DO YOU KNOW HOW TO USE WD-40 CORRECTLY FOR YOUR KART? 8 QUESTIONS TO TEST YOURSELF!

It was 1953 and in the small laboratory of the Rocket Chemical Company, a company founded in that year by the chemist Norm Larsen in San Diego (California), an unusual request arrived: NASA (acronym for “National Aeronautics and Space Administration”) was looking, among its suppliers, for someone who could provide them with a water-repellent lubricant to solve the problems of corrosion and protection of the electrical contacts on space rockets. The Rocket Chemical team, made up of three members, smelt a golden opportunity and immediately got to work by starting to experiment with different formulas that could meet the request of the American space agency. The path was not without obstacles: there were 39 unsuccessful experiments. However, on the fortieth attempt the winning formulation was found. This is how WD-40 was developed, where WD stands for “Water Displacement" (water repellent), while the "40"... Indicates the number of the successful test! From that moment on, the WD-40 multi-purpose and multi-purpose lubricant became a reference point all over the world, thanks to its incredibly versatile qualities. Nowadays, we all (or almost all) use, or have used, WD-40 to work or carry out maintenance on a kart, which is why we can safely say that this product is one of the best "friends" of the kart driver. But are you sure you know its characteristics, uses and always use it correctly? To measure your knowledge of WD-40, we provide you with 8 questions to test yourself with! For example, did you know that to mount a tyre correctly on a rim, WD40…

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