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Dave,

I also use WD-40 on all of my cans and swear by it. I've been using it for over 15 years. I never have to worry about cans deteriorating on the shelf and sometimes they even get noticeably better over time.

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How do you fellows apply the WD-40 to the cans? From a spray can or buy in bulk and dip the cans? :smt100
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I haven't tried dipping cans in WD-40 yet, though I have considered it.I just spray inside and out, taking care to get plenty of it under the rims. Then I mop the excess off with a soft rag and let the can dry the rest of the way on its own. In some cases, I'll take a toothbrush to rusty areas that look like they'll clean up. WD-40 loosens rust up nicely.

The thing that got me started with WD-40 was the frustration of watching cans deteriorate again right after pulling them out of the oxalic bath. I spray them before they're completely dry and I no longer have that problem.

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Thanks, Marc for the advice.
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I hadn't thought about spraying the inside and getting under the rims. Probably makes sense, especially for dumpers.

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does anyone have a long term opinion about wd40 on cans? It's a solvent and I can't believe that is gonna do good things to the paint over the years?

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I've been using WD-40 since Marc told me about it (10 years ago). No ill effects so far. I have even went so far as buying a 5 Gal. can of WD-40 and soaked indoor cans with tarnish in them.

The one ill-effect I had was on a fragile dumper that had lots of bubble rust (a Baldie Kruegers Ale in about grade 4). After soaking it and leaving the can on the shelf for a a year, the bubbled portions of paint began flaking off and it formed a piled up ring of rust and paint on the shelf around the circumfrance of the can. Looked like a stereo typic pile of saw dust shavings from termites only rust and green colored!

I suggest that if it's an indoor metallic can, the WD-40 will do wonders...on SOME grade 4 and 5 cans, it might do some harm but only if the metal body of the can has been replaced by rust over the years, then the paint will no longer have anything to bond to.

Since I inherit a lot of Marc's cans when he needs to generate funds for his J-spout collection, I see first hand the benefits of using WD-40 and have no problem recoating them once a year with the stuff...and I see improvements.

If however, in 40 years there is a downside to the use of WD-40, I won't be around to care.
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Subject: Removes all traces of duct tape --- also keeps pigeons off the balcony...
The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. It's name comes from the project that was to find a "water displacement" compound. They were successful with the fortieth formulation, thus WD-40. The Corvair Company bought it in bulk to protect their Atlas missile parts. The workers were so pleased with the product, they began smuggling (also known as "shrinkage" or "stealing") it out to use at home. The executives decided there might be a consumer market for it and put it in aerosol cans. The rest, as they say, is history. It is a carefully guarded recipe known only to four people. Only one of them is the "brew master." There are about 2.5 million gallons of the stuff manufactured each year. It gets its distinctive smell from a fragrance that is added to the brew. Ken East says there is nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you.
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Downside...WD-40 will NOT, I repeat NOT, be of any beneficial use on clocks or watches. I've seen it used on clock movements with plastic parts, and it melted the parts. A popular urban legend was to spray some in the air & swipe a watch movement thru the mist. I charge an extra $20 over the normal price to clean a watch that's undergone the aforementioned procedure.

But this has no bearing on beer cans...
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Sorry, but I disagree with one item on the list.

NEVER put WD-40 on guitar strings! Not only does it sink into the wound strings and distort the sound, it will, over time, damage your fret board. Always use "Lem-Oil" on the fretboards when changing strings, and use a silicon based lubricant on the strings during gig time. The lem-oil keeps the silicon from soaking into the fretboard.

I have seen guitars from guys that use WD-40 and the paint on the back of the neck will weaken and chip over time.

Ah heck, use whatever you want...............



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Eddie Van Halen Boils his new Strings before applying. LEON.
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Scott-- I like your avatar. Looks like it would have been a kick-butt can. Maybe it still is-- you just have to find one.
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It's a Holiday Beer bottle from Sheridan Wyoming. A bit too heavy to hang from my 4' fake tree.
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Candog wrote:Sorry, but I disagree with one item on the list.

NEVER put WD-40 on guitar strings! Not only does it sink into the wound strings and distort the sound, it will, over time, damage your fret board. Always use "Lem-Oil" on the fretboards when changing strings, and use a silicon based lubricant on the strings during gig time. The lem-oil keeps the silicon from soaking into the fretboard.

I have seen guitars from guys that use WD-40 and the paint on the back of the neck will weaken and chip over time.

Ah heck, use whatever you want...............

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:shock: I defiantly wouldn't use WD on my strings or especially the wood...for one thing i do a lot of bending and it seems like your finger could slip off the lubricated string..might be alright for a bass string,but again,not on the fret board, and why not just use "fast Fret"?... i like to put new strings on before each gig unless it's two nights in a row, then in that case i clean my strings with rubbing alcohol and it works great,and try not to get it on the wood...I know the Lemon oil is good for Rosewood boards, but what would be good for Maple necks? Do you know? :smt006
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Does anyone know if the 3rd Class can ever surfaced, or are there just 2 known? Just curious...I assume the "rumored" 4th and 5th cans were never real?
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There are 3 Class cans. No 4th can ever confirmed.
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