SteveH

WD-40 is NOT A LUBRICANT! Seriously folks... Triflo or Sewing Machine Oil

PLEASE.. I am tired of having to rescue machines with old dried WD-40 gluing it together....

Lew Schiller

Apparently you didn't read my post but rather saw the word WD-40 and hit send.

SteveH

Lew - Yes, I saw your whole post. This message was to everyone who may or may not read this thread completely.

WD-40 is so commonly though to be a lubricant, that I use every opportunity to help reverse that. Sorry if you felt that it was directed at you personally, that was not my intent.

Lew Schiller

Fair enough. And I agree ...I have seen it misused way too often but there is a time and a place.

SteveH

...and I use WD-40 a lot FYI. I buy it by the gallon. Just not for sewing machines

Lew Schiller

I buy it by the little spray can. Then I lose the red straw. Then the nozzle breaks off. Then I buy another little spray can ..:-(

SteveH

LOL, I buy a gallon at a time and use the refillable WD-40 hand-pump spray bottle.
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We use it as a wipe down for all of the metalworking tools in the shop (anvils, stakes, swedge block, hammer faces, etc)

amcatanzaro

This makes me laugh.

Mickey2

If you oil a rusty bike chain, wipe off and keep doing it tentatively for a while most if not all rust will come off. I'm not sure why it works, but it does. A very rusty or worn bike chain needs to be replaced but even the worst cases clean up rather well. I have used very basic stuff, generic brand chain oil usually with a type of rust inhibitor. I have used a lot of brands over the years with much the same results. If I use WD40 I get rust within a couple of days in rainy weather, it's just too thin and wears off. Like miriam mentions, it might work on a slightly corroded surface.

roguequilter

sorry ..reading along ..agreeing w steve & then i read this comment. but you're both right, WD-40 isn't a lubricant!! it's active ingredient is olive oil. i was taught by a numistmast (spelling sorry) years ago to use olive oil to clean & remove rust, or rejuvenate oxidized painted surfaces. i used to collect tins & painted trays. for those items, olive oil works wonders,but i only use WD-40 to loosen & clean my clippers & rusted bolts. and clean my metal tape measures before putting away for the winter after a summer of laying out lines etc out in the dirt (spelled s i l t).