Wd-40 ?
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http://www.goodson.com/store/templat...l.php?IID=8761
Figure I get an AK47 or old Garand coated with this stuff, still looks new after 40+ years of storage it will work on a bike lol. (Just a joke, PITA to clean out of wood, dunno if I'd dare on a bike)
Figure I get an AK47 or old Garand coated with this stuff, still looks new after 40+ years of storage it will work on a bike lol. (Just a joke, PITA to clean out of wood, dunno if I'd dare on a bike)
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From: Nude Hampster....
I know when I was younger I worked at a few bike shops that also offered storage and sprayed the bikes from top to bottom with WD-40 ..
Yep , paint and all...
I was horrified the first time I saw this, but they just sprayed 'em off in the spring and off they went..
That was a while ago and it's probably an old school method replaced by some new fancy spray from China offered at wal-mart...
Yep , paint and all...
I was horrified the first time I saw this, but they just sprayed 'em off in the spring and off they went..
That was a while ago and it's probably an old school method replaced by some new fancy spray from China offered at wal-mart...
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From: san jose, ca
top to bottom
WD-40 from top to bottom will not hurt your bike, you might want a second can half way through the winter.
Riding season and Simple Green or degreaser works fine, followed by a blast on the highway to blow dry.
Riding season and Simple Green or degreaser works fine, followed by a blast on the highway to blow dry.
I know when I was younger I worked at a few bike shops that also offered storage and sprayed the bikes from top to bottom with WD-40 ..
Yep , paint and all...
I was horrified the first time I saw this, but they just sprayed 'em off in the spring and off they went..
That was a while ago and it's probably an old school method replaced by some new fancy spray from China offered at wal-mart...
Yep , paint and all...
I was horrified the first time I saw this, but they just sprayed 'em off in the spring and off they went..
That was a while ago and it's probably an old school method replaced by some new fancy spray from China offered at wal-mart...
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From: Nude Hampster....
I will say that out of the hundreds of bikes I saw stored this way that not one of them had a problem from it...
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Thanks for rubbing it in, but at least we don't need to scuttle for hurricanes...
Last edited by chevele72; Nov 8, 2010 at 02:59 PM.
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From: southern indiana
http://www.wd40.com/uses-tips/
wd-40 has many uses.........you can eat this stuff if need be......
many don't know all the uses of wd-40.........
we use it on everything at work......
http://www.wd40.com/faqs/
wd-40 has many uses.........you can eat this stuff if need be......
many don't know all the uses of wd-40.........
we use it on everything at work......
http://www.wd40.com/faqs/
Last edited by dano309; Nov 8, 2010 at 03:24 PM.
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So despite its said uses and claims, I no longer use it on anything, and haven't in years. I refuse to use it on anything anymore, after it was tested and found to attract moisture and dust. That ole hodge podge of fluids mixed up by a fellow years ago, now have many better choices and materials to spray on most anything they want.
And to think of all the ole timers I knew who sprayed it on their fire arms. Wow!
And to think of all the ole timers I knew who sprayed it on their fire arms. Wow!