PitbullMidwest
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<font color="blue">Has anybody found the freeze point of WD-40? </font>
It isn't listed on the MSDS
It isn't listed on the MSDS
frozen wd 40
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CTyler
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I saw that, it lists everything else...LOL!
In regards to dad's gun that is recoil operated I know for a fact that it slowed down the friction ring below 20 degrees. In regards to the tractor who knows its a junky little 2000 ford that I use to set rolls out to the cows. I have had the hydr. freeze up below 10 degrees unless I stuck the prongs into the bale halfway up and let the pressure off. But think lately has been the lever itself. Sprayed wd and could barely move it . Could be because it sets outside. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Warmed the gun up in the truck and functioned well from there on.
Patrick
Warmed the gun up in the truck and functioned well from there on.
Patrick
bgott
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I've always read that in really cold conditions you want to clean all of the oil out of your gun to prevent malfunctions.
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Do they carry PB Blaster at Wal Mart??
How much does a can of it cost. I have heard a lot about it.
How much does a can of it cost. I have heard a lot about it.
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WD-40 should freeze at the same point as K1 kerosene, since that is the major component of WD-40.
WD stands for water displacer, and the 40 is the number of the formulation when they finally got it to be what they wanted.
K1 kerosene brings under 2 bucks a gallon and works equally well in most situations.
Lubricating quality of WD-40 is close to none.
PB blaster blows the socks off WD-40 for penetration, and should NOT be used as a lubricant because it has NO lubricating propertys.
WD stands for water displacer, and the 40 is the number of the formulation when they finally got it to be what they wanted.
K1 kerosene brings under 2 bucks a gallon and works equally well in most situations.
Lubricating quality of WD-40 is close to none.
PB blaster blows the socks off WD-40 for penetration, and should NOT be used as a lubricant because it has NO lubricating propertys.
I have to disagree on the PB Blaster not lubricating. I have never found a "penetrating oil" that didn't leave a film of oil. So I went out into the garage, and got my can of PB Blaster, and it says on the can that it "does not evaporate, it remains on the surface as a lubricant and rust inhibitor". I do agree that kerosene does not lube at all. It will dry to a dry feel and not do anything more after it is dry. Grew up useing that stuff in the oil lamps as a child, hey when it was all you had, it was pretty good. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Grew up useing that stuff in the oil lamps as a child, hey when it was all you had, it was pretty good. )</font>
I guess we were too well off; had electric lights in the house from the time I was old enough to remember, but only in the house, so those kerosene lanterns sure saw a lot of use for nighttime fishing, milking the cow, and just going to the outhouse. And while they didn't put out as much light, I believe they were more reliable and less trouble than the later "white gas" and LPG lanterns.
I guess we were too well off; had electric lights in the house from the time I was old enough to remember, but only in the house, so those kerosene lanterns sure saw a lot of use for nighttime fishing, milking the cow, and just going to the outhouse. And while they didn't put out as much light, I believe they were more reliable and less trouble than the later "white gas" and LPG lanterns.
