Home › Entities › penetrating_oil › WD-40

WD-40

lubricating oil and water displacement spray
Thing penetrating_oil Q898762
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

WD-40

Summary

WD-40 is a penetrating oil[1]. WD-40 draws 1,690 Wikipedia views per month (penetrating_oil category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • WD-40 is credited with the discovery of Norm Larsen[3].
  • WD-40 is in the country of United States[4].
  • WD-40's image is recorded as WD-40 Smart Straw.JPG[5].
  • WD-40's image is recorded as 2023 WD-40.jpg[6].
  • WD-40's instance of is recorded as penetrating oil[7].
  • WD-40's instance of is recorded as product[8].
  • WD-40's logo image is recorded as WD-40 logo.svg[9].
  • WD-40's manufacturer is recorded as WD-40 Company[10].
  • WD-40's made from material is recorded as aliphatic compound[11].
  • WD-40's made from material is recorded as mineral oil[12].
  • WD-40's made from material is recorded as carbon dioxide[13].
  • WD-40's made from material is recorded as hydrocarbon[14].
  • WD-40's Commons category is recorded as WD-40[15].
  • WD-40's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • +1953-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WD-40[17].
  • WD-40's start time is recorded as +1958-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • WD-40's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01znpl[19].
  • WD-40's official website is recorded as https://www.wd40.com/[20].
  • WD-40's BBC Things ID is recorded as 358540b7-2d65-4311-8363-2e207c9a1c9e[21].
  • WD-40's X is recorded as OriginalWD40[22].
  • WD-40's Instagram username is recorded as wd40brand[23].
  • WD-40's Facebook username is recorded as OriginalWD40[24].
  • WD-40's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02886945n[25].
  • WD-40's Quora topic ID is recorded as WD-40-product[26].
  • WD-40's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10442'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

WD-40 is credited with the discovery of Norm Larsen[3].

Why It Matters

WD-40 draws 1,690 Wikipedia views per month (penetrating_oil category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] WD-40 has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] WD-40 is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

product United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). WD-40. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wd-40
MLA “WD-40.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wd-40.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wd-40_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{WD-40}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wd-40}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): WD-40 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/wd-40 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/wd-40 · Last refreshed: