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- From: praetzel@maxwell.uwaterloo.ca (Eric Praetzel)
- Subject: Re: news
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1993Jan22.194025.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:26:40 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.194025.1@vax.sonoma.edu> vannuysd@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
- >in the current California Bicyclist, there is an article by a mechanic
- >who tosses off a warning NOT to use WD-40 without giving any rationale.
-
- WD-40 will attract dust due to its charge (or so some bio-eng. people tell
- me). So if you have any mechanical joints I would keep the stuff far away.
- Basically it makes for a good mech. laxative but for lubrication in wet
- conditions I would recommend a real oil/grease.
- - Eric
-