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[Bertie the Bullet]

Well apparently not

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=345397

[apparently lucky eddie]

Thats good news but I'm not really surprised. I've always thought it was basically just fish oil and pretty harmless. Against all advice by "experts" (where an EX is a has-been and a SPURT a drip under pressure!)I've been using it to lube my trusty old Weihrauch 77 for over 25 years, have never yet changed a single seal and it still drops a tree-rat or rabbit at 50 yds. Surely an O ring or somesuch that is under no real pressure is quite safe and of course the rust protection is super.

[papasmurf]

Off topic for this forum WD40 should NEVER be used on a firearm with a wooden butt as the WD rots the timber with possible deadly consequences.(I used to work for a firearms dealer.)

[Scalyback]

Wd40 should never be drunk either, it has a nasty flavour and curdles milk.

[apparently lucky eddie]

Ironically, s'not too good in a fish pond either.

[Frank]

I've always thought WD40 was a silicone based lubricant and therefore safe on rubber as opposed to petroleum based greases which rot rubber.

[Scalyback]

Silicone or not, I'm not using it on a condom no matter what you say!

[Leon Novello]

It`s more of a penetrating oil-water disperser. As most know by now; it took the makers 40 attempts to get the formula (for a water disperser. W D) right. Because of this action of evaporating moisture and drying out, it is not suitable for lubrication.

[Thack]

Frank: according to the tin, WD40 does not contain any silicones, and never has. No fish oil, either.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40



http://wd40.com/cool-stuff/myths-legends-fun-facts/

[Nettshubby]

They do sell a silicone spray, and many other lube and cleaning sprays and liquids, besides the Water Dispersants.