On Aug 15, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Adam Maas wrote: >> ... This is a waste of time. > > Yes, that is correct. But the reason WD40 is unsuitable for the > latter has nothing to do with it being hydroscopic or not, but due > to the fact that it evaporates relatively quickly, making it > unsuitable for long-term applications. Anyone who tries to protect > a block for long-term storage with WD40 is an idiot since it will > evaporate over a few weeks leaving the block unprotected.
Since the suggestion was being made to protect the insides of a bicycle frame against corrosion with WD40, which is why I posted the warning about it, I take it that you agree this is not a good thing to do regardless of the reason. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
