Anyone familiar with Saturday Night Live skits knows that the Bassamatic 3000 was the be-all-and-end-all to everyone’s desire for fresh bass, pitched by Dan Aykroyd with such sincere frenzy. It seems WD-40 has nearly as many uses…1997 of them it seems, as catalogued by diylife.com.

Some of the most interesting:

#176. Helps clean showers (and makes them four times as slippery, I bet)
#510. Spray on disposable razor blades to make them function longer
#648. Cleans (that’s a bit broad, but if it cleans, it CLEANS!)
#778. Unfreezes car doors (I’ve used it for this before, and it really works)

#814. Shines vinyl on jukeboxes (a relevant use if ever there was one!)
#842. Cleans bedpans (see notes for #814)
#966. Frees up stuck keys on organ (there’s nothing worse than a stuck keyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy)
#1021. Rehydrates paintbrush bristles (cool!)
#1067. Loosens (again, a bit broad, but…)
#1094. Stops squeaks on stilts (I think that’s my favorite use of them all)
#1247. Removes oil from hands
#1376. Cleans dice (no one wants dirt in their snake eyes)
#1544. Removes algae from canoes
#1555. Helps break in shoe portion on new roller skates
#1729. Removes rust from steam irons
#1780. Keeps missile silo doors swinging freely (:O)
#1809. Shines diamonds (not that I have many lying around)
#1947. Removes duct tape

I know I’m interested in finding out all the others!

Tags: lubricant, cleaner, wd-40, do-it-yourself, magic substance