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.
And people swear up and down it's a lubricant.
ReplyDeleteI 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!
DeleteI wish that I would have bought stock
ReplyDeleteSuper Slick Slick Stuff. Throw out WD-40.
ReplyDeleteStarted to steal this but linked it instead.
ReplyDeleteIt's really fish oil.
ReplyDeletePaul L. Quandt
It is for the inside of distributer caps
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