WHO KNEW? WD-40 Does so much more..you gotta get these tips!

I know..its so hard to NOT have to kill something, at times..I even feel bad squishing an ant or two on my counter in the summer..Id rather just scoot them into my hands and put them outside..(my kids think Ive lost it when I save spiders and put them out the door)

I use it with a dry cloth, to polish stainless steel frig and appliances.....wash any crud off first,,,,let dry, then polish with WD..........great !

I wonder if it cleans silver, I know it says it keeps it from tarnishing..hmm will have to try.
Lucky you..my fridge and stove are just plain , boring white ;)

IM also assuming it keeps the fingerprints off? That would be a huge pet peeve of mine if I a had stainless fridge!

The females can sting, not the males...and that bitch stung me right in the eye when I didn't even do anything :(



[link to ento.psu.edu]

Well, I'll be dog-gonned! I thank you for that, Brief..I honestly thought none of them had stingers :) Shows you what you can learn on GLP..lol

Yeah, it's one of those misunderstood half truths like the people that think the jewish people stole land from the Palestinians...when the Palestinians are just squatters on land they never owned...maybe WD-40 can lubricate some braincells too?!

you are all time classic brief, i am lmao

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LOL...Jewish people and carpenter bees..hmmm

You read the cracked.com article, didn't you?

Oh that's no stretch, I could incorporate nuclear energy and aliens into the conversation with no problem...

LOL.yes..although it was posted on someone's blog..but yes,Cracked..who would ever think you could learn anything useful ..lol

Somehow..I dont have a doubt you could do that, Brief :

There isnt any fish oil in it. And it was first used for ballistic nuclear missiles.

Wow..really? So we've been had!??

Well, nobody likes a rusty missile...

For some reason..this one seriously had me laughing out loud..lol.

This link pretty much tells it all....

[link to www.wd40.com]

It stands for {water-displacement 40th try}. They used it on the skin of the ballistic missiles.

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle..err..aunt..!!!

What a Fish story!

Myth: WD-40 contains fish oil.
Fact:
Consumers have told us over the years that they have caught some of the biggest fish ever after protecting their fish hooks and lures with WD-40. We believe this legend came from folks assuming that the product must contain fish oil since it appears to attract fish. Sorry Charlie®, it just ain’t so.

WD-40 Company has taken steps to respect and conserve the environment, and encourages its users to do the same. While WD-40 can be used to help protect fishing equipment from rust and corrosion, WD-40 Company does not recommend using WD-40 to attract fish.

Am I red faced?? Yes..!

Well..I do like this quote from the website

As The Duct Tape Guys say, “You only need two tools in life, Duct Tape® and WD-40. If it’s not stuck and it’s supposed to be, Duct Tape it. If it’s stuck and it’s not supposed to be, WD-40 it.”

I love a good WD 40 martini.

But seriously...you know all those personal mail boxes in apartment houses.

My key would not work. The management charges 50 bucks to refit. Just happened to be down when the mailwoman came and you guessed it...

WD 40 and it was like new in ten seconds.

[link to www.wd40.com]

Fascinating Facts You Never Learned in School

In 1953, a fledgling company called Rocket Chemical Company and its staff of three set out to create a line of rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry, in a small lab in San Diego, California.

It took them 40 attempts to get the water displacing formula worked out. But they must have been really good, because the original secret formula for WD-40®—which stands for Water Displacement perfected on the 40th try—is still in use today.

Convair, an aerospace contractor, first used WD-40 to protect the outer skin of the Atlas Missile from rust and corrosion. The product actually worked so well that several employees snuck some WD-40 cans out of the plant to use at home.

A few years following WD-40's first industrial use, Rocket Chemical Company founder Norm Larsen experimented with putting WD-40 into aerosol cans, reasoning that consumers might find a use for the product at home as some of the employees had. The product made its first appearance on store shelves in San Diego in 1958.

In 1960 the company nearly doubled in size, growing to seven people, who sold an average of 45 cases per day from the trunk of their cars to hardware and sporting goods stores in the San Diego area.

In 1961 the first full truckload order for WD-40 was filled when employees came in on a Saturday to produce additional concentrate to meet the disaster needs of the victims of Hurricane Carla along the U.S. Gulf coast. WD-40 was used to recondition flood and rain damaged vehicles and equipment.



In 1969 the company was renamed after its only product,
WD-40 Company, Inc.

In 1973, WD-40 Company, Inc., went public and was listed Over-The-Counter. The stock price increased by 61% on the first day of listing.

Since that time, WD-40 has grown by leaps and bounds, and is now virtually a household name, used in numerous consumer and industrial markets such as automotive, manufacturing, sporting goods, aviation, hardware and home improvement, construction, and farming.

In 1993, WD-40 was found to be in 4 out of 5 American households (it seems everyone has a can or two) and was used by 81 percent of professionals at work. Sales had grown to more than one million cans each week.

In 2003, the new WD-40 Big Blast can was introduced, featuring a wide-area spray nozzle that delivers WD-40 quickly and efficiently over large areas.

In 2005, as a commitment to offering consumers the easiest, most convenient way to get the job done, WD-40 Company introduced the WD-40 Smart Straw®, which features a permanently attached straw. The Smart Straw can solved the number one complaint about WD-40 products losing the little red straw.

In 2006, WD-40 Company introduced the WD-40 No-Mess Pen® to provide millions of WD-40 users a portable, precision-application delivery system of the famous multi-purpose problem solver. The WD-40 Fan Club also reached an astonishing 100,000 members & a tribute to WD-40’s fanatical fan base around the globe.

In 2008, WD-40 Company listened to its consumers and converted its most popular-size WD-40 cans to WD-40 Smart Straw® cans. The official list of 2000+ Uses for WD-40 also grew for the first time, thanks to the help of WD-40 Fan Club members.

In 2009, WD-40 Company introduced WD-40 Trigger Pro® – a non-aerosol product with the same WD-40 formula – to better meet the needs of its industrial consumers.

OVER THE YEARS...

The most interesting piece of WD-40's history is the uses for the product, now numbering in the thousands. Over the years, thousands of WD-40 users have written testimonial letters to the company sharing their often unique, if sometimes just plain weird, uses for the product—many of which are shared in other parts of this Web site.

The uses include everything from silencing squeaky hinges and removing road tar from automobiles to protecting tools from rust and removing adhesive labels. But they get a lot crazier than that. Some of the more interesting stories include the bus driver in Asia who used WD-40 to remove a python snake, which had coiled itself around the undercarriage of his bus, or when police officers used WD-40 to remove a naked burglar trapped in an air conditioning vent.

Think those are crazy? Check out the Official List of 2,000+ Uses here, and more Myths, Legends & Fun Facts here.

Very few brands will ever match the popularity of WD-40. In fact, the variety and uniqueness of uses for WD-40 proved so popular that The WD-40 Book, featuring many user testimonials and the wacky humor of the Duct Tape Guys, was published in 1997. But WD-40's literary legend doesn't end there. The familiar blue and yellow can has been featured in other books ranging from The Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness (General Publishing 1997), Polish Your Furniture With Panty Hose (Hyperion 1995), WD-40 for the Soul: The Guide to Fixing Everything (TV Books 1999), and Talking Dirty With the Queen of Clean.

well no matter what, you cant deny it works for many other uses..lol..and it DOES take crayon marks off the wall..(my kids were little once)

this shit should be banned! i was complaining that my 15year old LV bag was old, the zipper was stuck, and it looked worn and faded. and my gd husband cleaned the old bag with this shit...the zipper,the outside,thehandle,everything...and now it looks really good.
i had to spray it with fabreeze. and now i dont get a new purse. stupid wd40. ruined everything.fkn bag's gonna last forever.

haha

everytime I raise that damn squeakie-ass garage door my legs begin vibrating

Lol, I listed that website for my U.S. History class as my favorite "historical" website; they have lots of very interesting historical "articles". +1 for not denying the source and for reading the article. ;)

spray wax paper with it on one side,sit on dry side,now slide down a slide...fun fun fun fun