If you search online for WD-40 uses, you will come across a bewildering array of ideas, including untangling jewelry, removing crayon marks, and chasing away spiders. Somehow, what I plan to use it for is never on those lists.
Fluids in cans fill an important role in a boat owner’s toolkit, and the variety of choices can be confusing. Gathering information for this article, I asked several of our boatyard techs for their preferences. I ran into a variety of opinions. (Shocking, right?)
Nonetheless, their choices coalesced around a few products that everyone should have aboard. Here’s a look at the top options.
MOISTURE REMOVAL
WD-40 has been around since the 1950s, when it was created for corrosion prevention in the aerospace industry. The WD stands for water displacement, and…