DeTomaso Mailing List: March 2000, Message #634

Funny how many people think its oil....
No where on the can does it say LUBRICANT, yet how many times have you said
"this needs to be oiled" and someone will reach for the WD-40.  Makes a
great hand cleaner though.

Rick

>-----Original Message-----
>From: detomaso@realbig.com [mailto:detomaso@realbig.com]On Behalf Of
>Kirby@mail.realbig.com
>Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 9:05 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: What does WD-40 mean?
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>For those trivia freaks...
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>http://www.howstuffworks.com/question155.htm
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>This is the sort of burning question that lots of people wonder about
>for some reason... I guess if you use the stuff all the time it bugs
>you after awhile!
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>To solve the mystery, the best place to go is the WD-40 web site at
>http://www.wd40.com. This is actually a pretty neat site! If you dig
>around a little, you find the following fascinating quote:
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>"WD-40 literally stands for Water Displacement, 40th attempt. That's
>the name straight out of the lab book used by the chemist who
>developed WD-40 back in 1953. The chemist, Norm Larsen, was
>attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion-a task which is
>done by displacing water. Norm's persistence paid off when he
>perfected the formula on his 40th try. Please see our history section
>for more information."
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>Now don't you feel better knowing that?!
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