liked the stuff and you will not find it in my garage or house.