Two words: petroleum distillates
> Well, I'm not out to pick a fight, but if you're going to play the
> semantic game, I can't help commenting.
>
> Frank didn't say that WD-40 didn't penetrate. (After all, any fluid
> with a low enough viscosity penetrates, or wicks into a small space by
> capillary action.)
>
> Frank said that it wasn't a penetrating >oil<. And it isn't. In
> fact, if you go to the "Product Info" page on their webiste, the word
> "oil" doesn't appear. It doesn't appear on the can, either.
>
> Because it isn't a penetrating oil. It is a hydrophobic chemical
> solvent with a lower viscosity than water. It does many good and
> useful things, but it isn't a penetrating oil. It was intended as a
> water dispersant for finely machined parts during production. That's
> what the name means, by the way "Water Dispersant - 40th formulation".
>
> If the company itself won't call it an oil (because it isn't), how can
> you say that it is "legally a penetrating oil"?
>
> > If you read the can, it says that it penetrates! I'm not saying it
> is better
> > than Busty or the others because it is not. It legally is a
> penetraing oil
> > though...
> >
> > Kent
> > -------------------------------------------
> > (WD is NOT a penetrating oil)
> >
> > Frank Clarici
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