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I don't know, the unmodified image isn't so bad either....
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Another truth?
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I recently discovered WD40 is excellent for removing the gluey residue left behind by stickers and told my partner. Yesterday, he asks me where it’s stored in the office, as he needed to try it out. For the next five minutes, I was vaguely aware of spraying and rubbing sounds in the next room followed by sighs of exasperation. Eventually, he shouts “that’s a load of nonsense. Doesn’t work at all”. So I go to investigate. There he is, spraying compressed air on the glass while rubbing the glue about with a rag, getting more and more exasperated. Wasn’t wearing his glasses. But it got me thinking - how much worse it would be if you mistook WD-40 for compressed air and totalled someone’s motherboard. Maybe I shouldn’t store those two together.
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Yeah, but I don't think WD-40 would harm a motherboard other than make it attract a bunch of dust. You can spray that stuff on high-voltage spark plug wires, in distributor caps, in fuse boxes, it displaces water. I am not saying it would be good, but it probably woudln't ruin a board.
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LOL!!! Wouldn't be the first or last to make that mistake.
Legend is, as I heard, it started as a project during WWII. That was the first war where electronics played a major part across all all services and theaters. The Allies were looking for something to display water, the WD part, as well as prevent corrosion. 40 is supposed to be the final, 40th, formula which happened in the early 50's. Obviously I can't vouch for that.
But I can vouch for the electronics part. First ran into it back in the late 70's on drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The company I worked for deployed all kind on instruments to monitor drilling. When we rigged up the systems every external junction box got a quick spray on the terminal blocks as well as circuit boards. If we had to clean up some corrosion, always used erasers, another spray was always part of the process.
It's a very light hydrocarbon so most of it will flash off within a few hours or days after application. But @NETWizz is correct, excessive use with no cleaned up, will attract a dust build up.
In a pinch I've used it on surface mount boxes, spark plug wires, power outlets. Right up there with duct tape for an important tool. But don't remember seeing it mentioned on The Red Green Show. LOL!!!
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I don't know about WD40, but I've used "Goo Gone" for years and been very happy - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Goo-Gone-O...ords=goo+gone&qid=1565659885&s=gateway&sr=8-1
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I've used that for adhesives as well. Lightly soak a paper towel and tape it to the surface.
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WD-40 means Water Displacement #40 and it was invented for the war. It will remove most anything that is petroleum-based and is great for removing Sharpie ink.
WD40 wasn't invented until 1953 (after WWII) and originally used to wipe down the skins of Atlas rockets in their silos to keep from rusting.
https://www.wd40.com/history/
https://www.wd40.com/history/
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LOL!!! They forgot to mention that the oranges, pineapples, bananas, and grapefruits are offended by that statement.
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Guillotining's too good for 'emAppropriate.
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Favourite phone call of the day.
Hi Nige, I was last with you about 3 years ago.
My barsteward of a husbands fecking laptop is playing up good style.
He did something on a HP bios. Well it updated ok, but now the bar steward has done something else to it.
Can you have a look at it, else its going through the fecking window. With the bar steward very close behind it.
I can't put up with him moaning about it..
Hi Nige, I was last with you about 3 years ago.
My barsteward of a husbands fecking laptop is playing up good style.
He did something on a HP bios. Well it updated ok, but now the bar steward has done something else to it.
Can you have a look at it, else its going through the fecking window. With the bar steward very close behind it.
I can't put up with him moaning about it..
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The wording you brits use. Gotta love it.
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