[TheForge] Aha! - duh! OT

Jerry Frost akfrosty at mtaonline.net
Sun Nov 16 20:30:27 EST 2008


Stoddard solvent, not kerosene. Kero won't displace 
water and WD stands for Water Displacer. Stoddard 
solvent is flamable though and makes a reasonably safe 
starting fluid for diesel engines.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
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Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Dan Brewer" <danqualman at gmail.com>


> The majority of the content of WD40 was kerosene.  As 
> a light oil it would
> penitrate into a sorts of places.  the stuff that 
> lasted was silicone.  All
> is subject to change. But I still use a squirt of WD 
> 40 to help start the
> small engines ion the spring.  A little oil and som 
> vaporized hydocarbins
> are just what some of them need.
>
> Dan in Auburn
>



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