UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
 placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly
with a market maker.
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
(b) IRS IDENT. NO. (c) S.E.C.
FILE NO. WORK LOCATION WD-40 Company 95-1797918 000-06936  United States
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE (e) TELEPHONE NO.
1061 Cudahy Place San Diego CA 92110 AREA CODE NUMBER 619 275-1400
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
(b) IRS IDENT. NO. (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER (d) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE
ZIP CODE Garry O. Ridge Director, CEO 1061 Cudahy Place San Diego CA 92110
iNSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to
obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
3 (a) Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold (b) Name and Address of
Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market
Maker who is Acquiring the Securities SEC USE ONLY (c) Number of Shares or
Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c)) (d) Aggregate Market Value (See
instr. 3(d)) (e) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr.
3(e)) (f) Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.) (g) Name
of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g)) Broker-Dealer File Number Common
 Stock Computershare Securities Corp. 2 North LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60602
Broadcort Correspondent Clearing Division Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated 101 Hudson Street, 7th Floor Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
17,600 $667,040 (1) 16,441,067 (2) NASDAQ INSTRUCTIONS: 1.(a) Name of issuer
3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold (b) Issuer's I.R.S.
Identification Number (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the
securities are intended to be sold (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
aggregate face amount) (d) Issuer's address, including zip code (d) Aggregate
market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10
days prior to the filing of this notice (e) Issuer's telephone number,
including area code (e) Number of shares or other units of the class
outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as
shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold 2. (a) Name of
person for whose account the securities are to be sold (g) Name of each
securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
(b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
(c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing) (d) Such
person's address, including zip code Potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information contained in this form are not required to
respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
SEC 1147 (01-04)


TABLE I -- SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of
the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of the Class Date you Acquired Nature of Acquisition Transaction
Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired)
Amount of Securities Acquired  Date of Payment Nature of Payment Common Stock
(2) Exercise of stock option WD-40 Company 17,600 (2) Sale Proceeds (2)

INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was
not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note
thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted
of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments
describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was
discharged in full or the last installment paid.


TABLE II -- SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are
to be sold.

Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Date of Sale Amount of
Securities Sold Gross Proceeds N/A REMARKS:
(1)  Actual sale price of $37.90/share on 8/11/08.
(2)  These control securities, registered on Form S-8, were acquired upon
exercise of stock options for 17,600 shares and sold on the same day pursuant
to a cashless stock option exercise transaction processed by the Issuer's
stock option plan administrator.  The proposed transaction was completed
pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person
on 8/11/08.  The representations of the reporting person regarding knowledge
of material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
operations of the Issuer were made and they were true and correct as of the
date of adoption of the Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

INSTRUCTIONS: ATTENTION: See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of
Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose
account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons
included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to
sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to
be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice. The
 person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
publicly disclosed.

8/12/08 DATE OF NOTICE /s/ Maria M. Mitchell as Attorney in Fact
for Garry O. Ridge (SIGNATURE) The notice shall be signed by the person for
whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice
shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or
printed signatures.  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts
 constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001) SEC 1147 (01-04)