i should restrain myself but...
wd40 is a mixture of a carrier/solvent, stoddard or mineral, or "what ever" petroleum distillate and something more.... it seems to leave a greasy residue when sprayed liberally (not conservatively) on metal and the carrier allowed to evaporate so i suspect there is more to it than just the carrier. its great for what it was invented for.
cosmolene is a thick packing grease type product used to prevent rust when you want to store a bunch of surplus jeeps :) it has stoddard solvent or naptha as the carrier and then some long chain aliphatic, like a grease or a wax, and also i believe they add some sort of rust inhibiting compound. goes on like thick grease, it acts as a moisture barrier and can, after a few years, get really hard to remove.
hey, how about using it on our seams? (that was joke) alistair |
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