| ▲ | Loughla 7 hours ago |
| WD-40's advantage is that it's not terrible to get on your skin when you're out working, and it's cheap. The people who use it are looking for cheap, mostly. Source: farming. We have many different lubes and penetrating products for when we're in the actual shop, but in the field, nothing beats wd-40 for getting back to work fast, or unsticking some shit when all you have is a hammer and you just know when that fucking bolt comes loose it's going to throw rust and dirt all over your face. |
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| ▲ | giancarlostoro 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| The caveat is use the right one for the right job. There's a meme that if its not moving but its supposed to you need WD-40... well you need Silicone WD-40 or any silicone based oil like for a garage. If you use regular WD-40 in a garage it is a degreaser essentially, and your squeaking goes away momentarily, and then comes back. After I learned this, you have no idea how much silicone WD-40 I had to put in my garage to make the squeaking stop for good. |
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| ▲ | sidewndr46 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'm unsure what your definition of "cheap" is for WD-40 but I find it to be very overpriced. If I need a universal lubricant that is readily available and cheap, I just use used motor oil. |
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| ▲ | umvi 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I thought WD-40 was more a solvent than lubricant | | |
| ▲ | steve_adams_86 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Yeah, it mostly evaporates and only leaves a thin film behind. It's better than nothing if there's no lubricant in place, but will actually make things worse if there is a functional lubricant in place. | |
| ▲ | Telemakhos an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | The WD in WD-40 stands for "water displacer." It makes water go somewhere else. Secondarily, it is a solvent, and it's great for dissolving glues, like the glue used to affix government-issued tax licenses to automobiles. It's not really a lubricant, but in a pinch it can temporarily function as one. I like Swiss army knives, but they collect lint and gunk from my pockets. I use WD-40 to dissolve gunk, and to drive out water after an ultrasonic bath, but I lubricate with the light machine oil used for barber's clippers. |
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| ▲ | ungreased0675 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Used motor oil isn’t sold in aerosol cans with a little red straw for precision application. You aren’t just buying the liquid. | |
| ▲ | Scoundreller 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Motor oil doesn’t spray too well. (Yes, you can buy bulk wd-40 liquid and put into a branded or unbranded sprayer) | | |
| ▲ | bluGill 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sparying oil is bad - it just collects dust. Oil what needs oil only | | |
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| ▲ | interstice 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Isn’t that carcinogenic? | | |
| ▲ | sidewndr46 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Isn't a pretty wide range of products you'd use for this? I guess vegetable oil isn't and it works fine. Fluidfilm I don't think is either. I wear PPE for this reason however. | |
| ▲ | legitster 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Only if it's used and only if it's ingested. Clean motor oil is not actually that harmful if swallowed - it only carcinogenic because of all the metals and carbon it builds up when in the motor. | | |
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| ▲ | torginus 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Before I got serious with fixing and building things at home, WD-40 was a catchall panacea you sprayed on stuff to make it work. |
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| ▲ | cratermoon 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | If it moves and it shouldn't: duct tape If it doesn't move and it should: WD-40 | | | |
| ▲ | Xerox9213 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Not only does WD make something work, it makes it smell good, too! | | | |
| ▲ | steve_adams_86 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | It was, but it still is, too | |
| ▲ | knowitnone3 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | sprayed on motherboard and ssd. didn't work at all | | |
| ▲ | edm0nd 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | silly goose, everyone knows you have to use fresh lemon juice on motherboards and ssds. the electrolytes from the lemon help speed up and cleanse the circuitry. | | |
| ▲ | wombatpm 39 minutes ago | parent [-] | | And it will remove excess fat from the zeros so the move faster down the wires |
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