WD-40 on strings

[tone4days]

Re: WD-40 on strings

i thought that wd40 is first and foremost a 'water repellent'
i wouldnt use it on a guitar finish/fretboard/strings

 

[Zerberus]

Re: WD-40 on strings

Age like in a cool "ooh that gives me an idea" way, or age like in an "eww that's really gross" way?

The latter

i thought that wd40 is first and foremost a 'water repellent'....

This is absolutely correct.... WD-40 was IIRC originally a product developed IIRC by NASA to disperse water while still lubricating critical points.

The name "WD-40" means "water Dispersion, take-40"... That means it was the 40th lubricant NASA tried, but IIRC the only one that actually dispersed water.

When one considers that water is to a certain extent essential for the life of a fretboard, I think that the problems that the Dispersion of said substance causes should be more or less obvious