What does WD-40 stand for?

Fosse4

Water Dispersant - (Legend has it that the formula was the 40th to be tried.) Jun 11 02, 4:21 PM

satguru

I was told it was war department, I'll have to check now. Mar 12 04, 9:20 PM

Kainantu

In 1953, a fledgling company called Rocket Chemical Company and its staff of three set out to create a line of rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry, in a small lab in San Diego, California. It took them 40 attempts to get the water displacing formula worked out. But they must have been really good, because the original secret formula for WD-40—which stands for Water Displacement perfected on the 40th try—is still in use today. http://www.wd40.com/AboutUs/our_history.html Mar 12 04, 9:44 PM

satguru

Thanks Kainantu- I was told this by my car mechanic so I trusted him! Lucky I spotted the question. Now I'll need to change an entry on my initial list. Mar 12 04, 10:01 PM

trivialist

WD stands for water displacement and 40 stands for the number of times it took to get the formula right(40 times). In 1969 Rocket Chemical Co. renamed itself, WD-40 Co. after its sole product(WD40) info taken from article writen by Connie Bastyr in March?April 2004 issue of HANDY(Handyman Club Of America Magazine) Mar 19 04, 7:14 AM

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