Greetings List
For the longest time now, I have heard that WD-40 contains water and must
not be used on meteorites.
Well, I got an email about its uses and decided to follow up since its
susposed to stand for water displacement - 40th formula. Pretty much,
that was the chemist's intentions too!
This is interesting and I should address this with the makers then since
the MSDS states that WD-40 is made from naptha and hydrotreated heavy
mineral oil.
It may be the accessory ingredients which are inert which cause this
problem.
I'll get back to the list once I have an answer from the
3:23 PM
To: AL Mitterling
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WD-40
This is interesting and I should address this with the makers then since
the MSDS states that WD-40 is made from naptha and hydrotreated heavy
mineral oil.
It may be the accessory ingredients
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2005 9:06 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] WD-40
Greetings List
For the longest time now, I have heard that WD-40 contains water
and must
not be used on meteorites.
Well, I got an email about its uses and decided to follow up since its
Some old memories of WD-40 from my museum conservation days.
But you had better check these out with from source:
It is made from fish oil.
It contains a lacquer, which remains after the oils depart, which might be
helpful for meteorite preservation but
which gums up fine lubricating jobs like
Hello Nicholas and list
Here is the email I got back from the people who make it.
Dear Mark,
WD-40 does not contain any water.
Best regards,
Eva Zabowski
Consumer Relations
WD-40 Company
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Hi Mark,
Did they sum it up in 6 words?? I would like to know why it doesn't
contain water. If they have tanks that sit empty for any length of time
there is bound to be some moisture from that alone. While it may be true
it contains very little moisture (so the customer relations can state
Dear List;
With an environmental back ground and years of playing keep-out with
hydrocarbons and our ground water (large affinity each direction
here)I still wonder why WD-40 still fits in the hydrocarbon
group..like the first half of the word says hydrodoh!
Not on my meteorites,
Hello List
Possibly one of the sources of the idea that WD-40 contains water is my
preservation page. The reason I wrote this was personal experience. When I
was starting out in the business, I bought a gallon can of WD-40 at the
hardware store. I poured it into a glass container to treat
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