WD-40 started as a secret missile rust protector — employees loved it so much they snuck cans home in their lunchboxes. Now it’s a $3.5 billion empire

There’s a good chance a blue-and-yellow can of WD-40 is sitting somewhere in the garage, under the kitchen sink or buried in ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

WD-40: Rust free after 60 years

Sixty years ago, in a small building on Napa Street near Morena Boulevard, three scientists experimented with a rust-prevention solvent to protect the outer skin of the Atlas Missile. They failed 39 ...