Je�us wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 10:39:45 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 05 Aug 2019 08:44:39 +1000, Je?us wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 10:05:53 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...and then RIPPED 40 Slippery Sexy Mins on my CLEAN Nordictrack!!
>>>>
>>>> I wanna get "Slippery Sexy" with April! :-) I invited her for BLATs for Brunch! Don't know if and when she might be up for the former, but for the latter I have LOTS of vine-ripening Tomatoes, Bacon, Avocados and Lettuce and Hellmann's best Mayo! YUM!
>>>
>>> 2 things John:
>>>
>>> 1: WD40 is a pointless choice, it's not a lubricant. What were you
>>> trying to achieve?
>>
>> WD stands for water displacement/deterrent. Used as a lubricant
>> mostly, it was originally made for preventing corrosion and rust.
>> Which would be helpful here since Psycho is excreting sweat and
>> other unmentionable body fluids all over his fancy dingleberry
>> flapper. There's also flywheels on it that need lubing, not to
>> mention Psycho himself.
>
> All true, except it's still not really a lubricant... or at least it
> makes a very poor lubricant other than for temporary use.
> a 50/50 mix of transmission fluid and acetone works even better, if
> you have those ingredients lying around.
>

Doesn't the acetone just evaporate out of the solution? My uncle was
an old time auto mechanic and used transmission fluid in a squirt
can for lots of things, like lubing hood and trunk hinges, linkages,
just about anything you'd use a light oil on. I don't think he added
anything, but merory may not be good.