That's what I was thinking, too. I get that they're in the lubrication business, but grease is kind of outside their wheelhouse a bit. Seeing this tube was kind of like what I imagine seeing a PB Blaster grease tube would be like, you know?
Yeah, they've changed the name recently, too, to "heavy duty grease". I guess it's too expensive to get the certifications from all the manufacturers.
A lot of good greases don't have the NLGI GC-LB certification. They are usually marketed as industrial or marine greases however, they can perform well in automotive applications as well. The WD-40 greases seems to fall into this category.If it doesn't have a GC-LB rating, WD40 does not deserve your business.
Why bother? There a lot of GC-LB greases to choose from. Not for me thanks. The company that owns the WD40 brand name does not own a grease plant. They are following an aggressive branding program applying their well know brand name on a whole bunch of products they used to have nothing to do with. It’s all about brand name and unfortunately they dropped the ball on certification.
You're right, there are a lot of GC-LB greases out there. That wasn't really my point. My point is that a grease does not need to be GC-LB to be a good and functional grease. Also, a company doesn't have to have a grease plant to market greases. They can rebrand a wide range of off-the-shelf greases from a 3rd party blender or, better yet, have their own formula or exclusivity with a 3d party blender. There are a number of these blenders around the U.S. Even grease manufacturers with plants use these 3rd party blenders for various reasons.
It works perfectly fine. How do you think a US based grease manufacturer that doesn't have a plant in Australia provides price competitive grease to that market? There's a lot that goes into planning this but it is regularly done.
