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garyheskett All 49 x 3 st.louis
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I have a 97 Standard with 113.000 miles on it. Today I was in the garage doing a few things to the Valk and noticed I had a little "glue smudge" on the taillight. Got a Kleenex and sprayed a little WD 40 on it and wiped off the taillight lense. The lense is very dull and looks its age. The spot I cleaned off looked bright red and looked like new, so....a little more WD 40 and the whole taillight lense looks real red and looks brand new. Probably will only last till the next wash, but for a week or so the taillight lense looks new. Only took 30 seconds to do it, so when I wash it again, I"ll probably spray a little more on it. One of the many goofy things to do with WD 40!!! Any other goofy uses for the stuff???
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2012, 04:02:39 PM » |
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Before i repaired the the side cover hold downs on the center section with velcro i had duct taped my side covers to the center section.  This left that sticky hard to remove goop that most folks are familiar with.  A little W D 40 on a micro fibre cloth and voila no more sticky kaka goop!!  And the W D 40 residue washed off with soap and water and with an application of Turtle Wax Synthetic Silicone Wax ya can't see where the tape gunch was!!  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2012, 05:07:38 PM » |
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It takes tar off your mufflers or paint, safer than ether for starting gas or diesel engines
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Toledo Mark
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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2012, 05:15:08 PM » |
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I have used it as starting fluid also.
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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2012, 05:49:53 PM » |
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Kills large bugs.... slowly.
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2012, 05:53:55 PM » |
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Used to use it to dry out the distributor on my 86 Cherokee when doing stupid things in large wet muddy areas.
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2012, 06:54:50 PM » |
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Kills large bugs.... slowly.
Glad to know it's not just me. It takes quite a while to kill carpenter bees with it. WD is also great for cleaning black, nasty grease and grime off your hands before washing with soap and water. |
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jer0177
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2012, 07:35:29 PM » |
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Kills large bugs.... slowly.
Glad to know it's not just me. It takes quite a while to kill carpenter bees with it. WD is also great for cleaning black, nasty grease and grime off your hands before washing with soap and water. Any other tips for those bumbling flying bastards? We had orkin out to spray and get rid of them, but that just attracted them more! |
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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2012, 10:28:43 PM » |
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Kills large bugs.... slowly.
Glad to know it's not just me. It takes quite a while to kill carpenter bees with it. WD is also great for cleaning black, nasty grease and grime off your hands before washing with soap and water. Any other tips for those bumbling flying bastards? We had orkin out to spray and get rid of them, but that just attracted them more! brake cleaner |
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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2012, 05:00:20 AM » |
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Kills large bugs.... slowly.
Glad to know it's not just me. It takes quite a while to kill carpenter bees with it. WD is also great for cleaning black, nasty grease and grime off your hands before washing with soap and water. Any other tips for those bumbling flying bastards? We had orkin out to spray and get rid of them, but that just attracted them more! brake cleaner And a lighter..... |
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« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2012, 05:19:59 AM » |
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« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2012, 08:03:50 AM » |
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Use Borax in the bee dens...boric acid...they hate it.
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« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2012, 08:38:08 AM » |
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Any other tips for those bumbling flying bastards? We had orkin out to spray and get rid of them, but that just attracted them more!
They are important pollinators... Change your wood over to treated yellow pine, they don't hardly like that at all... Before I cared that they were pollinators, I found that they sail a long way if you hit them with a tennis racket... -Mike |
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jer0177
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« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2012, 08:49:26 AM » |
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Any other tips for those bumbling flying bastards? We had orkin out to spray and get rid of them, but that just attracted them more!
They are important pollinators... Change your wood over to treated yellow pine, they don't hardly like that at all... Before I cared that they were pollinators, I found that they sail a long way if you hit them with a tennis racket... -Mike Changing the wood is out of the question - it's the soffit and fascia on the house they've grown to love. When she had the house painted and gutters installed, they didn't paint or flash over the exposed backside of the fascia and that's where they're nesting. I've become quite adept at swatting them with the grill spatula or my baseball hat, and the spatula works great as a guillotine to slice them in half as the enter/emerge from the hole they've bored, but I'm ready to be rid of them. Orkin used a .5oz/gallon mixture of Bifenthrin, which I've read is supposed to be effective, I guess we'll just have to have them come back out and re-spray because I guess the guy didn't spray everywhere. He also tried to tell me that the droppings left on the stucco walls aren't feces but sawdust. There is an acre of wooded area behind her house that they can nest in and pollenate until their hearts are content - all I want them to do is stay out of the house. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2012, 07:10:05 PM » |
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Kills large bugs.... slowly.
Glad to know it's not just me. It takes quite a while to kill carpenter bees with it. WD is also great for cleaning black, nasty grease and grime off your hands before washing with soap and water. Any other tips for those bumbling flying bastards? We had orkin out to spray and get rid of them, but that just attracted them more! Starting fluid (either) kills flying/stinging critters faster than anything I have ever seen. I don't know if it just knocks them out or kills them though since I always step on them afterwards anyway. |
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« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2012, 07:23:38 PM » |
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Kills large bugs.... slowly.
Glad to know it's not just me. It takes quite a while to kill carpenter bees with it. WD is also great for cleaning black, nasty grease and grime off your hands before washing with soap and water. Any other tips for those bumbling flying bastards? We had orkin out to spray and get rid of them, but that just attracted them more! Tennis / Badminton racket is my weapon of choice |
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« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2012, 09:40:56 PM » |
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Kills large bugs.... slowly.
Glad to know it's not just me. It takes quite a while to kill carpenter bees with it. WD is also great for cleaning black, nasty grease and grime off your hands before washing with soap and water. Any other tips for those bumbling flying bastards? We had orkin out to spray and get rid of them, but that just attracted them more! Starting fluid (either) kills flying/stinging critters faster than anything I have ever seen. I don't know if it just knocks them out or kills them though since I always step on them afterwards anyway. Works great on spiders too! A can of aerosol deodorant and a lighter is fun too... think pint sized flame thrower. |
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« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2012, 06:46:32 PM » |
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Use Borax in the bee dens...boric acid...they hate it.
Boric acid and borax are two different things. |
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« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2012, 11:59:50 AM » |
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Carburetor cleaner is the best even on hornets they died instantly. Brake clean the can still fly a bit. I had to plug up every single little crack and crevice to make sure that not only flying insects don't get in but also ants too. They have found that some insecticides are causing the colony collapse and killing the bees
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« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2012, 07:26:03 PM » |
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Just plain soapy water knocks the flying critters down real good without all the toxicity of the pesticides or solvents.
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jer0177
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« Reply #20 on: May 26, 2012, 08:30:32 PM » |
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Well the Orkin man came back out yesterday, and lo and behold, he used the wrong spray the first time! Sprayed again, they're dropping like flies (no pun intended lol). |
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« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2012, 10:16:56 PM » |
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Before I got into street bikes, I rode a lot of dirtbikes. We used to spray the whole front end (and some other places) with WD40. When we'd get home, the bikes would be covered with all matter of crude, but we'd just hose 'em down. Worked like a charm.  Haven't been brave enough to try it on "the Goose", though. From the above posts, sounds like it might be worth a try. The bugs have been pretty bad, here in Tx., this year. |
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« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2012, 09:46:24 AM » |
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WD 40 is good to use on fire ant bites. Takes away the sting and eliminates the bites swelling into those nasty puss filled bumps.
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« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2012, 03:32:05 PM » |
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Before I got into street bikes, I rode a lot of dirtbikes. We used to spray the whole front end (and some other places) with WD40. When we'd get home, the bikes would be covered with all matter of crude, but we'd just hose 'em down. Worked like a charm. Haven't been brave enough to try it on "the Goose", though. From the above posts, sounds like it might be worth a try. The bugs have been pretty bad, here in Tx., this year. try lemon pledge. |
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Tailgate Tommy
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« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2012, 05:59:50 PM » |
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Before I got into street bikes, I rode a lot of dirtbikes. We used to spray the whole front end (and some other places) with WD40. When we'd get home, the bikes would be covered with all matter of crude, but we'd just hose 'em down. Worked like a charm. Haven't been brave enough to try it on "the Goose", though. From the above posts, sounds like it might be worth a try. The bugs have been pretty bad, here in Tx., this year. try lemon pledge. +1 Works well on Colorado bugs. |
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