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| Whether you are a farmer or city dweller. Hopefully everyone has heard of, has a can and used it before. We are collecting a list of things you use WD-40 on. The main use of WD-40 here on the Homestead is that we spray down all our tools with before winter or the rainy season. So what do you use WD-40 for? Any secrets that you want to share?
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I got one...use it as a cleaner! We had some grease on the locomotives that could not be washed off with anything but WD-40. I use it for cleaning stuff far more then I use it to de-rust or loosen bolts.
I love vegetarians...slice them real thin, dip them in ranch dressing and they compliment lamb quite well! :-)
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| I guess that's why Cat always has a can under the sink to clean her stainless steel. I found that it helped my arms recover from the go-jo that I used after the gasoline to clean the paint off my arms after after we coated the chicken coop in so paint that we found in the barn that was oil based and several years old.
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I'm a firm believer in WD-40 & duct tape. I use WD on everything that either needs cleaning or rust removal (nuts & bolts ect.) and duct tape is used for everything else.
Lord keep you arm around my shoulder & your hand over my mouth If God brings you to it, He will see you through it
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I use it as starter fluid for small gas engines (lawnmower size). While working on old, hard starting engines, I'll spray a bit into the carb. The WD will clean the gummy deposits and will ignite and run the engine for a bit.
Okay Marvin, your turn to tell me how terrible this is. :-)
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Wichman...I wish you posted this yesterday or the day before. I was trying to get my varnished up brush chipper (which I use to convert corn stalks into silage feed for my sheep) to run. I cleaned the carb the hard way, then bought a new plug and starter fluid.
I never thought about using WD-40. Its probably better for the engine then starting fluid.
Thanks for posting this idea.
I love vegetarians...slice them real thin, dip them in ranch dressing and they compliment lamb quite well! :-)
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Here's some interesting test data for you rust busters.
"The April/May 2007 edition of Machinist's Workshop did a test of penetrating oils where they measured the force required to loosen rusty test devices.
The results reported were interesting. The lower the number of pounds the better. Mighty interesting results for simple acetone and transmission fluid!
Penetrating oil . Average load .. Price per fluid ounce
No oil ................. 516 pounds .
WD-40 ................ 238 pounds .. $0.25
PB Blaster .......... 214 pounds .. $0.35
Liquid Wrench .... 127 pounds .. $0.21
Kano Kroil ......... 106 pounds .. $0.75
ATF-Acetone mix.. 53 pounds .. $0.10
The ATF-Acetone mix was a 50/50 mix (1 to 1 ratio)."
I love vegetarians...slice them real thin, dip them in ranch dressing and they compliment lamb quite well! :-)
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| Kano Kroil ... What is this? Is it some thing you can get at the auto store?
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| It works good for getting labels off. Examples are new bath tubs and hot tubs, windows and more
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