A Conversation for WD-40
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Mammuthus Primigenius Started conversation Dec 20, 2001
Cooking oil
Olive, groundnut, or sunflower oil
Works just as well for most uses, and tastes better too.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Dec 20, 2001
I often use a smudge of cooking oil between a heatsink and CPU, when I've run out of thermal paste... 
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Gearhead Posted Dec 21, 2001
Nice idea BUT! one of the accepted uses for WD-40 is to flood the inside of large aircraft assemblys like wing structures and then drain to prevent moisture from causing corrosion, while I like to use food grade oils for things like kitchen equipment I think we will just keep using the WD where it's needed.
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