[Milsurplus] WD-40

[joldenburg2 at new.rr.com]

It  would be a very poor choice for cleaning electrical contacts. It is mainly stoddard solvent(naptha)with addtional oil prducts including fish oil suspended in soulution. The organic oils will oxidise over time leaving a gummy film. Not a good product overall other than for its orginal use as a water dispersant. Good marketing made it a household item.

Jon AB9AH
---- WA5CAB at cs.com wrote: 

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It's great for cleaning black wrinkle finish but I don't think I would want 
to use it on switch contacts.  Being part kerosene, it's flamable.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 02/07/2013 15:20:41 PM Central Standard Time, 
peterl at standingwave.org writes: 
> What cleaning is needed? WD-40 is primarily a water displacer. It isn't 
> a very good lubricant, and doesn't have anything in it for corrosion, 
> etc. I'm a big fan of the Caig Labs DeoxIT products.
> 
> -Pete
> 
> On 2013-02-07 13:15, B Smith wrote:
> >What does the group think about using WD-40 as a contact cleaner?
> >
> >
> >breck   k4che
> 
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