Can't say I'm a fan of those nozzles , had a few that leaked making the can pretty much useless. They have an o ring seal in where the nozzle swivels and once it fails it will leak lout from the swivel joint .

I hope you got a good one ! The idea is good and it makes the can more versatile it's just that I have never had any luck with that style of nozzle – wasn't a wd40 can though but one of their offshoot companies like all in one or something .

Abom79 on you tube has good size spray cans which can be filled up and given a squirt of air, I have looked round uk and can't find similar, I generally use Duck Oil bought by the gallon decanted into plastic spray bottles which don't seem to last long but hey ho

Micl

Thats similar Nick, but the yank ones have a larger diameter and look altogether more robust, and £40 !;?"^%"? Crikey but thanks for the link

Mick

Never mind about the can – does anyone have a good, cost effective, homebrewed substitute for WD40?

I always buy my WD40 in 5L containers, it comes with a sprayer but I also use empty ones from furniture polish, window cleaner etc.

Home brewed yes. Good and cost effective no!

WD40's a strange product. Often used as a penetrating oil but it's inferior to the real thing. Used as a lubricant, but it's short lived and leaves a residue – again inferior to a specialist product. It's a water repellent, and once again there are superior alternatives. It can be used as a degreaser and cleaner and, you guessed it, there are better products available for that too. However, what you get from WD40 is a compromise that's good for several different purposes without being excellent at any of them, and – most important – it's very convenient. Loads of jobs where splashing WD40 on it is the easy answer.

Coming up with a home-brew mix that's as effective as WD40 as an all rounder is a tall order. You would need a light oil like petrol or naptha, an oil soluble water repellent such as a silicone and some general purpose lubricating oil. As there aren't many commercial alternatives to WD40 I suspect getting the mixture just so isn't easy.

The best way to keep costs down is to buy it in bulk : only £3.25 a litre if you buy it by the drum compared with about £20 per litre in an aerosol can.

Dave

If you guys like these cans you are really going to like the ones that have recently arrived down under, they have a flexible metallic straw. You can get it into all sorts of places…….getting it out again is another story,

Cheers Kerrin

**LINK**

And if using as a penertrating oil I mix it with acetone.

Also found ATF mixed with acetone is good, but you have to keep it shaken as it separates.

I find Double TT by Tetrosyl much more versatile , better at the jobs it does and cheaper than WD 40 .

I have two of these, one filled with brake cleaner the other with wd40.

1l pump bottle

They are great for cleaning and de-greasing. The WD40 make for a great light duty de-greaser and cleaner and doesn't take the gloss off paint like the harsher brake cleaner does. The brake cleaner I use a lot when I have a scraping job to do. My local motor factor often has the brake cleaner on special offer, 4x5L for £36 or thereabouts.

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