WD-40 - What do you use yours for?

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

I use mine as a condiment to many a meal.

Mainly by accident, as if you get some in you mouth when spraying the taste stays with you for sometime...

You claim to have used WD40 yet have killed how many bikes by forgetting to put oil in then????


*running away*

Originally Posted by thulfi

So how many other things can WD-40 be used for (I really actually don't know)?

One summer in my youth, myself and a mate found a lighter and a can of WD-40 makes a great impromptu flamethrower when applied to his neighbours conifers. The whole row of them went up like a towering inferno.

Now i'm all growed up i suggest you DONT use it for that!



(I now use it for cleaning wheels and the odd squirt down the ignition barrel to get rid of moisture)

Wake up drink in the morning.

I'm a maannn

Originally Posted by Durbs

odd squirt down the ignition barrel to get rid of moisture

I wouldn't recommend it for that.

[punyXpress]

Shot down the filler cap drain. If it doesn't come out the bottom, find out why & FIX IT.
Shot up the front plughole drain. Won't do any harm & may shift some carp.

[CheGuevara]

I do use it for "lubricating" the chain. After years of being anti-WD40 for this purpose I decided to give it a go for myself, and have had no issues. I give it a quick spray (from enough distance that it's not blasting it past the o-rings) and wipe and my chain stays quite clean and is never dry. That said I would definitely use proper lube if I was riding regularly in wet weather or on very long rides.

My decision to give WD a try was after debating with a fellow rider (on a CBR900RR) who as it turns out had managed >50,000kms (and still going strong) of hard/aggressive riding on his original chain and sprockets using only WD, but using it religiously after every ride.

I now believe the lubricating ability (or lack of) of the WD is less important than simply keeping the o-rings from drying, and keeping the chain clean. I'm sure if I had the patience to keep my chain as clean and regularly lubed while using proper chain lube I'd have similar or better results, but for the convenience of a quick spray/wipe of WD, and maybe a dousing of kerosene once or trice a season, I'm happy to stick with the WD.

As a bonus, my rear wheel never requires more than a light wipe to clean.

I also give a light spray of WD on corrodable areas of the bike if it's going to be sitting for a while, and on my hand tools if I've used them in the wet.

It's quite good at keeping dirt/crud from sticking to surfaces as well.

Originally Posted by Dave20046

I'm not a big fan of wd40, although here's a list of some of it's uses you may find handy
http://www.wd40.co.uk/media/images/a...2_000_USES.pdf

2000 uses my ar$e, some of those are repeated! And using full cans as bookends, clearly trying to fill out the numbers there

Originally Posted by paiste

I prefer GT85 as it smells much nicer

Got to agree with you there, that stuff is lovely

I spray it in my car and garage locks to stop them freezing up in winter.

Used to race radio controlled cars when younger, found when racing indoors in the winter, that if I sprayed a bit of WD40 on the tyres, the car cornered like it was on rails on hardwood floors enabling me to beat the 4wd cars. Unfortunately someone noticed and the practice was banned for fear of marking the sports centre floors.

Your house would be stinking if you used WD40 for all of the things listed!

[keith_d]

Salesman repellent. Anything that smells like real work will keep them at bay!

Oh, and freeing up seized bolts.