[TheForge] routine maintenance with WD40?

[Reynolds]

Tom, thanks for such a detailed empirical (quasi at least) study on WD40 --- great information to know and use. Saves us wondering which to use and from engaging in the same test, needlessly. New use for Petroleum Jelly, its not just for kids anymore!
Reynolds




 --- On Mon 08/25, Dave Brown < quahog@tds.net > wrote:
From: Dave Brown [mailto: quahog@tds.net]
To: theforge@mailman.qth.net
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:34:16 -0500
Subject: Re: [TheForge] routine maintenance with WD40?

At 09:52 08/25/03 -0400, you wrote:<br>>I used to follow Francis Whitaker's prescription of spraying just about<br>>everything in the shop with WD40 every Monday morning. Since WD40 is<br>>mostly mineral spirits, I'm wondering if this is something I really want<br>>to breathe so much. What do other people do to keep things like post<br>>vise, cone mandrel, swage blocks, and small tools from rusting?<br><br>I stick with the WD-40, but don't over spray.  I also have a can of liquid <br>WD-40 that I splash onto a rag and use it to wipe stuff down.  The main <br>ingredients in WD-40, as far as I know, are aliphatic petroleum distillates <br>which include naphthas and paraffin oil (not paraffin wax).  I believe that <br>these aliphatic distillates are different than just as broadly defined <br>"mineral spirits", but I could be wrong.  In any event I'm not concerned <br>about the aromatic smells in the shop.  Where hundreds of thousands, if not <br>millions, of people using the product every day with nary a peep about <br>problems in the big news media ... well I just think that any worries about <br>WD-40's health effects are way over blown.  But I wouldn't want to go <br>spraying the stuff up my nose either.<br><br>Dave Brown<br>Heritage Smithing<br>Green Bay, WI<br>ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge<br>theforge mail list group photo site is<br>http://www.photoaccess.com<br>Login:  blacksmithblacksmith@hotmail.com<br>password:  anvil<br>___________<br><br><br>

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