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Posted 26 April 2018
Lubricants - Silicone Spray - PTFE Spray - Multi-Function Oil - 300ml £2.49 - LIDL (Powerfix)
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About this deal
This deal is expired. Here are some options that might interest you:
Lidl Powerfix Lubricants - £2.49
Choose from:
Silicone Spray
PTFE Spray
Multi-Function Oil
These are good quality spray lubricants for all of your
possible lubrication requirements – and in a large canister - 300ml (£8.30L)
Available from May 6th
Choose from:
Silicone Spray
PTFE Spray
Multi-Function Oil
These are good quality spray lubricants for all of your
possible lubrication requirements – and in a large canister - 300ml (£8.30L)
Available from May 6th
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Edited by jimmybo, 26 April 2018
46 Comments
sorted byjust so you know wd40 is a oil, but the deal the op has posted is a PTFE / Silicone spray and they are very different things and do different jobs.
WD40 is not classed as an oil
One of the best comments i've seen on here in a long time
The OP has posted a deal for THREE different lubricants one of which is oil! So your point is?
I apologise for trying to be helpful. (edited)
Theres also oils in food and drinks but that doesnt class them as oil.
WD40 disperses water and penetrates contaminated/rusty joints to help free off fittings. That is it's primary purpose. It's not a great lubricant because most of the compounds quickly evaporate (intentionally) leaving a mist coating of lubricating compounds at best. It'll actually have a degreasing effect on something originally oiled or greased because of the dispersing and evaporating characteristics.
So for example if you use it on door hinges when they dry out they'll probably be worse than ever.
Oil.
Whatever, maybe you guys should report WD40 to the Advertising Standards Authority as you are more expert than they are, obviously.
Brilliant, but tell me is Wd40 an oil...
WD40 is a Water DIspersant - hence the WD in the name. The OP has posted a spray oil as the third product..
WD-40's main ingredients as supplied in aerosol cans, according to U.S. Material Safety Data Sheet information, are:
50% "aliphatic hydrocarbons". ...
<25% petroleum base oil. ...
12–18% low vapor pressure aliphatic hydrocarbon. ...
2–3% carbon dioxide. ...
<10% inert ingredients.
WD-40 - Wikipedia
Just because it has oil in it doesn't make it an oil, no matter how much you put it in bold
Do you have petroleum oil in your food and drink? Of course its an oil, most of the ingredients evaporate off leaving what behind? Oil
Lubricate
Thanks, presumably they are used in different circumstances. Any chance of examples?
So to be classed as an oil in your eyes it must have petroleum oil as an ingredient but any other oil is not oil?
So if i add 25% petroluem to a glass of water is it now just oil?
I dont know if I'm 100% right, just from experience, I use silicon on plastics, rubbers(e.g. door seals not to stick from frost) or surfaces that want to keep clean (e.g. bike frames) and ptfe on metal friction parts (e.g. chains,forks, locks, bushings).
I use silicone (grease) on the metal threads on the high pressure hose on a pressure washer, keeps it silky smooth for easy putting on and off. And no water ingress.
Clean the dirt with wd40 and a small brush, and apply on the rolling/sliding surfaces lithium or copper grease. Repeat when become dirty/dry again. (edited)
I realise this - diesel lubricates the inside of and engine - but I wouldn’t use it on a door hinge! Being a lubricant and being able to be used as a general lubricant are two very different things.
Diesel isn’t more economical than petrols because the fuel lubricates better - it’s much more technical than that and involves such factors as Diesel engines have greater torque than petrol, run at lower revs and therefore use less fuel. Anyway, that statement was true years ago but not so much now. (edited)
water displacement*
Still its not an oil...its good to free seized nuts, as water displacing or cleaning solvent, but its not a lubricant. (edited)
You might find the words lubricates and lubricant here. wd40.com/products/multi-use (edited)
Ads tend to use words in a convenient way, it doesn't mean that correspond to reality. (edited)
Silicone Spray 400ml £2.79
PTFE Spray 400ml £3.18
So you can buy them when you need them.
Very useful for very different purposes.
They just don't have the folding straw which I find very useful.
Nope, olive oil is also oil, and I suspect it might work reasonably well as a lubricant, short term. Diesel is also oil, (look at your V5 logbook), also works a a lubricant as well as being a fuel.
If you want to loosen rusted parts lubricants obviously help and petroleum based lubricants are oils, so WD40 is still an oil, all said and done. Graphite is a lubricant but pure graphite is not an oil. Graphite based penetrating oils contain oil as well as graphite, they are still called penetrating oils and can also disperse water. I don't follow your tenacity in claiming WD40 is not an oil.
support.crosman.com/hc/en-us/articles/202669320-What-is-the-difference-between-petroleum-distillate-and-petroleum-based-oil- (edited)
Salmon contains oil..... but it’s salmon, not an oil, the point being made by eraldo.
Olive oil by the way does work reasonable well as a lubricant, but your right in that it’s good for short term.
Diesel on the other hand I disagree with. It’s too thin to grip to anything and will just run off whatever you’re trying to lubricate, leaving a very thin film. It also stinks to high heaven.
Have a look at the V5 logbook on a diesel car, Fuel: heavy oil, it lubricates your engine it's oil. Why do you think diesels generally give better mileage than petrol cars? Eraldos point is an attempt to detract from the facts. (edited)