A Penetrating Subject!!
Howdy!
To natman and MachIVshooter:
First, natman, the point to be derived from me telling that, over three years, the French were shipping 13,500,000, liters of cheap wine and charging high prices for it, was not that I, personally, could tell the difference (I don't drink the stuff), but that millions of Americans COULDN"T, and were snapping it up as fast as it was shipped.
The same thing happens with a variety of products, if the truth be known.
I agree that not supplying the test result site that substantiates my contention that WD-40 works worse than water, as a lubricant, but I just haven't been able to find it recently. I had saved it on an old computer, but only found out this week that it was probably damaged last summer, during a lightning strike that took out a couple of other items in the house.
That computer hasn't been connected to the net in years, and we seldom use it, so didn't check it after the storm.
However, I did find a similar, unbiased test (without the Kroil, however)which actually had very similar results.
The site is: "why use dupont teflon bearing grease".
Overall, the winner was the same, with some additional, newer lubes being closer, and interestingly enough, it actually showed that WD-40 actually did a worse job than using nothing at all, rather than water, as I had stated.
So, your mis-statement about what I said actually turned out to true.
You are absolutely correct in pointing out that this type of test measures "lubrication" effectiveness, not "penetrating oil" effectiveness. but, in my defense, I only brought that up because of claims made about WD-40, in a variety of applications.
By the way, it also showed that the old Liquid Wrench, wo/Teflon, wasn't too great, but the old one with Teflon, was pretty good. The new Liquid Wrench, w/Teflon, however, doesn't do as good a job as the old formula.
I have actually used the DuPont Bearing grease for an action lube on auto-rifles, and it works great, in both cold and hot weather. I have also used it as an anti-seize agent, with super results.
Whether I found the site or not, most statements made on sites such as this have far less documentation to back them.
To MachIVshooter: Yep! The statement about disagreements making horseraces and progress, is mine, as far as I know.
To both of you guys: we seem to agree about more than we disagree.
My problem, which I readily admit, is that, decades ago I determined that I was just a cheap s.o.b who did not enjoy funding every national marketing campaign that scooted down the pike.
I have, at last count, more than seventy different types of lubes, in my shop. Some aren't worth the space they take up, but I'm too cheap to get rid of them. As I keep saying, my objection to some lubes is not their effectiveness, but their price. I have some Kroil and admit that it works, but not so much better than other stuff that I would buy it again (of course I may change my mind, if you guys keep hammering me about it)
I apologise for the double posting on this thread, but the I*&^%$&^% program keeps telling me to do something that seems to cause it.
Thanks for your time.