Key facts
- Brand.name
- WD-40
- Brand.logo
- WD-40 logo.svg
- Brand.image
- WD-40 Smart Straw.JPG
- Brand.image_upright
- 0.6
- Brand.caption
- WD-40 with Smart Straw
- Brand.type
- Water displacer
- Brand.currentowner
- WD-40 Company
- Brand.origin
- San Diego, California, United States
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- Official website
- www.wd40.com
- Image
- 2023 WD-40.jpg
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- WD-40
- start time
- 1958-00-00
- inception
- 1953-00-00
- social media followers
- 10716
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thumb|upright|WD-40 spray can from Germany
WD-40 (Water Displacement, 40th formula) is an American manufacturer and the trademark of a penetrating oil manufactured by the WD-40 Company based in San Diego, California. Its formula was invented for the Rocket Chemical Company in 1953, before it was renamed to the WD-40 Company. It became available as a commercialized product in 1961. It acts as a lubricant, rust preventive, penetrant and moisture displacer. There are specialized products that perform better than WD-40 in many of these uses, but WD-40's flexibility has given it fame as a jack of all trades.
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