It sounds like a question of duration between spraying & the humidity of the environment.
I live in Michigan & would have stored precision engine parts with more care than just WD 40, if they were to be stored for a long period of time. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT - a little late on the bicycle thing... > keith_w wrote: > >>I'm unable to explain that phenomenon, Godfrey. > > Perhaps a coastal environment in proximity to a large body of salt > water like the Pacific Ocean? > >>WD-40 was formulated to be miscible with petroleum oil, to be water > displacing >>(which it demonstrably does) and it's very low viscosity (thinner than > water) >>allows it to creep into the smallest crevices. >>One would think it would protect instead of allow corrosion. > > The Vance & Hines Pro-Stock (motorcycle) drag race team sprays WD-40 > into the intake tracts of their engines (turning over but not running) > after every run to prevent corrosion. They have a > <understatement>pretty good</understatement> record of knowing about > building engines. > >>I see no evidence it's deliquescent, if that can be applied to a > liquid... >> >>WD-40 contains 15-25% petroleum based oils. >>All the other carrier fluids serve to carry and distribute the oils > around... >> >>I'll keep reading. Interesting subject. >>We may even get rid of some pre-conceptions here! <g> > > Man, we couldn't even begin to count the urban legends about WD-40 > (almost all of them supported by anecdotal evidence of some sort)! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
