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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>
<periodOfReport>2003-09-23</periodOfReport>
<notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000105132</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WD 40 CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WDFC</issuerTradingSymbol>
</issuer>
<reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001213639</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>REMBOLT JAY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1060 CUDAHY PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN DIEGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92110</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
<isDirector>0</isDirector>
<isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
<isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
<isOther>0</isOther>
<officerTitle>Principal Accounting Officer</officerTitle>
<otherText></otherText>
</reportingOwnerRelationship>
</reportingOwner>
<derivativeTable>
<derivativeTransaction>
<securityTitle>
<value>Non Qualified Stock Option</value>
</securityTitle>
<conversionOrExercisePrice>
<value>29.30</value>
</conversionOrExercisePrice>
<transactionDate>
<value>2003-09-23</value>
</transactionDate>
<deemedExecutionDate>
</deemedExecutionDate>
<transactionCoding>
<transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
<transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
<equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
</transactionCoding>
<transactionTimeliness>
<value></value>
</transactionTimeliness>
<transactionAmounts>
<transactionShares>
<value>5000</value>
</transactionShares>
<transactionPricePerShare>
<value>0</value>
</transactionPricePerShare>
<transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
<value>A</value>
</transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
</transactionAmounts>
<exerciseDate>
<value>2004-09-23</value>
<footnoteId id="F1"/>
</exerciseDate>
<expirationDate>
<value>2013-09-23</value>
</expirationDate>
<underlyingSecurity>
<underlyingSecurityTitle>
<value>Common Stock</value>
</underlyingSecurityTitle>
<underlyingSecurityShares>
<value>5000</value>
</underlyingSecurityShares>
</underlyingSecurity>
<postTransactionAmounts>
<sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
<value>27900</value>
<footnoteId id="F2"/>
</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
</postTransactionAmounts>
<ownershipNature>
<directOrIndirectOwnership>
<value>D</value>
</directOrIndirectOwnership>
<natureOfOwnership>
<value></value>
</natureOfOwnership>
</ownershipNature>
</derivativeTransaction>
</derivativeTable>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="F1">1667 exercisable 09/23/04; 1667 exercisable 09/23/05; 1666 exercisable 09/23/06</footnote>
<footnote id="F2">Incentive Stock Option (ISO) 2400 shares exercisable 09/29/99 at $23.06 exp. 09/29/08; ISO 3000 shares exercisable 09/28/00 at $23.50 exp. 09/28/09; ISO 4000 shares exercisable 09/26/01 at $20.813 exp. 09/26/10; ISO 3500 shares exercisable 06/05/02 at $19.65 exp. 06/05/11; ISO 1504 shares exercisable 09/25/02 at $20.75 exp. 09/25/11; Non Qualified Stock Options (NQSO) 3496 shares exercisable 09/25/02 at $20.75 exp. 09/25/11; NQSO 5000 shares (1667 exercisable 09/24/03; 1667 exercisable 09/24/04; 1666 exercisable 09/24/05) at $27.56 exp. 09/24/12; NQSO 5000 shares (1667 exercisable 09/23/04; 1667 exercisable 09/23/05; 1666 exercisable 09/23/06) at $29.30 exp. 09/24/13.</footnote>
</footnotes>
<remarks></remarks>
<ownerSignature>
<signatureName>Jay Rembolt</signatureName>
<signatureDate>2003-09-25</signatureDate>
</ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

