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Andrew2 · 21st Aug 2011, 9:47 am

When I was in the trade, I was astonished by the number of engineers I came across who thought that WD40 was ok sprayed around the innards of electronic equipment. It's horrid stuff, OK only for repelling water and freeing moving parts. It's also good for slowly rotting some plastics.
I once attended a Thorn 1500 which had a noisy volume control, and the owners said 'please don't spray it with that magic spray, it only lasts for a day or two and then the crackling comes back'. So I got the service record out and found that the v/c had been noisy for 4 years and the 'engineer' had been applying WD40 every few weeks over the period.
More worrying was the rot in the corner of the plastic cabinet....
Servisol is much kinder, but still I'm careful to mop up any drips.

21st Aug 2011, 9:47 am	#10
Andrew2 Nonode Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Dukinfield, Cheshire, UK. Posts: 2,038	Re: Servisol 'super' 10 When I was in the trade, I was astonished by the number of engineers I came across who thought that WD40 was ok sprayed around the innards of electronic equipment. It's horrid stuff, OK only for repelling water and freeing moving parts. It's also good for slowly rotting some plastics. I once attended a Thorn 1500 which had a noisy volume control, and the owners said 'please don't spray it with that magic spray, it only lasts for a day or two and then the crackling comes back'. So I got the service record out and found that the v/c had been noisy for 4 years and the 'engineer' had been applying WD40 every few weeks over the period. More worrying was the rot in the corner of the plastic cabinet.... Servisol is much kinder, but still I'm careful to mop up any drips. __________________ Andy G1HBE.