But soon it will be banned in Canada in aerosol spray form, amongst other products, to save the environment.

Almost every Canadian has a spray can of WD-40 in the garage, but that’s about to change.

You use it to fix just about anything that needs a little lubrication, squeaky hinges, rusty bolts and even your bike chain.

Update: Thanks to @Sbhinclusion for sharing this press release from WD-40, which states that they will become compliant with th new regulation.

Then it would be WD-41.

“WD” is “Water Dispersant” and the “40” is the sequential number of the fornumation attempt.

HeartyBeast
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I’ve got at least 3 formulations in the shed. All called WD40

No it’s not.

WD-40 may have referred to the formulation at one time, now it’s just marketing.

sik0fewl
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Pretty sure they were making a joke, while also sharing a bit of history on the name.

Maeve
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Wondered when someone would bring that up.

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