Charlie Morgan wrote:
:On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:51:37 +0000 (UTC), David Scheidt
:wrote:

:Charlie Morgan wrote:
:
::Well, that's your problem in a nutshell. Stop thinking of what it can't do, and
::try concentrating on what it CAN do. Before the introduction of WD40, master
::mechanics found kerosene to be very handy around the shop for a variety of
::tasks. WD40 is very similar to kerosene in it's abilities.
:
:WD40 is kerosene. It just comes in handy spray can. It's mediocre,
:at best, at everything people use it for.

:Well, you started out wrong, and that's where you stayed. There is ZERO kerosene
:in WD40.

Don't let the facts bother you. Its MSDS says WD40 is a 50% mixture of
CAS 64742-47-8 (commonly called "Deodorized kerosene"), CAS 64742-48-9
(mineral spirits), CAS 64742-88-7 ("Straight run kerosene"); 15-25%
CAS 64742-65-0 (dewaxed heavy paraffinic solvent); and an additional
12-18% of CAS 6742-47-8, the aforementioned deodorized kerosene.
Sounds like kerosene to me. That's a change from the last time I
looked at the MSDS (several years ago), when it was roughly 70%
stoddard solvent, which is an aliphatic mineral spirit with a boiling
point range entirely contained by kerosene's.

David