Uses for WD-40 That You Probably Never Knew About

Published on August 8, 2021
For more than 50 years, people have relied on the powerful WD-40 to protect their metals from corrosion and rust. This water and oil displacing spray has a multi-use functionality and includes a unique blend of lubricants to offer protection against your metals corroding and rusting. However, WD-40 does so much more than that. This magical elixir is useful in so many ways that you probably didn’t even know about. That’s why we’re breaking down the various things you can use WD-40 for that we bet you never thought were possible.

Shining Silver

We’ve all wanted to shine our best silver for our guests, but didn’t have the right spray to make these utensils glow until now. Your handy WD-40 has got you covered, as this spray can help bring out that shine with a quick spray and wipe down.

Shining Silver

Shining Silver

Separating Glasses That Are Stuck Together

Glasses that have been stuck together in a stack can be incredibly frustrating to break apart. Not even the strongest man can separate these glasses. Don’t worry because WD-40 is here to save the day with a simple spray between the glasses.

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Separating Glasses That Are Stuck Together

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Loosening Zippers

The zipper on your favorite bag or jeans giving you grief? You can easily fix this by spraying some WD-40 on the zipper. This can loosen up the mechanisms and make the zipper glide easily without any problems.

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Shining Shoes

It doesn’t look like white sneakers are going out of style anytime soon. However, the one problem with these kicks is that keeping these shoes clean and bright might be challenging. That’s where WD-40 comes in handy.

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Removing Tar Stains

As you’ve likely noticed, WD-40 is an excellent cleaning agent. It cleans a wide array of surfaces. That’s why it’s no surprise that this magical elixir can easily remove the tar from your car in record time.

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Removing Tar Stains

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Defrosting Ice

Watching the snowfall from the comfort of your home can be incredibly relaxing. However, this calming sensation can rapidly disappear when you have to become mobile in the snow. WD-40 can help you defrost ice from your car.

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Cleaning Scissors

Have you ever tried using your scissors but found that the blades wouldn’t separate? By applying WD-40 between these blades, you can easily unstick it and make your scissors easy to use once again.

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Cleaning Scissors

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Protecting Bird Feeders

Including a bird feeder in your backyard is an exceptional idea until you begin seeing numerous other creatures coming and taking the food. You can easily stop this problem by spraying some WD-40 on the edges of this feeder, making it too slippery for non-winged creatures.

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Removing Rings

Are your rings stuck on your fingers? This can be a hassle to remove, which is why you need WD-40. The spray helps loosen these rings from your fingers so that you can easily slip this jewelry off with no problems.

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Removing Gum

Have you found gum at the bottom of your shoe after enjoying a nice walk? It can be tricky to remove, but WD-40 is here to help. You can easily remove this gum at the bottom of your shoe with a spray or two.

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Removing Lipstick Stains

Getting a lipstick stain off your clothing isn’t fun because the process is long and challenging. However, WD-40 can be used as a pre-treatment for this stain. Doing this helps get it out a little faster.

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Removing Crayon Stains

In many instances, children can become a little messy while expressing their creativity. You might find they have drawn with crayons on your walls. A few sprays of WD-40 and some scrubbing can make your walls look brand new.

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Cleaning Wood Stains

Nothing can ruin a lovely wooden table more than a few pesky stains, especially the rings from mugs and glasses. That’s where WD-40 can help. You can remove these stains from your table with a spray or two.

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Opening Rusted Locks

Locks can have many different uses, from sealing your lockers at the gym or locking the shed in your backyard. However, there’s nothing worse than attempting to open a lock and finding it sealed shut, but WD-40 can help pry it open.

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Removing Stickers

If you’ve added a few bumper stickers to your car and regretted it, you shouldn’t be embarrassed. We’ve all done it, but you don’t need to struggle to get these stickers off your car thanks to WD-40.

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Unclogging Shower Heads

A relaxing shower can easily become pretty frustrating when you have a blocked shower head. Showers with low pressure can be a pain, but WD-40 can rapidly resolve this issue with a few sprays.

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Cleaning Your A/C Unit

Air conditioning is one of the most convenient and useful inventions. Without an A/C unit, we would be suffering each summer season. However, you should use WD-40 to clean your new A/C unit for the freshest air possible.

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Removing Water Stains

Glass shower doors offer a great aesthetic to any bathroom. However, these doors are prone to pesky water stains, which you can never get out no matter how much scrubbing you do. Nonetheless, cleaning with WD-40 can prevent these stains.

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Temporarily Fixing Phone Screens

Nothing is more heartbreaking than seeing a shattered phone screen after it hits the floor. In these instances, you should certainly get your screen repaired. However, WD-40 is an excellent temporary fix to make it usable.

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Cleaning Your Fridge Gasket

The rubber surrounding your fridge door keeping it sealed is commonly called the fridge gasket. This fridge gasket can get dirty easily, which is why WD-40 should be used. The spray can help you get any gunk that might be stuck.

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Repelling Bugs

An underrated use associated with WD-40 is repelling bugs. Although cockroaches can survive almost anything, these creatures are no match for WD-40. This makes WD-40 an excellent way to stop pests from entering your home.

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Removing Gum from Hair

Getting gum in your hair can be a frustrating experience. You may immediately try to cut it out of your hair, but you don’t need to go that route. Using WD-40 can help you get the gum out while saving your hair from scissors.

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Cleaning License Plates

Although you might not give it much thought, your license plate should be cleaned every once in a while. When cleaning these license plates, you want to use WD-40. This solution leaves your plates squeaky clean.

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Cleaning License Plates

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Removing Super Glue

Super glue is an exceptional invention. However, we all know that once you’ve superglued something, it’s incredibly challenging to remove this substance. WD-40 can be useful in these instances by un-gluing with a few sprays.

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Cleaning Guitar Strings

All guitarists know how vital it is to ensure their guitar remains in pristine condition. Routine cleaning is part of a guitar’s general maintenance. One of the most vital practices is cleaning the strings, and WD-40 can help.

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Preventing Splinters on Rakes and Brooms

This is probably another use you didn’t know about, but WD-40 can work as a varnish. With a few sprays, you can prevent damage and splinters on your rakes and brooms. This helps prolong these tools’ lifespan.

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Breaking in Baseball Gloves

One of the best gifts you could give a child or teenager is a fresh baseball glove. However, breaking this glove in can be challenging. You can easily soften the glove in half the time it typically takes with WD-40

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Protecting Leather Sofas

A leather sofa is a classic piece of furniture to have in your home. However, these sofas require a considerable amount of maintenance. Adding WD-40 into your routine cleaning can be an effective method of maintaining its condition.

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Baiting Fish

Although this might be surprising and seem as counterproductive, many fishermen have said that they can successfully bait fish with WD-40. They believe that spraying their fishing lures with WD-40 helps attract more fish.

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Cleaning the Grill

Cleaning your grill after a successful BBQ might be a time-consuming task. This grime can be tricky to clean properly, which is why WD-40 is so useful. Spray it on the grill and easily wipe this grease away.

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Separating Stuck Legos

Legos are well-liked by most children. However, one of the most frustrating things about these legos is that these toys can get easily stuck together. A spray or two of WD-40 can help separate these little pieces without any problem.

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Separating Flower Pots

You might be sensing a theme here. WD-40 is good for any items that are stuck together. This includes flower pots. Spray some WD-40 in-between the flower pots to help separate them without any damage.

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Digging Faster

In some instances, digging can be more challenging than you expected. You can easily avoid this by spraying WD-40 onto the shovel. From here, your digging is instantly more convenient with the shovel entering the ground with ease.

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Cleaning Tea and Coffee Stains

Drinking coffee and tea are some of the best pleasures in life, which is why these beverages make up a crucial part of almost every culture. However, the stains that come from these beverages can be pesky to remove without WD-40.

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Cleaning Fake Plants

If you don’t have a green thumb, plastic plants might be your best friends. However, you shouldn’t neglect these leaves even if the plants are fake. You can shine these leaves with some WD-40.

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Removing Ink Stains

Ink stains are some of the most stubborn to remove. Although it might be too late to save some clothing items, WD-40 can help remove ink stains from our fabrics. All you need to do is spray the stain and rinse.

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Cleaning Dog Waste

There’s nothing like the great outdoors. Returning from a nice walk in the wilderness can be rejuvenating until you find you’ve brought home some dog waste. WD-40 can help you clean this waste with ease.

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Cleaning Brushes

We typically forget about cleaning the items we constantly use to groom ourselves. One of these forgotten items is your hairbrush. When was the last time you cleaned it? Soak your brushes with some WD-40 to get that hair out.

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Waterproofing Shoes

There’s nothing more saddening than finding out your shoes aren’t waterproof after stepping into a puddle. You can avoid this by using some handy WD-40 to waterproof your shoes, hat, and coat.

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Cleaning Toothpaste Stains

Toothpaste stains can be nasty, but we’ve all been guilty of leaving these on the sink for a little too long. When spraying some WD-40 on this sink, you can easily wipe these stains away.

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Cleaning Bug Splatters

Having to clean bug splatters can be gross and difficult. The process can become a lot easier when you use WD-40. Spray some of this magical elixir on your car and simply wipe away this mess.

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Cleaning Bathroom Tiles

The mildew and dirt that typically accumulate on your bathroom tiles can be unpleasant to clean, especially when you don’t have a regular cleaning routine. WD-40 can simplify this cleaning process with a few sprays.

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Preventing Squeaking

The squeak of brand-new kicks can be annoying enough that the excitement about your new shoes can vanish. However, spraying some WD-40 at the bottom of your shoes can ensure these kicks don’t squeak.

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Preventing Snow Buildup

Not only is snow buildup annoying to clean up, but it can also damage your windows. However, you can prevent this damage from snow buildup by spraying some WD-40 on your windows before it begins snowing.

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Preventing Wasps

We’ve already established that WD-40 can prevent pesky bugs from entering your home. Spraying around your deck and the rest of your house can help prevent these wasps from making an appearance.

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Toning Down Polyurethane Shine

Adding a polyurethane shine to your floors offers a nice effect. However, it can sometimes result in too much shine. Nonetheless, you can tone this effect done with the help of WD-40. Spray some on a rag and wipe it down.

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Prosthetic Help

Prosthetics have helped millions of people across the globe. However, these inventions have also caused some trouble during removal. WD-40 can make it easier to remove these prosthetics without any pain.

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Removing Dried Glue

Finding some dried glue on your surfaces can lead to many problems. Removing this residue can be challenging, but WD-40 makes this process easier. You can wipe away the residue while leaving the surface intact.

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Degreasing Hands

Grease is a substance that you can’t get off easily. If you’ve tried washing grease off with water and soap, you know that it doesn’t help. With WD-40, you can easily de-grease anything. All you need is a few sprays.

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Cleaning Carpet Stains

Finding a massive stain on your carpet isn’t something you should take lightly. You might be unsure how you should clean this stain or how it even got there. Don’t fear, as this is another job for WD-40.

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Removing Tomato Stains

Everyone loves tomatoes. No kitchen is complete without some tomatoes in the fridge. However, these veggies (or fruits) are messy and hard to clean. Nonetheless, WD-40 can remove any tomato stains with ease.

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Cleaning the Fridge

In some instances, we ensure our fridge is in perfect condition. However, we can also easily let things get out of hand. Spilled food can stick to the shelves and cause an unpleasant smell. WD-40 is here to help.

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Helping Treat Blood Stains

Everytime we wear light clothing, we seem to become magnets for spills and dirt. The same can be said for skinned elbows and knees. A bloodstain can be a hassle to remove. Luckily, WD-40 can be a pre-wash treatment to help remove these stains.

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Removing Old Wax

Maintaining your board is part of being an avid surfer or snowboarder. Waxing your board forms part of its regular maintenance. However, removing previously applied wax is also part of the board’s maintenance. WD-40 can help to remove this old wax.

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Preventing Boat Corrosion

Corrosion is one of the greatest enemies against boats. That’s why it’s vital to take the necessary steps to ensure this corrosion doesn’t occur. WD-40 is an exceptional tool as a preventative measure.

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Removing Barnacles from Boats

Another nuisance you can expect when maintaining your boat is barnacles. Although these are classic additions to pirate ships, you don’t want these accessories on your boat. WD-40 and a scraping tool can help easily remove any pesky barnacles.

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Protecting Golf Clubs

Any golf-lover understands that it’s vital to keep your clubs in pristine condition. While we know that there are plenty of cleaning products available, WD-40 seems to get the job done well and at a fair price.

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Loosening Spark Plugs

Dealing with stuck spark plugs can be frustrating. However, removing these plugs can be an annoying task as well. Nonetheless, when using WD-40, you can loosen these spark plugs easily with a spray or two.

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Cleaning Old Saws

Saws are one of the most versatile and useful tools in your shed. However, these tools tend to become dirty in no time. Cleaning a saw can be challenging. That’s why having WD-40 is handy.

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Preventing Wicker Noise

Beautiful wicker furniture can be a great addition to help spruce up your outdoor area. However, one drawback occurs when you hear the annoying creaking produced from this furniture. Luckily, a few sprays of WD-40 can help quiet down the creaks.

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