WD-40 is a household name across 176 countries but it's also a name whose meaning not many people know. Since it's a chemical product with a random-numbers-and-letters name, you might think the name ...

Imagine a world without WD-40: a cacophony of door hinges squeaking, bolts frozen in place forever, and garden tools lost to the relentless progression of rust. Recently, many Canadians thought they ...

This story was originally featured on Field & Stream. If you could take the American spirit—equal parts Daniel Boone, Chuck Yeager, and Elon Musk—and distill it into an aerosol, it would be a blue-and ...

Originally created as a rust-prevention solvent for use in the aerospace industry, WD-40 has become the go-to product for your home’s squeaky door hinges and stuck bike chains (Which can be counter ...

When you hear the name "WD-40," the first thing that comes to mind is probably the company's original, Multi-Use Product. The brand name has become so synonymous with this particular compound that ...

Some of the many uses that consumers have found for WD-40’s original formula are wilder than others. Consumers have so far put the WD-40 multi-use product, whose origins date back roughly 70 years, to ...

WD-40 Company traces its roots back to 1953 when a small team in San Diego, California, embarked on a mission to create a line of rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for the aerospace industry.