Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Genius


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. Working 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.


7 comments:

  1. And people swear up and down it's a lubricant.

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    1. I know from experience it's not a lubricant rick. Years ago I was entertaining a lady friend and found the K-Y had run completely out. So I whipped out the trusty can......OH MY!

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  2. I wish that I would have bought stock

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  3. Super Slick Slick Stuff. Throw out WD-40.

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  4. Started to steal this but linked it instead.

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  5. It is for the inside of distributer caps

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