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Default WD-40: the company's answer

Charlie Morgan wrote:
:On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:49:44 -0400, Chuck
:wrote:

:As promised, here is the company's
:response to my email:
:
:++++++++++++++++
:
:Good morning,
:
:The definition for Kerosene is:
:
:A thin oil distilled from petroleum or
:shale oil, used as a fuel for
:heating and cooking, in lamps, and as a
:denaturant for alcohol. Also
:called coal oil, lamp oil. The CAS# for
:Kerosene is: 8008-20-6
:
:The CAS# 64742-47-8 for our solvent in
:WD-40 is classified as a
:"distillates (petroleum) hydrotreated
:light" material.
:
:Regards,
:
:Peter Fougner
:Director of Global Quality Assurance
:WD-40 Company
:San Diego, CA 92110
:Phone- 619-275-9359
:Cell 619-981-3092
:Fax- 619-275-5823
:
:++++++++++++++++++
:
:Kind of like saying the US Army infantry
:soldiers are never armed with guns.
:
:Caveat emptor.
:
:Chuck
:

:If you use selective criteria, you can prove a dog is a cat.

Their claim is much more like "A poodle isn't a dog, because it's a
poodle."