Anyone actually know how WD-40 got its name?

WD means "water displacing". 40 is their 40th attempt, presumably.

Another question is what happened to the poor bastards who had to test Preparations A-G?

Grant Erw> Subject says it all!

Evidently you must also get that free Lubrication magazine!

Can't say what happened to A thru G but it may prove interesting to check out! Visit my website:

To answer the rest, the date was 1953 and it was done by chemist Norman Larsen of the Rocket Chemical Company (later renamed).

Lane

A rocket scientist, no doubt.

-- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love America

I don't know and I don't care.

All I know is, the world was waiting for plain old kerosene minus the odor and with a pleasant perfume, which is what it is.

Anyone else find the smell of WD-40 strangely attractive ? Its kindaof a "man" type smell....

Hoppes#9 is a manly smell, WD40 is still kinda girly in comparison

I rather prefer Hoppes #9 for clubbing. Course its generally country girls that go weak at the knees when getting a wiff...

Which reminds me of the time a gal in line with me at the bank got all drifty eyed...she said I smelled like her Dad. He was a machinist...

Gunner

"A vote for Kerry is a de facto vote for bin Laden." Strider

Crappies like it.

The die shop I work for smells like WD-40. We go through gallons per day. Attractive? I wouldn't use that term.

Regards,

Robin

splashing it on before going to a nightclub for years but it doesn't

My oldest daughter (18YO) always described that distinctive grease-oil odor as a "dad smell."

She has always said that when she is ready to find the man of her dreams she will start the search by dabbing a bit of Hoppe's #9 behind each ear and on each wrist. Any guy that cannot recognize the smell will be instantly removed from consideration.

My sister told me thats how she nailed her significant other. She claims she put a bit of #9 on, and went out to a local conservative nightspot and took the best of the crowd that started following her around. Seems to have gotten a good'en too

Gunner

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell

Dunno, but I seem to remember an article a couple of years ago in this group about a guy who tried fix a squeak on the vacuum cleaner by vacuuming up the spray from a can of WD40. Apparently "after burner" doesn't do justice to the consequence.

Best Regards

Steve

On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 18:17:41 GMT, Gunner stated, with eyes & arms akimbo:

That is a sweet smell, isn't it? I just refreshed my memory last night.

I grabbed a rifle cleaning kit at the BiMart last night and pulled Grandpa's old Winchester Model 04 out of the bag and my jaw hit the floor. It must have gotten wet at some point in the last 25 years of storage because there is DEEP rust on one side of the barrel for about

The cleaning kit was a Hoppes Deluxe and came with 2oz of #9 solvent,

---------------------------------- VIRTUE...is its own punishment

They did many experiments trying to get the formula just right. It stands for "Wet Dog number 40".

Ted

Clean as normal. Soak the pitted area with #9 and give it a good scrubbing with a brass bore brush. If desired, then give the pits a going over with a bluing touch up kit. I strongly recommend giving a firearm that will be stored for a long period of time..a good going over with BreakFree, TriFlow, Bosheld or even LPS-3.

Yup.

I live in a climate where we use "swamp coolers" ie evaporative coolers, and as such, have to spend far more time doing cleaning/protection during the summer months than during the winter, simply to keep the rust down, at least on the weaponst that get regular use. The rest of the collection gets the above protectants. BreakFree is pretty good, as is a spray available from K-mart in the so called hardware section...that has teflon in it. Grey can, very cheap, seems to work quite well. Name escapes me at the moment.

Gunner

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell

And from my days on the Gulf Coast, don't store firearms long term in bags, holsters, or scabbards. Guaranteed rust.

Pete Keillor

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 05:41:22 GMT, Gunner calmly ranted:

Thanks. I have some fine brass brushes and will try those, too.

I wonder what it'll cost to reblue the barrel. It's seen some hard use and abuse over the past 100 years. Maybe one of the guys at the range has a tank...

I believe the damage happened long ago, back when I was still drinking. It won't happen again as the new house has a non-leaky roof and dry owner. ;)

K-mart? What's that? I first saw as K-mart in Hot Springs, Arkansas as a young boy on vacation to water ski. They closed the K-mart in Vista when the Wally World opened across the freeway from it 8 years ago. I thought they were out of business, and know they restructured at least once. We have BiMarts, Fred Meyers, & Wally Worlds up here.

I've used TriFlow and LPS-3. The teflon is one of my favorites and is called SuperLube. Blowes has it. I hadn't thought to use it on a firearm, and I'll be refinishing the stock long before I'll use it on my old plinker. I used to be able to take the center of the "o" out of a Coors can from 150 yards with it. Since I just joined the JCSA and they have ranges, I won't be letting it sit for long periods any more, either.

Thanks for the tips.

Whaddya think: $99 Hi-Point or $230 Kel-Tec 9mm next step? I won't be dropping a $500 wad on a Glock any time soon.

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