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You just wanted us to see he uses WD-40, didn't you?

JerryVan wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:45 am You just wanted us to see he uses WD-40, didn't you?

WD 40. Don't tell anyone but I attempt to keep a bicycle from the sixties alive with it. I also use it to ungum old oil before replacing it with the only slightly less controversial 3-in-One Electric Motor Oil which is SAE 20 weight. I use that even on my treadle sewing machine, and plenty of it, and it still hasn't spontaneously combusted or anything else that would force me to join a sewing machine group and apologize to a bunch of old ladies with electric Berninas.

My favorite forbidden restoration technique is scraping old finishes with glass or razors instead of using sandpaper.