On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 21:00:00 -0500, Hank Rogers >
wrote:

>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 mostly, it was originally made for preventing corrosion and rust.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.

It seems to last OK (obviously in a well sealed container).