WD-40 (ot)

[1940plymouth]

A while back I recieved a forward with the many uses of WD-40. One of them was removing residue from tape.

Last Fall I used the heavy duty tape to take a cardboard pumkin on each of my doors on the Plymouth during our annual Pumpkin Parade. The tape left a heavy residue when I took the pumkins off. I didn't want damage the paint so I tried the WD-40 idea and it worked fine. I went out this morning and with my thumb nail the residue came right off with no damage to the paint.

Just wanted to pass this along,

Bob

[Cpt.Fred]

yes, it's great! i always use it to clean and maintain old bicycles.

when you get a new restoration object which looks pretty rotten and clean it up with WD40, a little polish and very smooth steel wool (is it called like that in english...?), you can achieve great results!

[JIPJOBXX]

Can also use it as a starting fluid for your old engine.

[NatesSedan]

After my recent sill plate project I found WD40 great to remove contact cement. Oh and Windex works nice to remove WD40 after washing off the cement. HAHA

Now if I can only find a way to inject into the showerhead...I will be clean as a whistle!

[pflaming]

"Now if I can only find a way to inject into the showerhead...I will be clean as a whistle! "

Are you implying it also takes off moss!

[Merle Coggins]

Yes, WD40 is a good solvent. but here's something you should NOT do with your can of WD40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzksWRM0Lmk

[adam_knox]

Can also use it as a starting fluid for your old engine.

By starting fluid do you mean like spray it in the carb and it will start right up? Reason I ask is that I have an old moped that sometimes needs a few shots of carb cleaner to get that first bout of oomph to fire up (even though the carb is clean). Would be nice if WD - 40 will do the trick as welll! =)

[MBF]

That video may be evolution at work! Mike

[T120]

..I agree,Mike - after viewing,should be in the running for a Darwin Award.

[DutchEdwin]

WD-40 is great, but....

where you do not use it is when it comes in long contact with aluminium,

like in an aluminium bock, do not put it between the block and cylinder head.

It will eat the aluminium.

[dezeldoc]

That guy is an idiot!! This happend at one of our plants, a guy was welding on the work bed of his service truck and had a can of WD40 laying in the back and a splatter ball landed on the can and burnt through and the can exploded and covered him in the flaming oil. something most people don't think about, I know i did not but i do now!