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WD-40 10032 Multi-Use Product Spray with Smart Straw, 12 Oz.

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I have used WD-40 for years.....as long as I can remember....and I am 68. However, I am so annoyed with this stupid "Smart Straw" I am considering looking for another similar product. The STRAW works fine....but when you fold down the straw, it doesn't spray...you just get a stream...wasteful if you're spraying tools. I have had ONE can that I bought with a Smart Straw that would spray correctly in the last year. If you can't live without WD-40, buy the gallon can and put it in a pump sprayer.

Who's there? I asked looking through the apartment door peephole. "It's me, Mike in apt. 108. Can you help me?" The neighbor was a quiet, shy kid who always hit me up to be a little league booster when he was younger. This time, Mike couldn't get the tumbler to move in his apartment door lock. I told him to wait while I went after my WD-40. I sprayed the hole, and like magic, Mike's key turned the tumbler around. His grin was a surprise at the product, and it was from ear to ear.

WD-40 has also worked on those fearsome rusted nuts on your wheel when you have to change tires, plus assorted other impossible tasks. It simply sprays the rust away. I read recently where it even removes the spray paint from cars without damaging the paint underneath. This is one of those products your home should not be without.

Here's what else it's good for:

* Protects silver from tarnishing
* Removes road tar and grime from cars
* Cleans and lubricates guitar strings
* Keeps flies off cows (Very important)
* Gives floors that "just waxed" sheen without making it slippery
* Loosens stubborn zippers or interlocking slide fasteners
* Restores and cleans chalkboards (Do teachers still have'em)?
* Untangles jewelry chains
* Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill
* Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing
* Removes tomato stains from clothing
* Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots
* Camouflage scratches in ceramic and marble floors
* Keeps scissors working smoothly
* Lubricates noisy door hinges on car doors or doors at home
* Removes black scuffmarks from kitchen floor
* Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows making them easier to open
* Rids kids' rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises
* Gives a children's play gym slide a shine for a super fast slide
* Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open
* Good for oven burns or any type of burn. It removes the burned feeling and heals with no scarring

I learned a long time ago that WD-40, WD for water displacement, and 40 because it was the 40th attempt that worked, was a Godsend.

You've heard the saying, "Say it, don't spray it," well,

spray this one.

I am not a very handy person, so I don't have a huge assortment of tools. However, I learned early on that WD-40 is a must item in my tool box. I don't have strong hands and after a recent back surgery have even less ability to apply a lot of force when I need to deal with rusty screws and tightly closed nuts. WD-40 to the rescue! I put it on for a few minutes and then I can handle almost any job that felt impossible without it.

In addition to loosening rusty nuts and bolts I found a lot of other uses for WD-40. It is my magic helper around the house:

1. Loosen rusty nuts, bolts, screws, water hoses
2. Loosen stuck zippers
3. Untangle jewelry chains
4. Clean silver jewelry which protects them from tarnishing
5. Used to remove tar and grime from my car
6. Clean off gunk from scissors, keep them operating smoothly
7. Clean terra cotta garden pots, remove oxidation
8. Lubricate noisy door hinges (house and car)
9. Lubricate window tracks so they move smoothly when they get hard to move
10. Clean bicycle spokes
12. Lubricate electric fan so it stops squeaking
13. Remove rust from garden tools
14. Spray on umbrella which refused to open before the spraying
15. Remove gunk left by duct tape
16. Remove stuck bugs from the car bumper
17. Remove scuff marks on my wood floor left by my winter clogs soles

Ali Julia review

We use a lot of WD-40 in our house and small business. This spray lubricant has so many uses, from oiling our kid's bike chains to fixing squeaky hinges, it is amazing how many things we find to use it on.

The new "Smart Straw" is a simple but very clever innovation that allows the WD-40 to be used in wide spray (for covering a large area or put on to a paper towel) or directed in a stream to a specific area (like into a mechanism), with just a flick of the nozzle. No more worrying about lost straws since it always attached!

This is a great product, made even better by the clever spray control "Smart Straw"!

Highly Recommended!

CFH

I had some rusted automobile bolts where I squirted on some WD-40. Still I could not get them to come loose after several minutes of trying with WD-40. Couple days later, I went to try again and remarkably they were all loose. They had all loosened up after being covered for a couple days with WD-40. No force required with the wrench where the nut and bolt had been stuck. I was impressed. It did still require some force, however, to turn the nuts the rest of the way completely off the rusted bolts.

I have a CHANNELLOCK needle-nose plier I use for fishing. It was getting rusty and tightening up. I put a few drops of motor oil on it and it still felt tight. After squirting WD-40 on it, it became totally loose. I had to wipe it with a paper towel because after squirting WD-40 on it brown rusty WD-40 liquid flows out from the plier. (I should look for some stainless steel pliers.)

I like the new straw with the pivot, too. The nozzle can be set in two positions, with or without the straw. Cool.

I bought this product to grease/oil the sliding mirrors in my bathroom. They now move so easily! Its hard to believe that a product can fix a problem like this. Before I used this product, it took me both hands to slide my bathroom mirror to get to the medicine cabinet. Now it takes one finger! End of story! A great product!

WD-40 is outdated, but every house seems to have one due to tradition/habit. Most people haven't questioned why things they lube only stay lubed a week or why things they use WD-40 on seem to end up gritty, grimey, and stuffed full of crud that's been attracted from unknown places.

The only use for WD-40 is water displacement, and other products still do a better job. Lubrication and rust prevention don't last longer than a few days to 1 week with WD-40 AND it attracts grit and grime like a magnet, making the problem worse AND compounding the problem if all you're doing is spraying on more WD-40.

In my house hold, all WD-40 cans have been replaced by Breakfree CLP or Corrosion X. With either product, and for the same price, you get a penetrating oil that will get into stuck nuts and bolts and free them up. The lubrication will last much much longer than WD-40: squeaky indoor hinges will stay quiet for 2 years+ AND stay grit free. Rust is also prevented much much better. I use CLP to coat my outdoor padlocks and they stay shiney and operate smoothly for at least a year in rain or shine.....they would rust up heavily after 1 week if only coated with WD-40, and all sorts of dirt gets sucked into the mechanism.

WD-40 has no place in the home. It should be sitting in a museum. It's an inferior lube and rust preventer. It attracts grime and grit like a magnet. Not only does it suck as an oil, it will negatively affect moving machine parts. Use other oils and greases available.

Although WD-40 is one of those products with 1000s uses, 3 are the most important to me.

1) When your car will not start on rainy days, or after going through a puddle: Open the hood, spray the sparkplug wires, sparkplugs, and ignition coil liberally with WD-40. IMPORTANT: Wait 5 minutes. Your car will start. Same with boat engines. WD-40 physically displaces moisture. A can of WD-40 should be included in the emergency kit of every car, just in case.

2) WD-40 is instant repair for awning windows which will not lock shut, or will not open, or for stuck or stiff windows of any type.

3) WD-40 is instand repair for anything that should move but doesn't, such as garden tools.

Not a "top three", but an unusual use I've discovered is as a small gasoline engine starter. I spray WD-40 into the intake filters of my hard-to-start gasoline weed-whacker, hedge-trimmer, and blower when needed. They usually start right up.

CAVEATS
WD-40 does evaporate eventually, so it isn't an ideal long-term solution to anything. WD-40 is too thin to provide much protection against the wear of moving parts. It is a petroleum-base oil, so it isn't good for rubber (petroleum oil and grease disolve into rubber, weakening it). In fact, the reason that you can use it on automotive engines without causing damage to rubber components is that by the time the engine has gotten up to operating temperature, nearly all the WD-40 has evaporated.

LONG TERM SOLUTIONS
>> For lubricating rubber ALWAYS use silicon spray or silicon grease Permatex 22058 Dielectric Tune-up Grease - 3 oz.
>> A long term solution for a car that won't start in wet weather is to smear silicon grease on the sparkplug wires, paying special attention to the spark plug, ignition, and distributor boots.
>> A long term solution for awning windows is to lubricate each moving part with automotive grease or silicon grease. Automotive grease provides better librication, but attracts dirt, eventually becoming a gritty paste which is actually damaging to soft moving surfaces (such as painted wood or soft aluminum of sliding doors and windows). So, use petroleum oil and grease on hard metal; silicon grease on painted wood or soft aluminum. For sliding doors, always use a silicon spray. Yes, I know lubricating every moving part of an awning window is very time consuming---honestly, I usually give a quick spray of WD-40 and forget it.
>> To protect things (such as the moving blades of hedgetrimmers) from wear, petroleum grease is a must. But a light spray of WD-40 will loosen up tight blades to make them easier to grease
>> A long term solution for preventing rust on your tools and to keep them lubricated is also automotive oil, automotive grease, or silicon grease or silicon spray grease. The automotive oil and grease are time-consuming to apply, and are "greasy", but protect best. If you lightly spray your tools with WD-40 everytime you put them away, and they always work when you need them, that's good enough. If you rarely spray your tools before putting them aways, and you always have to heavily spray them with WD-40 when you want to use them, that is NOT good enough.
>> Silicon spray will probably protect things like fishing gear better than WD-40, but will not displace moisture to begin with. So, if fast-and-dirty is good enough for you, then WD-40 is good enough. If you carefully clean and dry your fishing gear before putting it away, silicon spray will protect it better.
>> If you need to water-proof electrical connections (such as those of a basement sump-pump, or on a boat), keeping them soaked with WD-40 is a poor solution. For one thing most petroleum products can conduct electricity and burn. Silicon grease does not conduct electricity, does not evaporate, and does not burn. If you want something even more permanent, use silicon glue to waterproof the connections.

I have windows that were nearly impossible to open. Sprayed a bit of WD-40 into the sliding parts & it now pops right open. Had used the stuff a loooong time ago & was pretty sure it would do the job. The bonus was the Smart Straw. Got the stuff into the sliding areas with ease!!! Nice item to have around...

WD-40 Lubricant Aerosol Can with Smart Straw, I am Glad I got this Aerosol Can, for some reason I can't find it where I Live and Shop. I specially like the Smart Straw it's a lot easier to do things with it and mine works Great! Now I can get it inside (almost) into the brackets and hinges of my Entrance Door to get rid of all the Squeaking noises and other doors as well, and without the mess, you aim and spray, is that simple, Now people don't know if I'm coming or going because I don't make a sound. I keep finding more and more things to use and spray with WD-40. I tried it on Silver WD-40 supposed to protect the metal from tarnishing, and it seems to be working! D.D. Thank You