The Company	9 Months Ended
May 31, 2012
The Company [Abstract]
The Company	Note 1. The Company WD-40 Company (“the Company”), based in San Diego, California, is a global consumer products company dedicated to delivering unique, high value and easy-to-use solutions for a wide variety of maintenance needs of “doer” and “on-the-job” users by leveraging and building the brand fortress of the Company. The Company markets multi-purpose maintenance products, WD-40^® multi-use product and, 3-IN-ONE ^®, BLUE WORKS^® and WD-40 Specialist^TM product lines. WD-40 Specialist is the newest of these product lines and the Company launched the first three products in this line in the United States (“U.S.”) during September 2011 and certain products in the line in Canada and select markets in Europe during January 2012. The Company also markets the following homecare and cleaning brands: X-14^® mildew stain remover and automatic toilet bowl cleaners, 2000 Flushes^® automatic toilet bowl cleaners, Carpet Fresh^® and No Vac^® rug and room deodorizers, Spot Shot^® aerosol and liquid carpet stain removers, 1001^® household cleaners and rug and room deodorizers and Lava^® and Solvol^® heavy-duty hand cleaners. The Company’s brands are sold in various locations around the world. Multi-purpose maintenance products are sold worldwide in markets throughout North, Central and South America, Asia, Australia and the Pacific Rim, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Homecare and cleaning products are sold primarily in North America, the United Kingdom (“U.K.”), Australia and the Pacific Rim. The Company’s products are sold primarily through mass retail and home center stores, warehouse club stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, automotive parts outlets and industrial distributors and suppliers.

The Company

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Note 1. The Company

WD-40 Company (“the Company”), based in San Diego, California, is a global consumer products company dedicated to delivering unique, high value and easy-to-use solutions for a wide variety of maintenance needs of “doer” and “on-the-job” users by leveraging and building the brand fortress of the Company. The Company markets multi-purpose maintenance products, WD-40^® multi-use product and, 3-IN-ONE ^®, BLUE WORKS^® and WD-40 Specialist^TM product lines. WD-40 Specialist is the newest of these product lines and the Company launched the first three products in this line in the United States (“U.S.”) during September 2011 and certain products in the line in Canada and select markets in Europe during January 2012. The Company also markets the following homecare and cleaning brands: X-14^® mildew stain remover and automatic toilet bowl cleaners, 2000 Flushes^® automatic toilet bowl cleaners, Carpet Fresh^® and No Vac^® rug and room deodorizers, Spot Shot^® aerosol and liquid carpet stain removers, 1001^® household cleaners and rug and room deodorizers and Lava^® and Solvol^® heavy-duty hand cleaners.

The Company’s brands are sold in various locations around the world. Multi-purpose maintenance products are sold worldwide in markets throughout North, Central and South America, Asia, Australia and the Pacific Rim, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Homecare and cleaning products are sold primarily in North America, the United Kingdom (“U.K.”), Australia and the Pacific Rim. The Company’s products are sold primarily through mass retail and home center stores, warehouse club stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, automotive parts outlets and industrial distributors and suppliers.