For decades I have purchased WD-40 in one gallon cans and used in for untold purposes. I have seen videos of numerous places in Europe and there is a can of WD-40 on the work benches.

Your comment that people make fun of it reminds me of what I saw of another product that is made fun of---the Asian 7 inch metal lathes. For those of you who have the video "A LOOK INSIDE HOLLAND % HOLLAND you will see one of the 7 inch Asian lathes on one of the craftsmen's work bench--it is apparently his personal lathe.

Stephen Howell