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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 4031595" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>WD40 is a very light oil with some other stuff in it that penetrates, displaces water and then evaporates off. It will protect from rust but not for very long.</p><p></p><p>We bought it by the drum in every machine shop I worked in. It’s a fantastic cleaner for getting mill and casting scale off of machine tool way surfaces and cleaning up oily machines. Just as good as kerosene only smells better.</p><p></p><p>I use Amsoil Metal Protector which acts like WD40 but leaves a film that actually protects and lubricates. LPS and Starrett M1 are essentially the same thing as the Amsoil. I think they all leave a really light film of petroleum jelly behind after the carrier evaporates off. WD40 is much lighter protection than those.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 4031595, member: 3099"] WD40 is a very light oil with some other stuff in it that penetrates, displaces water and then evaporates off. It will protect from rust but not for very long. We bought it by the drum in every machine shop I worked in. It’s a fantastic cleaner for getting mill and casting scale off of machine tool way surfaces and cleaning up oily machines. Just as good as kerosene only smells better. I use Amsoil Metal Protector which acts like WD40 but leaves a film that actually protects and lubricates. LPS and Starrett M1 are essentially the same thing as the Amsoil. I think they all leave a really light film of petroleum jelly behind after the carrier evaporates off. WD40 is much lighter protection than those. [/QUOTE]
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