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Canada will ban aerosol WD-40 in 2024 (www.westernstandard.news)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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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.

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[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Then it would be WD-41.

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

[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

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

[-] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago

No it's not.

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

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Wondered when someone would bring that up.

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