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Share Repurchase Plan (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 16 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Nov. 30, 2014
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |
Total cost of repurchased shares | $ 9,863,000 us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock | $ 5,264,000 us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock |
2013 Share Repurchase Program [Member] |  |  |
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |
Share buy-back plan, amount authorized | 60,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = wdfc_TwoThousandThirteenShareRepurchaseProgramMember |  |
Share buy-back plan, number of shares repurchased |  |  | 791,980 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = wdfc_TwoThousandThirteenShareRepurchaseProgramMember
Total cost of repurchased shares |  |  | 55,300,000 us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = wdfc_TwoThousandThirteenShareRepurchaseProgramMember
2014 Share Repurchase Program [Member] |  |  |
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |
Share buy-back plan, amount authorized | $ 75,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = wdfc_TwoThousandFourteenShareRepurchaseProgramMember |  |

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- Definition Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and have not been retired and are not held in treasury. Some state laws may govern the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Article 3 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 29, 30 -Article 5 + Details
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