WD-40 OLD/NEW USE !!
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WD-40 OLD/NEW USE !!
not sure where to post this . so i think this is correct place . i had my rs on my nephews lift changing fuel filter ( always a fun job ) . as always you get fuel running down your arm , armpit , and side . my nephew said , uncle tom you better get home and get a shower or that gas will burn you . i told him no problem , wiped down my arm and side with a rag . i then picked up bottle of WD-40 and used it like right guard , ( yes i did left side also ) then wiped it off with a towel . takes the gas off and does not hurt you . my nephew is a 40 yr. old gearhead and said he had never heard of that . all you guy's close to my age may already know this , but some of the younger men may not . before anyone laughs and says no way , remember WD-40 is fish oil base . you may smell like a sardine till you shower but it works . hope this helps , IT DOES WORK !!! any old pharts out there to back me up ???
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it's a lot easier to just not spill any on yourself but, thats definetly something i'll try next time i univitably get it on me. I hate gas smell it lingers on with u for days....
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yeah, had that happen when i did my fuel filter, it didnt click that gas on the skin would eventually start to burn but it did lol, i did something similar but not, i used vaseline on my arm instead (horrible mess to clean off) but it served the same purpose, nice to know wd40 is my new skin product though
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Good idea. or just tie rags to your fore arms so the gas don't run down that far.
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well i didnt know if anyone here really knew what WD-40 was made for....I forget the years but when it was made they got the 40 cause it was the 40th attempt to make it and the WD stands for water displacement, it was actually made for the goverenment to spary on there missles so they would not rust.....little history lesson.
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gas is fine.......brake fluid is the most vile substance ever created
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WD 40 is fish oil. It won't hurt you, but you might attract fly's...
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According to the Discovery Channel WD-40 is made from fish oil.
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A little edited for formatting, but it's from the snopes article
As for the claim the "basic ingredient" in WD-40 is "fish oil," it's a common rumor and one that is easily propagated (because cans of WD-40 spray include no ingredients list), but a glance at the composition information included in the Material Safety Data Sheet http://www.wd40.com.au/msds/ChemWatc...40_Aerosol.pdf for WD-40 aerosol indicates the product is primarily petroleum-based, with the main ingredient being solvent naptha, petroleum, medium aliphatic" also known as "Stoddard Solvent"
This is an ingredients list from the MSDS:
60% - solvent naphtha petroleum, medium aliphatic (Stoddard Solvent)
15% to 25% - petroleum base oil as paraffinic distillate, heavy, solvent-dewaxed (severe)
1% to 10% - corrosion inhibitor unregulated
1% to 10% - wetting agent unregulated
0% to 1% - fragrance unregulated
2% to 3% - carbon dioxide
This is an ingredients list from the MSDS:
60% - solvent naphtha petroleum, medium aliphatic (Stoddard Solvent)
15% to 25% - petroleum base oil as paraffinic distillate, heavy, solvent-dewaxed (severe)
1% to 10% - corrosion inhibitor unregulated
1% to 10% - wetting agent unregulated
0% to 1% - fragrance unregulated
2% to 3% - carbon dioxide
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Another use for it I've had good luck with is removing gum from someone's hair. My daughter got some in her hair and just a squirt of wd40 dissolved it into a soupy slime that I mopped up with a rag. Took about 2 minutes total.
Then my wife called me a dumbass and said peanut butter does the same thing, but hey, I'm a guy, we just think different. But anyway if you are allergic to peanut butter my way won't kill you.
Then my wife called me a dumbass and said peanut butter does the same thing, but hey, I'm a guy, we just think different. But anyway if you are allergic to peanut butter my way won't kill you.
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what about used gm supercharger oil (like the sc 3800 motors) that stuff is NASTY
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A technique that I have come up with after many fuel filter changes is to keep your elbows higher than your hands to keep gas out of the armpits. my next idea im gonna try is placing a thick ballon over the gas cap to give it the "straw effect" like when you put your thumb over a straw in a glass of water and pull out the straw it will have water in it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40
In the aviation world we use a product called LPS 1, it works a lot better than WD40 and has all the same uses as WD40.
In the aviation world we use a product called LPS 1, it works a lot better than WD40 and has all the same uses as WD40.
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i just sorta move out of the way until the gas drips out, sometimes i get a little down my arm but never that big a deal
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I had my hands soaked with brake fluid after doing the hydraulic portion of my t56 swap and after I was done and wiped off the brake fluid I took a shower and almost immediatly my hands were pruned up they did that for a few days everytime my hands touched water.
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that baloon idea is cool and all but it should be the same concept as keeping you gas cap in, it will just create a vaccum effect and if it wont hold with the cap on what good will the baloon do?? maybe im wrong but oh well
As far as the keeping out of the way, doesnt work too well when your 6' 2" and trying to squeeze under your car on ramps, not too much movement lol
As far as the keeping out of the way, doesnt work too well when your 6' 2" and trying to squeeze under your car on ramps, not too much movement lol
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When I changed the fuel filter in my truck, I tied a shop rag around my wrist, to keep the gas from running down in my armpit. It stopped the gas long enough to get the filter off.
I don't know if the balloon trick would do anything, wouldn't leaving the gas cap on have the same effect?
I don't know if the balloon trick would do anything, wouldn't leaving the gas cap on have the same effect?
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