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Re:The History of WD-40 by dzhiurgis on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @04:08AM (#29390314)
I’ve recently discovered aerosol silicon which I’ve emptied the can in a week lubricating everything around the house - drawers, toilet seat, shower door, window hinges, sliding doors to the deck. Then there’s tons of stuff in the car - door handles, hinges, rubber seals.
Re:The History of WD-40 by idd-nl on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @05:12AM (#29390641)
Please be careful using silicone oil near things you want to paint later on: everywhere there is a trace of the silicone oil, even years later, you will get "fish eyes" in the new paint. This is the reason I've banned it from my house, the overspray will get on literally everything and it's difficult to prevent and remove.

Silicone will make plastic on the outside of your car appear like new again but the effect is short-lived, like two weeks, and there'll be a period after that where it looks blotchy. Door rubbers are OK with silicone but I've used vaseline to similar effect.

Re:The History of WD-40 by bipson on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @08:29AM (#29391848)
We had handymen spraying silicone spray all over our (wooden) floor and furniture, because "it helps sliding in the rubber seal" on the doors and windows... "it might be a little slippery, but it will go away in the next days - and don't worry, we take care that nothing spills".

It was everywhere after my MIL wiped the whole house down. That spray was strictly not approved for indoor use, and it did not go away ever. My mother finally found a cleaning product that seemed to help, but this was a huge PITA for months and we were so mad. We thought about redoing all wooden floors for ~7k € (in a rented place after all).

I was also angry at me, because I know that several larger production facilities have strictly banned silicone based products from their premises, because it will contaminate everything it touches (and everything that thing touches) for the further production steps, e.g. painting. You will never ever get that product off these surfaces again, and it will continue to contaminate until you throw everything in the bin.

All the professionals we talked to were convinced that they know no way to get rid of silicone on surfaces (especially indoors in living quarters with small kids present), and sanding the floor down would probably just spread it - cross-contaminating the surfaces again.

There are uses for silicone spray (bicycle maintenance, outdoors, cars, etc.), and I would have one at home for these cases - but that whole product line is strictly forbidden at our home forever.

Re:The History of WD-40 by jacquesm on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @06:35AM (#29391051)
Until you need to remove it, which needs a special application.