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RE: Clarinet Repair

Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-07-30 17:05

WD-40 was developed as a water-displacement formulation for electrical connections. It is also a very low viscosity lubricant dispersed in a solvent and does leave a lubricating film behind (originally it was just a water barrier film, but it was reformulated a long time back to leave more of a film). Its penetrating characteristics work fine in "large applications" (frozen bolts, nuts, that kind of stuff) but real "penetrating oils" (very low viscosity) will work better, especially on the small stuff.

Mark C. (who regularly worked in one of the most metal-corrosive areas known to man - the enginerooms of ocean-going ships - and who learned a few tricks about what to use where when metal things are - inevitably - frozen together because of a salt water environment)

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