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John Hill:
Darren, white spirit is the major constituent of WD40!  Just add a little light mineral oil and you have it!

Darren:
Is it really, oh didn't know that.

I still think it taps smoother than WD, been using it again tonight on the die thing I've been banging on about. I tried WD40 and broke a tap (another story)
On the other two holes of the three, I used plain white spirit and it felt a lot smoother and no sticking tap, well not much. With the WD40 it kept sticking hard till it broke.

Please bear in mind, I was tapping really tough material that was without a doubt harder than the tap itself. I know this after removing the broken tap. I literally smashed it out, took quite a bit of effort mind you. The tap was shattered bit by bit, but my work piece nor the threads were damaged at all. Even the punch I used needs regrinding now as it's well battered.

Sorry I'm cross threading now (better than cross dressing I suppose) and leading this thread off on another tangent  :offtopic:

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