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packman

(16,296 posts)
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 11:06 AM Sep 2015

WD-40 ---- A manly Man's thing

A roll of duct tape, some WD-40 and a good hammer -- what more does a macho man need?

Make sure you read WD-40's many uses on the ad - they HAD TO KNOW what they were saying-

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WD-40 ---- A manly Man's thing (Original Post) packman Sep 2015 OP
Oh packman...I love it when you talk dirty. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #1
Simple fix-it rules Glassunion Sep 2015 #2
As a licensed mechanic with over 37 years BlueCollar Sep 2015 #18
You just need a bigger hammer. n/t cloudbase Sep 2015 #19
How subtle sarge43 Sep 2015 #3
Well, it was 1964. malthaussen Sep 2015 #4
Or they were sniffing WD-40 LiberalEsto Sep 2015 #9
vice grips discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #5
Soon come, engineers paired it with WW11 duck tape to create the perfect world Brother Buzz Sep 2015 #6
I saw a cool news story about WD40 last night. Avalux Sep 2015 #7
I saw that too, on ABC news, their "Made In America" segment. Archae Sep 2015 #8
yep NewJeffCT Sep 2015 #12
Hmm Ptah Sep 2015 #10
Wd-40 may be for manly men but I LiberalElite Sep 2015 #11
Lived out of my van for several years and these two products oldandhappy Sep 2015 #13
I love that the inventors didn't patent it! This way they don't have to disclose the ingredients underahedgerow Sep 2015 #14
Funny but fake stevenleser Sep 2015 #15
I bet you were the one who told the children packman Sep 2015 #17
OMG, that's real? Xyzse Sep 2015 #16
A long standing part of the gigging band's toolkit. hifiguy Sep 2015 #20

BlueCollar

(3,859 posts)
18. As a licensed mechanic with over 37 years
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 12:31 PM
Sep 2015

I have tried it all and I have come to the conclusion that the basic theory of maintenance boils down to a simple formula:

If it cannot be fixed by beating it with a hammer...










Call an electrician

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
7. I saw a cool news story about WD40 last night.
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 03:07 PM
Sep 2015

The 'recipe' was scrawled on a piece of paper decades ago and is kept in a vault somewhere. There have been knock-offs, but nothing comes close to the wondrous abilities of WD-40.

Archae

(46,327 posts)
8. I saw that too, on ABC news, their "Made In America" segment.
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 06:21 PM
Sep 2015

Water Displacement #40.

Now you all know what the WD stands for.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
11. Wd-40 may be for manly men but I
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 07:24 PM
Sep 2015

squirted it on a delicate but tightly knotted silver chain and the knot came undone in a sec.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
13. Lived out of my van for several years and these two products
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 10:18 PM
Sep 2015

made anything possible, smile. I am not manly!!! These two products are great for women also!!!

underahedgerow

(1,232 posts)
14. I love that the inventors didn't patent it! This way they don't have to disclose the ingredients
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 11:56 PM
Sep 2015

and there will always be attempted copies but never exact duplicates!

First thing I buy for any project is a can of WD and a roll of duct tape. It's just what you do.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
17. I bet you were the one who told the children
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 12:05 PM
Sep 2015

there is no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny - we were having fun with it.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
20. A long standing part of the gigging band's toolkit.
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 04:58 PM
Sep 2015

WD-40
Screwdriver big enough to lever up manhole covers
Soldering iron
Duck tape.

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