For Those That Use WD-40

[JesseJames]

WD-40

 

[Stumpkiller]

"Gives floors that 'just-waxed' sheen without making it slippery."

Au contrair.

I got some on our linolium when spraying my shotgun after being out in the rain. When I stepped on that spot later I about kicked myself in the butt without bending my knees. It was nice and shiny, though.

If you spray your inboard boat engine with it, it will prevent a crud buildup and corrosion.

Never tired it as a lip stick remover. "Oh, honey . . . "

 

[musketman]

Here are some of the uses: Keeps flies off cows.

:haha: How do they know this? :haha:

I can just hear them now...
"Them thar flys are gettin' mighty thick, ma... Guessin' I'd better mossie out to yonder barn and lube up the old heffer..."

(YES, I'm still talking about WD-40)

 

[djnye]

here's one you didn't mention. the commercial fishermen that guide for lake trout and salmon trolling in the big lake spray it on the lures as a fish attractant. when asked why the man said he thought it might have fish oil in it. whatever, they use it and swear it works.

take care, daniel

 

I hate to sound like I'm "brag'n", but,.... my "spit" does the same things as WD-40, thet's why I use it fer "patch lube"!! :applause: ::

 

[Stumpkiller]

Careful with that spit lube. We got mixed company now. Women's spit may be too abrasive. I remember my Momma, standing on my feet and wiping stuff off my face with her hanky after she licked it. 'Sa wonder I got any facial features left 'tall after years o'them episodes.

Why, I remember one extra-muddy Spring season a few years back where all the kittens had eyes and ears all on one side o'their heads like flounders from Ma cat having to lick them so often.

That was back when all we had was WD-10-1/2, as they hadn't made it to 40 yet.

 

[Claude Mathis]

The Corvair Company bought it in bulk to protect their Atlas missile parts.

I think you mean Convair. The "Corvair" was made by Chevy. :winking:

 

Stumpkiller,.... Yore absolutely right 'bout wimmin's "spit" be'n abrasive,.... I use my wife's spit for remove'n old "finish" from gun-stocks!! (works good fer "shine'n" up brass parts too!!) ::

 

[gordy]

Don't know about the wimmins spit being abrasive!But My Wifes tongue sure cuts me down to size. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif Gordy

 

[Zonie]

"...When I stepped on that spot later I about kicked myself in the butt without bending my knees. It was nice and shiny, though.

Stumpkiller, I've got a qustion about your comment.
Was it the floor or your butt that was nice and shiny?

Boy, the list of uses for WD-40 makes it sound almost as useful as Duct Tape!!

PS Because it is a water displacment it will drive the water out of the breech plug threads after cleaning a rifle in water but I wouldn't have much confidence in it's ability to keep the bore from rusting during a long period of storage.

 

[Stumpkiller]

[/quote]
Stumpkiller, I've got a question about your comment.
Was it the floor or your butt that was nice and shiny?[/quote]

Well, I meant the floor, but the other applies, too. I drag it so during the week that by the time the weekend gets here it's worn right smoothe and shiny.

 

[Deadeye]

Some yrs. back I used to shoot with some guys who were engineers for the U.S. Military. these were the people who developed the mini-guns used in most fighter airplanes now and did the 9mm tests that resulted in adopting the Beretta 92.
They also did some extensive tests to find the best lubricant for military weapons. They said WD-40 was nothing but diesel fuel with some perfume added to change the smell but whatever it is, it works, I use it everyday in my shop. What they liked for lube was Breakfree.

 

[Stumpkiller]

http://www.yarchive.net/gun/vulcan.html

Some good reading on the Vulcan mini-gun (the 20mm cannon used in about half the world's fighter planes). Ask your buddies if they knew Harry Wagner - a good friend (and the first man who ever let me shoot his black powder rifle when I was a kid!) now sadly deceased. He was an engineer at GE on the AC-47 "Puff the Magic Dragon" ground support project back in the 60's. First combat use of the Vulcan - close air support for forward fire-bases.


WD-40 is a crummy lubricant (as you say - it's diesel oil. We squirt it into diesel air intakes in cold weather: diesel w/propane propellent = two-stroke starting fluid).

CLP Breakfree is my choice for lubriaction & rust prevention, too.

 

[RussB]

Repeated use without removal also leaves a substantial varnish deposit too. So much so, in fact, at Colorado School of Trades, if a student is caught using it he's out the door for a few days, and has to make it up on weekends. You get one warning when class starts, and after that you're on your own. It is NOT the best lubricant for firearms. Although, I feel sure we are all guilty of using it at times. I recently did a DCOA on a mdl 94 that had never had anything but WD-40 used on it. It was "Gummed up" to the point it wouldn't operate. If all gun owners could have seen this the product would loose a lot of it's popularity.
WD-40 has many, many useful purposes, but firearms is not one of them.
Russ

 

[JesseJames]

I did see it start a new van. This guy hit a flooded road and broke down right in the middle of it. I was with a buddy of mind he said lets see if we can help him out. This guy was ready to call a tow truck. My buddy said to the guy can you open up your hatch to the motor he said yes, He pulls out a can of wd-40 I said what the h--- you going to do with that "watch." He sprays the motor down and tells the guy to start it up. It started wright up. That guy couldn't believed it he said he was there for 15 min. trying to start it.

 

[roundball]

That's a puzzler to me...couldn't begin to tell you how many dozens and dozens of cans of WD40 I've used on my firearms...buy several cans at a time whenever I find it on sale.
Shooting sports have been my life for decades involving some form of rifle, pistol, trap, skeet, muzzleloaders year round, and WD40 is a routine part of my cleaning & lubing regimen.
ie: when I scrub a flint lock assembly with hot soapy water, I blow it off with an air hose, then use aerosol WDE40 and inject it into every crevice of the lock...then I shake the drippings off and reinstall the lock...and force spray WD40 up into the trigger group. Knock on wood, but I haven't had the first problem using it on any gun over all these years...go figure

 

[tommy b]

I did see it start a new van.

Boy that brought back some old memories. Back in the '70's after a weekend of jeeping in the Colorado mountains, I'd take my CJ5 to the hand carwash to clean it up. Naturally, I'd high pressure hose down the engine compartment. Well, that 283 Chevy had a distributor with a little adjustment window in it. Sure enough, after cleaning, she wouldn't start. I used to try taking the cap off the distributor and lighting matches inside to dry it out. What a pain. Then someone told me about WD40. A few squirts inside the cap and she fired right off.

 

[Deadeye]

thanks, Stumpkiller, interesting reading, The people I was speaking of were from the Eglin AFB group. They are all retired now, I would think, I haven't seen any of them in yrs.