I use WD40 for cleaning grease and oil off of/out of engine related
components and for coating surfaces where I don't want rust to form.  Also
for removing sticker/label residual glue from hard surfaces, etc.  I use it
with Scotchbrite and or stones to clean up metal engine surfaces.

I agree that there are other products better for vinyl car seats and dash
boards, WD40 would seem to leave residual behind that would get on your
clothes.  I bought something from Autogeek for dashboards that worked really
well but I can't remember the name.  I've heard Lexol works well on vinyl
too.

For a product to loosen stuck/frozen/rusted fasteners, I've found in my
years of foraging in Ohio junkyards that PB Blaster is the best stuff for
that purpose.  I've tried a lot of different things including the SiliKroil
and AeroKroil products, and PBB works better than any I've tried so far.

YMMV

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
John Rodgers
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 11:50 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: WD-40....Fact or Fiction?

Someone sent this list to me a few days ago, claiming WD-40 as some kind of
miracle cleaner/lubricant, and in reading the list, discovered the claim
that WD-40 can be used to clean and restore the dash and seats in your
car/van. There were many other auto related claims as well.  I have included
the list here, and was wondering if anyone had any experience with any of
these applications of WD-40 to our Vans.