Thanks for the URL!

I first started using it in the late '60s, when the company was still
Rocket Chemical. My Colorado duck hunting partner got some from a friend
in Oregon -- it wasn't available locally yet. I had an ancient
semi-automatic shotgun that would jam from the combination of gun oil,
powder residue, and zero-degree temperatures. The discovery of WD-40 was
a breakthrough -- it was the only stuff I found that wouldn't result in
jamming.

Since then I've used it on everything from door locks to frozen slugs in
UHF inductors. I have yet to see anything it'll harm. It's on my short
list of Great Inventions of the 20th Century, along with latex paint and
plastic drinking straws.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Joe McElvenney wrote:

Hi,

For those who care about such things, here's a bit of WD40
history from the UK site of this U.S. product -


http://www.wd40.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=31


Cheers - Joe