Charlie Morgan wrote:
:On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 23:38:36 +0000 (UTC), David Scheidt
:wrote:

: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

:So, show us the word kerosene on that legally vetted document. I can say that
:milk is kerosene, but that doesn't make it so.

Are you incapable of reading for comprehension? The MSDS says it's
got kerosene in it. It calls it out by CAS number, because that's
what MSDSes do. There are lots of different types of kerosene, WD40
has at least two different types.