God bless wd40

[Itshim]

Had a bathroom remodeled, with a non slip floor put down , the highest rating you can get. Noted some small white spot ,cream cleaners , various flash products, nylon pads etc. nothing removed them. Finally tried w d 40 . They went
Just took days to loose the smell

[thenry]

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...ighlight=Fixed

[Anonymouse]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Had a bathroom remodeled, with a non slip floor put down , the highest rating you can get. Noted some small white spot ,cream cleaners , various flash products, nylon pads etc. nothing removed them. Finally tried w d 40 . They went
Just took days to loose the smell

The original designers would be a) proud and b)horrified to see the myriad uses of WD-40...few of which they actually intended.

[SnoopZ]

Well I had to look up the name as to why it was called WD-40.

Originally developed in 1953 to protect metal parts from rust and corrosion particularly in missiles, WD stands for Water Displacement and the 40 significance is the 40th formula.

If it should move and it doesn't, use the WD-40.

If it moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape.

[Taf]

Too many people reach for WD40 when something doesn't want to move. But it leaves behind a sticky film that will be mucky in no time. Silicone spray is far better.

WD40 is 50–60% naphtha. Naphtha can affect you when breathed in and by passing through your skin. Exposure can cause headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

Lighter fluid which is almost 100% naphtha.

[Carth]

For many years, a can of WD40 along with some duct tape, hacksaw, pliers and a BFH, has been an integral part of the 'home bodger' toolbox

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Carth

For many years, a can of WD40 along with some duct tape, hacksaw, pliers and a BFH, has been an integral part of the 'home bodger' toolbox

I keep it for old catches on garden gates, would hate to have to replace with new ones, guess l could find someone to copy them but still.

[heero_yuy]

It removes the glue that is left on glass jars by the paper labels. Very handy

[Anonymouse]

Originally Posted by Hugh

If it should move and it doesn't, use the WD-40.

If it moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape.

Ah, duct tape - the saviour of Apollo 13 and The Martian! Amazing that even NASA can't improve on it!

Yes, peeps, duct tape was a standard supply item for the Apollo missions (the Shuttles, too)! NASA had a policy of documenting everything, and this served them well in summarising absolutely everything Lovell, Swigert & Haise had to hand - obviously if they didn't have it, they couldn't use it. NASA's mission simulator replicated the module in exact detail (except, obviously, for the lunar samples they would've obtained had the mission gone right, oops) - if it was in the sim, it was on 13, and if it wasn't, it wasn't. If a switch existed in the sim, you can bet that exact same switch would be on 13 and work in the exact same way. This, in part, was how they saved the mission: knowing exactly what the astronauts had/didn't have*. If it would work in the sim, it would work on 13. It did.

A "successful failure", indeed. It proved conclusively that duplicating the module exactly and documenting everything was the correct approach, expense greatly offset by safety.

A tech (I read somewhere that there was just one, the design team was a creative liberty Ron Howard took, but pretty much everything else** was spot-on, so we can forgive him) devised the solution to the recycling problem from what the guys on 13 did have, and it worked. All subsequent missions employed the exact same CO2 filters in the LM and the CM. Like Apollo 1, NASA learned from its mistakes. No more square pegs in round holes.

* Come to think of it, if they didn't have it, why bother talking about it? Oops part 2.

** Eugene Francis Kranz did not, in fact, declare "Failure is not an option". But from all accounts it was the sort of thing he would have said. We'll allow it for the sake of drama. It certainly was dramatic. Ed Harris was perfectly cast IMO.

[Mr K]

WD40 is indeed good stuff. I'd just about given up on my son's seized bathroom tap. Soaked it in WD40, went away for a mug of tea ( and it does need exactly a 'mug of tea' time). Come back and its 'ticketyboo'.

[Dude111]

WD40 is awesome!!

Why did they choose 40??

Is there a WD30 out there??

Originally Posted by Dude111

Why did they choose 40??

Is there a WD30 out there??

Well if you read post 4, you would know.