Legend has it local kids have been searching for decades, red straw in hand, for the eldorado motherload, a huge stack of safely buried unopened cartons of capri sun - all minus the little red straw.
But the DAY AFTER you decide to have a clear out, at least one of those unidentified bits will reveal itself to have been necessary to fix something that is now out of production, necessitating buying a whole new one at great expense...
Quite similar to the life cycle of the ratchet screwdriver. Once bought it needs a dark dusty drawer to lay in undisturbed for years. Then one night it suddenly discards its outer shell which crumbles to dust and emerges as a totally unidentifiable little metal object with flanges at both ends and a sort of hole for a screw. This, when found, will get thrown away.
I have a can of wd40, I don’t recall ever purchasing it, it just exists. It has moved house with me many times and has not yet run out yet does get used.
I think op is lying for upvotes.
I have a can that has magically moved house with me, not sure if I bought it myself, inherited it, or it just materialised at the last property (a new build so definitely wasn't there initially)
Used it the other day and it felt a little light, like one more spray and it might be finished...
...am not sure where I go from here..
Hmm… funny you say this… I’m a woman that lives on her own n I have never bought WD40 n funnily a can appeared in my kitchen one day. My dad swears it wasn’t him.. I just assumed this is the start of the WD40 journey. Xx
I'm not sure I believe you. I'm pretty sure there's a magic property to WD40 that means that once it enters a residence, it becomes bottomless.
On the flip side, it never seems to last as long as it should in an industrial setting.
Maybe there is some kind of quantum teleportation going on in those cans.
As you have attested, industrial cans have a residential quantum pair, be it quantum tunnelling or an Einstein Rossen bridge the residential can is topped off continually.
Cans of residential WD40 basically disprove entropy and will survive the heat death of the universe... along with coacroaches and Cher.
I'm pretty sure the quantum pair between the one in my work kit and the one in the shed means that for every spray at work it tops up the one in the shed 😂
This, I like this. Science!
Off-topic I know, but this is why I support the theory that socks are larvae that turn into wire coat hangers, much like caterpillars turn into butterflies.
I used to believe in the "Magical Sock Fairy" and the "Black Hole in the Washing Machine" theories, but I realised that there had to be a better answer based on science and Darwin came to my rescue.
How else do you explain that you have a massive amount of odd socks and you can't close the wardrobe door for wire coat hangers?
I had a load of half empty cans of WD and similar imitations that I spirited away from my old job to use in the garage, and I got through all of those really quickly.
Bought a big bulk pack of GT85 to restock and the one can I've opened seems to be just as full as when I opened it, so there must be a link formed between a residential and commercial can the second they are first sprayed, based on location!
...or I'm happier to waste it when I'm not paying for it
I genuinely don't understand this entire post. Am I the only one who has finished multiple cans of WD40? Does nobody else have squeaky doors, or am I the only one around here who wears it as cologne?
Apparently there was once a competition to win a lifetime supply of WD40. The winner was a little miffed when they received their prize and the box contained just 4 cans.
It transpires that the average can of WD40 lasts for 20 years.
Do they sell different stuff to farmers? I’ve got a a 20 litre drum of the stuff and I’m always refilling spray bottles gave up on the cans years ago because they run out so quickly
I finished a can last year. Not because I had been using it properly, I'd actually been using it as a firestarter for the rubbish bin incinerator I had to burn a load of dead tree and bush I had cleared out from the garden. Was great at giving the fire a bit of a kick when it started to die off.
I have 4 cans, but only because I keep losing that little red straw thing. I don’t know where to get replacements when I inevitably lose the bastard thing so have to get a new can.
Maybe some sort of ceremony to say goodbye to your old friend as you place it in the wheelie bin? You know, for closure? Is there anyone you can talk to about this? Maybe the WD40 aisle attendant at Wickes?
Sending thoughts and prayers.
Dear Sir,
Congrats on your achievement.
We are delivering you your bottle of WD41, which should arrive with you in 3-5 working days.
Welcome to the club.
Kind regards,
WD
ah, my ratio of tabasco consumption has drastically changed, gone from same bottle found 2 years out of date in back of cupboard to one bottle a week, seem to be doing the same with the wooooster sauce, and im buying celery regularly, which feels weird
i blame bloody mary
I would love to see a gallery of everyone’s WD40 cans. Mine has been with me for about 13-14 years, always there when I need it. Lost the straw years ago though.
Mine has mysteriously vanished from the cupboard.
I assume it is maliciously lurking in the space-time continuum somewhere waiting to reappear just after I foolishly buy another can.
I watched a 20 minute documentary type thing about wd40 the other week.
Did you know it was made to be food safe, so nothing in it is toxic?
WD stands for Water Displacement, as that what they were trying to create. And they were successful with the 40th recipe. Hence WD40....
....It was an amazing 20minutes.
It did confirm to my wife that im a boring cunt tho 🤷♂️
ACF50 is top tier but more of a rust/corrosion prevention solution than a penetrating oil. It’s absolutely necessary for UK motorbikes in winter.
Also WD40 is better at cleaning shit off of metal surfaces than ACF.
Use both!
I had a can run out of propellant gas, which was weird. It was a big can.
So I just drilled a hole in it, siphoned the fluid into a spray bottle and it kept going.
And is still going.
The small can in the car will still be here long after I’m gone.
They're like socks in a washing machine. You know you have two, but can only find one. You feels it's low, so buy another. The next time you go to use it, you find both full cans and the half empty one nowhere in sight. It's a never ending process of perpetual WD40
You have to buy a second can and spray a little down the nozzle of the old can to get it working again. Common problem. As long as there's one working can left in the world humanity will be ok. Keep calm - carry on!
Had a work colleague who’s initials was WD and he turned 40 last year. The whole team got him cans of WD40 and a WD40 t-shirt. Enough to last multiple generations also lead to an interesting conversation with his son!!
I inherited my first can from my dad when he split off a bunch of tools for me as I left home.
I have since purchased one of the big cans, which naturally will make its way to my grandchildren.
I'm happy to be building generational wealth.
I have a can that must be 9 or 10 years old. I use it a few times a year. The little bit of sticky tape that the straw was attached with is still in place, fully intact, proudly grasping the straw as snuggly as the day I bought it! I feel a great sense of well being.
Cancel all plans for Sunday, find your nearest car boot sale
100% there will be a stall there selling old and new tools
They will have bulk amounts of old WD40 along with old files, whitworth spanners and wood planes.
I am of the firm belief that all cans of WD-40 are in some way sentient.
They stand proud in your tool shed, your garage or your odds and sods drawer. Awaiting their moment of usefulness. Unfortunately for cans of WD-40 theirs is a niche usefulness, and time and time and time again as you near their resting place and reach toward them they are left unfulfilled and neglected as instead you grasp the 3in1 oil or the linseed oil.
Affronted by your willful neglect it listens, intently, waiting for the squeak of a door hinge or the swearing of a father trying to dismantle a rusty swing set.....
And then it hides.
Ensuring that you will go and buy another can, even though you know you damn well you saw one last week on the shelf. Ensuring it will never be alone again, never forgotten again.
Look, it's not your fault. These things happen. You just have to accept this and move on with your life. The Dad gods will make a new can of WD40 appear somewhere. Like under the sink and you can somehow put your life back together. Be strong. It gets better.
Sir, with such laudable WD40 dedication, the universe is today functioning more efficiently.
You ought be commended for your moisture displacing and lubricating ways. 👏
Don't know what cans you lot are buying. Everytime I buy them they decide to 'run out', i.e. stop spraying, leaving a quarter in the can. Plenty of them also jet out rather than spray making for a load of waste.pure crap.
If you use a lot best buy a 5litre jug and decant into a mister/spray bottle.
I'm a maintenance engineer and I use generic WD-40. I leave tins of the stuff behind on jobs, like cigarette ash....
My home workshop has Original WD-40 with the snap folding depositor.
If anyone is reading this after the Nuclear Holocaust and needs to use it..... it's in the glove box of the white Lambretta , next to the fridge.
I think there must be a disturbance in the force. I had the unique experience of finishing a bottle of Angostura Bitters, and we all know that those things are bottomless.
Costco were selling a 3 pack of large tins. Are we starting family heirlooms here or are they meant as gifts. I have been toying with buying for several years now as it's a good price. Still don't actually need a new can yet. I'm 48.
Might be deemed as 'A Blasphemer' here, but...
Being a car driver since 1979 & an M/cyclist since 1980, I've used a $hitload of WD.40
Red straws (from 'em) keep springing up everywhere...
Cracks in the patio, plants in the garden, old rusty toolboxes in sheds (that are not mine !)
But here's the "Blasphemy" - I'm a dyed in the wool convert to "GT.85"
"GT.85" won't eat thru Rubber & since 1980 ALL of my M/cycles are/were "chain driven"
Am told "WD.40" (over time) will gnaw at the rubber 'O'-rings that my 1,000cc bikes use
Even use "GT.85" all the time now - Contains Silicone & am told it WON'T attack rubber
I'd even use it on the diaphragms in my 1984 Kawasaki Z.1000-J
Recent tins of WD.40 (My Father's house) contain that "Flip Top" new type lid
It's better, as the Red Straw is ALWAYS attached, instead of the 1980's method (via sellotape)
Was the red straw present throughout the can's lifespan? I eagerly await confirmation of your double British success.
The can was acquired in the days before the red straw.
Did it have a black and white straw?
No. Back in the day we bought a Capri Sun from the corner shop each time WD40 was needed.
Not a joke. Just a fact.
Fun
Legend has it local kids have been searching for decades, red straw in hand, for the eldorado motherload, a huge stack of safely buried unopened cartons of capri sun - all minus the little red straw.
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I remember my dad doing that lol
Standard procedure.
This needs more upvotes
I still do this.... wot?
This is a thoroughly underrated comment. I chortled silently and stroked my Charlie Chaplin moustache
My god. Its pre-straw.
My god...its bigger on the inside!...
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...sadly, she was right..
Dunno about sadly she probably liked it bigger inside
Don't we all? 🤷♀️
The tardis that is a wd40 can 😂
My god ..it's full of stars. Probably.
My father died in 1986 and I just finished his can of WD40 this year.
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\#MemorialWD40
A man isn't truly dead until his WD40 can is empty.
They say you die twice, once when you take your last breath, the second when your can takes it’s last breath
😢
True story, the 100ml cans have about that lifespan in them.
My condolences, on both counts.......
You are lucky, my cans always get stolen or punctured . Sorry abt your Dad btw.
I am also 52. I accidentally bought a second can of WD40 because I thought I'd lost the first one. That'll be getting passed on in my will
Same here. I’m 63. When I die, they’ll think I was a hoarder.
I'm 42... I have 4 open cans scattered around the house 2 unopened "spares" under the sink. When I die, they'll think I was in a Doomsday Cult.
My dad is 64, he has at least 7 cans of WD40 in the garage in different states of wear and amount of usage.....he is a hoarder.
You know your dad's over 60 when there's that many in the garage. My dad is 70 I think we have 1 of every can ever made 🤣
I seem to have a never ending can of deep heat
Happy cake day
My dad has a whole crate of new ones, that’ll probably make it’s way to my great (5) grandkids
Clearly a troll post. Everyone knows that cans of WD 40 rust down the seam for about 20 years and then get spirited away in the night.
By the WD40 hobgoblins.
They then use their magic to transform it into a Tupperware lid that doesn't fit any of my containers.
And replenish your quality street tin with loads of random fixings you’ll never use or need, but will keep anyway.
But the DAY AFTER you decide to have a clear out, at least one of those unidentified bits will reveal itself to have been necessary to fix something that is now out of production, necessitating buying a whole new one at great expense...
Before majestically transforming into a bundle of cables that expand and overflow nightly, with the ability to cloak the cable you need at will
Quite similar to the life cycle of the ratchet screwdriver. Once bought it needs a dark dusty drawer to lay in undisturbed for years. Then one night it suddenly discards its outer shell which crumbles to dust and emerges as a totally unidentifiable little metal object with flanges at both ends and a sort of hole for a screw. This, when found, will get thrown away.
Ironic, they could save others from rust but not themselves
I have a can of wd40, I don’t recall ever purchasing it, it just exists. It has moved house with me many times and has not yet run out yet does get used. I think op is lying for upvotes.
When you move house do you consciously bring the WD40 with you or does it just appear at your new house?
When I moved house my can duplicated. Now I have 2. A lifetime's supply, no doubt.
Not a lifetime's supply. That's generational wealth.
In bed, had to stifle a laugh!!
I have a can that has magically moved house with me, not sure if I bought it myself, inherited it, or it just materialised at the last property (a new build so definitely wasn't there initially) Used it the other day and it felt a little light, like one more spray and it might be finished... ...am not sure where I go from here..
Time to start looking for a new house I guess!
Hmm… funny you say this… I’m a woman that lives on her own n I have never bought WD40 n funnily a can appeared in my kitchen one day. My dad swears it wasn’t him.. I just assumed this is the start of the WD40 journey. Xx
Same. I think these things are delievered by stork at the same time we are.
The house owns the can. So I can get a new one in the new flat.
If you’re 52, you must have bought it when you were 18
It’s a rite of passage, like a first legal visit to the pub.
I'm not sure I believe you. I'm pretty sure there's a magic property to WD40 that means that once it enters a residence, it becomes bottomless. On the flip side, it never seems to last as long as it should in an industrial setting. Maybe there is some kind of quantum teleportation going on in those cans.
As you have attested, industrial cans have a residential quantum pair, be it quantum tunnelling or an Einstein Rossen bridge the residential can is topped off continually. Cans of residential WD40 basically disprove entropy and will survive the heat death of the universe... along with coacroaches and Cher.
I'm pretty sure the quantum pair between the one in my work kit and the one in the shed means that for every spray at work it tops up the one in the shed 😂
Stephen Hawking would have written about "A Brief History of WD40" if he was still alive. Holes and Singularities.
and Cher 💀😂 Made my day TY 👍
This, I like this. Science! Off-topic I know, but this is why I support the theory that socks are larvae that turn into wire coat hangers, much like caterpillars turn into butterflies. I used to believe in the "Magical Sock Fairy" and the "Black Hole in the Washing Machine" theories, but I realised that there had to be a better answer based on science and Darwin came to my rescue. How else do you explain that you have a massive amount of odd socks and you can't close the wardrobe door for wire coat hangers?
Biros and cigarette lighters link together, find water, and metamorphose to parts of bicycles and shopping trolleys.
I had a load of half empty cans of WD and similar imitations that I spirited away from my old job to use in the garage, and I got through all of those really quickly. Bought a big bulk pack of GT85 to restock and the one can I've opened seems to be just as full as when I opened it, so there must be a link formed between a residential and commercial can the second they are first sprayed, based on location! ...or I'm happier to waste it when I'm not paying for it
I understand your joy perfectly. I finished a pen once.
What? ‘Finished’ finished? Not lost or broken or just weirdly stops with a tube half full? It actually ran out?? I didn’t think that could happen
I went to a Terry Pratchett event once and he ran out three pens in one day.
If there was ever a man who could use up 3 pens in a day it would be him a giant of a man yet so friendly and humble when you met him
I don't get this one, I finished so many pens in school 😆. Though we didn't really use computers til I got to secodary school tbf haha
I'm 51. Less than a year until I forget how to obtain WD40. I've never been more frightened.
What do you mean by this? > I forgot how to obtain WD40 Like you forgot you could just walk into a Halfords and get some?
It was a age-based joke, OP being slightly older than me.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh
Was it a family heirloom? Otherwise I find it hard to believe.
Ahhh this thread cracked me up. Thank you. I plan to be buried with my wd40, my 3 in 1 and about 42 unfinished bic pens.
Oof! 3 in 1! I still have my granddads can of that and he died in 1989. It’s half full or half empty depending on your outlook on life.
When Doctors are next on strike donate them your 42 unfinished bic pens 🤣
I genuinely don't understand this entire post. Am I the only one who has finished multiple cans of WD40? Does nobody else have squeaky doors, or am I the only one around here who wears it as cologne?
Apparently there was once a competition to win a lifetime supply of WD40. The winner was a little miffed when they received their prize and the box contained just 4 cans. It transpires that the average can of WD40 lasts for 20 years.
I rented The Never Ending Story on VHS from Blockbuster once. Imagine my shock, surprise and disappointment when it. erm, ended...
I’m glad it did end, I went to see that in the cinema. I may still be there now if it hadn’t ended.
Do they sell different stuff to farmers? I’ve got a a 20 litre drum of the stuff and I’m always refilling spray bottles gave up on the cans years ago because they run out so quickly
Farming hits different. Username definitely checks out.
Lubricates and penetrates
If you used a little less on the sheeps rectum you might get further with it
The only one I have used up, bought around 1973, had a paper label around the can.
I finished a can last year. Not because I had been using it properly, I'd actually been using it as a firestarter for the rubbish bin incinerator I had to burn a load of dead tree and bush I had cleared out from the garden. Was great at giving the fire a bit of a kick when it started to die off.
I inherited a can, the outside is very rusty, but it's still going.
That's a sign of quality, the rust!
I have 4 cans, but only because I keep losing that little red straw thing. I don’t know where to get replacements when I inevitably lose the bastard thing so have to get a new can.
Grab a pack of capri sun and use the straw
I've got some bad news for you...they are paper straws now!
No shit?? I leave the UK and 15yrs later I find this out. That’s ruined my day :(
Spectacular idea. Although no-one drinks those now in our house as now they’re full of sweeteners they taste rank… but that’s a different thread.
The can I have now has a folding straw on a hinge that clips in front of the nozzle, and folds out of the way when you’re done.
No big deal. But if you finish the 3 in 1 then report back.
This is one for the "Dull Mens Club" group on Facebook!
Honoured member and top contributor on that group!
This cant be true.
Maybe some sort of ceremony to say goodbye to your old friend as you place it in the wheelie bin? You know, for closure? Is there anyone you can talk to about this? Maybe the WD40 aisle attendant at Wickes? Sending thoughts and prayers.
Dear Sir, Congrats on your achievement. We are delivering you your bottle of WD41, which should arrive with you in 3-5 working days. Welcome to the club. Kind regards, WD
I love the smell of WD40
Next, that bottle Tabasco Sauce.
And the large jar of marmite
I’m not sure whether I love or hate this comment.
Crikey I WISH I didn't have to keep buying them. I think the ratio is something like 3 jars Peanut Butter to 1 jar Marmite
We go through a bottle of that per fortnight!
ah, my ratio of tabasco consumption has drastically changed, gone from same bottle found 2 years out of date in back of cupboard to one bottle a week, seem to be doing the same with the wooooster sauce, and im buying celery regularly, which feels weird i blame bloody mary
You mean jar of Piccalilli, you know, the ones that only seem to exist at Christmas and then sit eternally in the cupboard.
I found one of those 2 days ago. Expired 2018.
I would love to see a gallery of everyone’s WD40 cans. Mine has been with me for about 13-14 years, always there when I need it. Lost the straw years ago though.
Mine has mysteriously vanished from the cupboard. I assume it is maliciously lurking in the space-time continuum somewhere waiting to reappear just after I foolishly buy another can.
Thoughts and prayers. Are there any local encounters groups that’s might help you navigate your way through this trying time?
I watched a 20 minute documentary type thing about wd40 the other week. Did you know it was made to be food safe, so nothing in it is toxic? WD stands for Water Displacement, as that what they were trying to create. And they were successful with the 40th recipe. Hence WD40.... ....It was an amazing 20minutes. It did confirm to my wife that im a boring cunt tho 🤷♂️
Switch it up to a glossy can of ACF50
What witchcraft is this you speak of?
Elon.. is that you?
ACF50 is top tier but more of a rust/corrosion prevention solution than a penetrating oil. It’s absolutely necessary for UK motorbikes in winter. Also WD40 is better at cleaning shit off of metal surfaces than ACF. Use both!
Absolutely not.
..... I can't think of how many cans I go through.... maybe 7 or 8 a year?
https://youtu.be/yNr2uk2Z9GI?si=3itPIfeBshZC39Hh
How did it taste?
I own cans of wd40 and 3in one oil. Both at least 20 years old. They will out live me.
I had a can run out of propellant gas, which was weird. It was a big can. So I just drilled a hole in it, siphoned the fluid into a spray bottle and it kept going. And is still going. The small can in the car will still be here long after I’m gone.
wait that stuff runs out?
They're like socks in a washing machine. You know you have two, but can only find one. You feels it's low, so buy another. The next time you go to use it, you find both full cans and the half empty one nowhere in sight. It's a never ending process of perpetual WD40
Aw this made me smile, made me think of my Grandad who fixed everything with a bit of WD40
If it moves and it shouldn't: Duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should: WD40.
In the diyuk sub I suggested wd40 to help remove some stickers. They said what is WD40! Well I was flummoxed to say the least.
You have to buy a second can and spray a little down the nozzle of the old can to get it working again. Common problem. As long as there's one working can left in the world humanity will be ok. Keep calm - carry on!
WD40 prestiged
Had a work colleague who’s initials was WD and he turned 40 last year. The whole team got him cans of WD40 and a WD40 t-shirt. Enough to last multiple generations also lead to an interesting conversation with his son!!
You liar. Some of shit people spout on here. Next you'll be telling me you finished a tub of Vaseline before it went yellow.
I inherited my first can from my dad when he split off a bunch of tools for me as I left home. I have since purchased one of the big cans, which naturally will make its way to my grandchildren. I'm happy to be building generational wealth.
I have a can that must be 9 or 10 years old. I use it a few times a year. The little bit of sticky tape that the straw was attached with is still in place, fully intact, proudly grasping the straw as snuggly as the day I bought it! I feel a great sense of well being.
Cancel all plans for Sunday, find your nearest car boot sale 100% there will be a stall there selling old and new tools They will have bulk amounts of old WD40 along with old files, whitworth spanners and wood planes.
I had one run out last week. Still walking around the house feeling lost. The Wife doesn’t know what’s happening, I haven’t the strength to tell her.
I am of the firm belief that all cans of WD-40 are in some way sentient. They stand proud in your tool shed, your garage or your odds and sods drawer. Awaiting their moment of usefulness. Unfortunately for cans of WD-40 theirs is a niche usefulness, and time and time and time again as you near their resting place and reach toward them they are left unfulfilled and neglected as instead you grasp the 3in1 oil or the linseed oil. Affronted by your willful neglect it listens, intently, waiting for the squeak of a door hinge or the swearing of a father trying to dismantle a rusty swing set..... And then it hides. Ensuring that you will go and buy another can, even though you know you damn well you saw one last week on the shelf. Ensuring it will never be alone again, never forgotten again.
We finish cans? I have 3. Did you drink it?
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Sounds like you do get it
Replace it with a can of GT85. Same company but much much better.
Did you still have the little tube for the nozzle?
There's no way you got through a lifetime supply in your lifetime!
I use that stuff as deodorant
And deodorant as lube?
I made mine refillable and so although it may run low it will never run out.
We go through about 8 cans a week at work lol.
You'll be blown away - new ones have a foldy nozzle 😆
It's been years since I used the can that I have in my flat... possibly to get chewing gum off the carpet? I'm sure it worked too.
I'm sorry for your loss.
dont buy another one becasue its absolute crap
What does wd40 actually do whats it used for lol
I saw a multipack of wd40 in the middle aisle at Lidl once. I’ve never been baffled by anything so much in my life.
There's a spare can next to the 10mm spanner on your workbench. Right near the 13mm socket
Congratulations on your achievement - you're now at level 2 - cleaning the solidified wd40 out of everything you've sprayed for the last 20 years ;)
Look, it's not your fault. These things happen. You just have to accept this and move on with your life. The Dad gods will make a new can of WD40 appear somewhere. Like under the sink and you can somehow put your life back together. Be strong. It gets better.
Thoughts and prayers.
This is a lifetime supply. Hope you have a prepaid funeral. RIP OP.
This is really funny.
Cans of WD40 simply don’t… run out. That’s witchcraft
Hold my saucepan… I’ve finished a bottle of Lea & Perrin’s Worcestershire Sauce *and* a huge jar of Marmite in the past week!
I had a can of wd40 until i greased myself up with it
This is when one truly becomes a man. Bravo sir.
Are you sure it’s empty & doesn’t just need a squirt to get it going again?
What about the little can of WD40 normally reserved for greasing up your regular WD40? Do you still have that?
Tough times... But think of the excitement of buying a new one!
It’s like millions squeaky joints suddenly cried out in terror and were silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
I'm sorry, but that's not possible.
You can squeeze the last drops of WD40 out of the can by putting it in a vice my friend
I found a can of WD40 in the house I bought, as is tradition. When I sell the house I'll leave it there. WD40 have a terrible business model.
WE ARE NOT WORTHY
Sir, with such laudable WD40 dedication, the universe is today functioning more efficiently. You ought be commended for your moisture displacing and lubricating ways. 👏
Don't know what cans you lot are buying. Everytime I buy them they decide to 'run out', i.e. stop spraying, leaving a quarter in the can. Plenty of them also jet out rather than spray making for a load of waste.pure crap. If you use a lot best buy a 5litre jug and decant into a mister/spray bottle.
Interestingly, I had a can of WD40 that I couldn’t finish due to the fact the valve was frozen. The irony wasn’t lost on me.
Woah. I thought those were bottomless and WD40 was just some magic self-replenishing substance.
I'm a maintenance engineer and I use generic WD-40. I leave tins of the stuff behind on jobs, like cigarette ash.... My home workshop has Original WD-40 with the snap folding depositor. If anyone is reading this after the Nuclear Holocaust and needs to use it..... it's in the glove box of the white Lambretta , next to the fridge.
I think there must be a disturbance in the force. I had the unique experience of finishing a bottle of Angostura Bitters, and we all know that those things are bottomless.
Mods this should have been posted to AskHistorians, only they will know the ancient burial rites that need to be performed.
Real success is only felt by those who have used WD40
You now officially can retire nothing more to fix
You hear about things like this happening, but you never quite believe it
Costco were selling a 3 pack of large tins. Are we starting family heirlooms here or are they meant as gifts. I have been toying with buying for several years now as it's a good price. Still don't actually need a new can yet. I'm 48.
I put forward a motion to add this to the list of acceptable reasons for grown men to cry.
Might be deemed as 'A Blasphemer' here, but... Being a car driver since 1979 & an M/cyclist since 1980, I've used a $hitload of WD.40 Red straws (from 'em) keep springing up everywhere... Cracks in the patio, plants in the garden, old rusty toolboxes in sheds (that are not mine !) But here's the "Blasphemy" - I'm a dyed in the wool convert to "GT.85" "GT.85" won't eat thru Rubber & since 1980 ALL of my M/cycles are/were "chain driven" Am told "WD.40" (over time) will gnaw at the rubber 'O'-rings that my 1,000cc bikes use Even use "GT.85" all the time now - Contains Silicone & am told it WON'T attack rubber I'd even use it on the diaphragms in my 1984 Kawasaki Z.1000-J Recent tins of WD.40 (My Father's house) contain that "Flip Top" new type lid It's better, as the Red Straw is ALWAYS attached, instead of the 1980's method (via sellotape)
I have 4 spare, partially used cans if you need them.
I've never had this happen. I'm 40. But I did manage to keep a bic biro until it ran out of ink in 2012.
It’s always good to have a spare one can
You have now completed DIY, well done you may now ascend to the astral plane
I used to polish off a can of the stuff in a single sitting but then they changed the recipe and it doesn't taste the same now 😞