The U.S. Marine Corps used WD-40 as floor polish. On Oct 27, 2014 7:11 AM, "Larry Velez" <[email protected]> wrote:
> As our cars age, we will be using more and more chemicals to treat, > repair and prevent. > > Ran across this tidbit this morning: > > "In the 1950's Dr. Norm Larson started a company call Rocket Chemical > Company. He was coming up with a new formula for a chemical to resist > prevent corrosion in the nuclear missile silos. When he finally came up > with the working formula, it was dubbed, Water Displacement 40th Attempt, > or WD40. Much to his surprise, WD40's market was much bigger than that of > atlas missile silos. He named the company the WD40 Company thereafter." > > Source: > http://www.quora.com/Which-startups-have-the-best-stories/answer/Andrew-Joh?__snids__=728241761&__nsrc__=4 > > > 16V content: What have you found are the best or worse uses for WD40 on > our Mk2 16Vs? > > > > Larry > 91 GTI 16V (No Fuel Delivery Issue being slowly diagnosed) > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
