WD-40 bashing..

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On 13-Oct-98, RevTor at aol.com wrote:
>Hey, why is everyone bashing WD-40?  It may not be the best for cleaning pots
>but no one ever said that thats what it is for.  It is great for so many
other
>things that any craftsman or mechanic or hobbyist should definitely have a
can
>around..   Wake up!!!  Your interests arent the only ones in the world.  Like
>bashing grease for doing a lousy job of cleaning glass, and then saying that
>grease sucks.
>~Steve
>hey what can I say, I like my WD40....  and so does my distributor

I'm horrorified anytime anybody says anything about WD-40 and 
electronics, especally tape decks. I've seen a ton of good
equipment ruined with it. Can't speak for anyone else but I've 
spent days cleaning and cleaning someones prized whatever trying 
to get WD-40 out after they thought..."Why I think l'll use WD-40.
That'll fix it." I have actually taken stuff directly from a 
customer and thrown it directly in the trash! Then sent them off 
to buy a new whatever it used to be. Had to trash a porta-studio
07 once. There was an eighth of an inch of WD-40 in the case. The
board was saturated. It was completely ruined.
 
Like I said it's fine for lug nuts. I am not bashing WD-40. People 
do not read labels and most think if a little is good a lot must 
be great! It's important to nip it in the bud before something 
really bad happens to something really good. Not even a piece of 
crap deserves to go out that way. So it may be seem like over 
reacting but it's justified.

BTW I do have a can of WD-40 in my cabnet.

-tg

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