Who doesn't know Vedashka? She has proven herself well, she is even used for catching crucian carp! However, it has one big disadvantage - the price. For one liter of a miracle cure, you need to pay about 1 thousand rubles.
Therefore, it is not surprising that many began to look for a recipe for self-production, and, as it will become clear from this article, not in vain. So… WD-40 do-it-yourself (penetrating lubricant).

Recipes from the Kulibins
To clarify the issue with VD-40, one should start with its official composition - it is more or less known.
- White spirit - 50%
- Volatile hydrocarbons - 25%
- Mineral oil - 15%
- Top Secret Supplement - 10%
As for the secret additive, there are rumors that this is ordinary paraffin - It is he who has water-repellent properties.
Based on this information, the first recipe appeared, as close as possible to the official WD-40.
Recipe #1
For manufacturing you will need:
- White Spirit
- Gasoline "Galosha"
- Mineral oil 5W-30 (40)
- Paraffin
- Penetrant container
The use of wax is not necessary, especially if the product will be used to loosen rusty nuts and bolts. It is more rational to use it in cases where the composition will also be used to lubricate any nodes: for example, garage hinges.
The recipe is the following:
- 4 parts white spirit
- 3 parts of Galosha gasoline
- 1 part mineral oil
Start by pouring oil (1 part) into the container. The use of synthetics is also acceptable.
Add 4 parts white spirit. If you want to make a water-repellent agent, then melted paraffin is added at this stage. It is better to mix it with a solvent in advance in a ratio of 1 to 50, i.e. for 100 ml of white spirit 2 ml of paraffin.
Galosha gasoline is light hydrocarbons. It needs to be added 3 parts.
Shake well. Homemade WD-40 is ready.
It is interesting to note that the cost of a homemade product is 10 times cheaper than the original WD-40, and the quality is no worse.
Recipe #2
This recipe can no longer be called WD-40 - this is much more serious. According to tests in terms of lubricating and penetrating properties, it is several times superior to VD-40.
For penetrating lubrication you will need:
- White Spirit
- rust converter: zincar, zincor and other cheap analogues
- dry lubricant: boron nitrate, molybdenum, graphite, etc.
Pour 1 part of white spirit into the container, in our case - 50 ml.
We add any dry lubricant, in our case it is a “forum”.
We add 0.05 parts, i.e. if the solvent is 50 ml, then dry lubricant is 2.5 ml (half a teaspoon).
After we add a rust converter - 1 part.
Mix well and pour into a spray bottle.
The resulting lubricant performed well. It was tested for friction, i.e. at what effort does the jamming of the part treated with this tool occur - the results were in favor of homemade work: the force applied to the part was five times more than on it only treated with VD-40.
Recipe #3
This recipe is slightly different from recipe #2., and has a better penetrating power in comparison with recipes No. 1, 2.
For manufacturing you will need:
- solvent 650
- waterproof lubricant: brilliant green, graphite, etc.
- prolong additive or other equivalent anti-friction lubricant
Place 10 ml of waterproof lubricant into the container.
Add solvent and stir.
Add antifriction additive - 2-3 ml.
Stir, pour into a spray bottle - you're done! Now even the most rusty nut can be unscrewed almost by hand.
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