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Re: Dust in the works - who cares

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From: Merlin Dorfman
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 00:09
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Steve Wertz (swertz@austin.rr.com) wrote:
: Jure Sah wrote:

: > Anyway, WD-40 was designed for protecting and repairing whatever
: > electronics that was supposed to ever float in space. I find it works
: > quite well on earth too.

: WD was invented by the US Army long before anybody made it into space,
: as a 'Water Deterrent', hence the name 'WD-40' (40 was probably how many
: billions of dollars it took to formulate).

     Water displacement.  If you spray it into wet electronics,
it was supposed to push the water out.
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From: Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@rahul.net>
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Subject: Re: Dust in the works - who cares
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