To Grease or Not to Grease

[novocaine]

Big words I believe this one *hic*

It sounds all so beleivable, if only it were true.

Really it's just the oils dropping out the thickeners they are in emulsion with. But that wouldn't get me a PhD so I'm going with polymers.

you can, with mixing make it runny again, adding a thinning agent that lets the oils reform in to the thickener that will readily evaporate leaving the emulsion is also an option. I'm afriad I can't think of anything that would do this though.

 

[M_Chavez]

I'm afriad I can't think of anything that would do this though.

Have you tried WD40? I hear it works quite well.

 

[novocaine]

Have you tried WD40? I hear it works quite well.

nar, thats just for water displacement, it says it on the tin.

 

[Prodigal Son]

I was waiting for it.. And none of you failed me!

WD40 is perhaps the most polarising substance on the planet, with the exception of cocaine.

Its true through, it does strip grease away but a little squirt would probably get the grease moving again if indeed it had seized up.

Don't bite the little hamster

I advise against squirting cocaine on shimano parts. A roadie doper riding campagnolo? Maybe.

 

[Tootyred]

nar, thats just for water displacement, it says it on the tin.

No.No. No......dont start asking them to read labels.....dear god! WD sales will plummet, they will start asking tricky questions about viscosity and want to know if its ok to use copper slip on un-alike metals......then where will it stop!

Just leave them be and we can buy all the sticky / stuck bits cheap in 2 years......woo hahahahar......

 

[Dicky71]

WD-40's original advertising.
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WD 40 seems to do the trick for all types of problems regarding lubrication. Maybe i should have a can handy on my bedside table

 

[Tootyred]

Do you have a water displacement issue in the bedroom?

 

[Mickeyspinn]

It's there as a mini flame throwing fly swat
I mean why else would it be in the bedroom?

 

[Imlach]

No.No. No......dont start asking them to read labels.....dear god! WD sales will plummet, they will start asking tricky questions about viscosity and want to know if its ok to use copper slip on un-alike metals......then where will it stop!

Just leave them be and we can buy all the sticky / stuck bits cheap in 2 years......woo hahahahar......

I don't buy wd40 to get a literary experience, I buy it to go szzssssss, and the louder you naysayers speak the closer I bring the can to my ear

 

[Imlach]

People use spit in the bedroom, which is arguably faster drying than wd40, but that doesn't stop people.

Your move, heretics.