I found a squeaky door so I got the oil and fixed it… Then did every door I could before my wife caught me.
Am I alone here? It’s so satisfying to just glide open!
Edit: She followed up with: “you’re enjoying yourself too much”
Damn straight I am. It’s the little things you have to enjoy!
WD40 sucks but damn is that gag great
Wd40 is a solvent.
It happens to lubricate and protect from water for a short time. But if you use it as a lube, you are gonna have a bad time.Use wd40 to loosen something up, clean off old grease/oil/gunk, protect short term from flash rust etc.
Then actually wipe it down and lubricate it with a proper lubeGreat adhesive remover too.
I knew a guy who “lubricated” his bike chain with WD40 on a daily basis and was super confused why it would wear off so quickly.
I mea the WD literally stands for water displacement.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hJNfu3PAWnw
For the uninitiated
I hope you replied “you’re next.”
Damn that’s a fantastic comeback. I’m saving that for later. My brain didn’t go there because she hates the smell of it.
She won’t be needing it anymore after you say that to her
Nah she’s used to me teasing her like that. She’d just call me stupid and walk away.
Now that’s a product idea. Multi purpose 3 in one oil, Lubricates, penetrates rust, cleans. Now in strawberry flavour.
Making something not squeak when it’s squeaky is one of life’s little pleasures. It’s “broke” and has an easy fix. Garage doors, closet doors, drawers, gates, etc. I even tried it on my wife when she was making too much noise but it honestly just made the problem worse.
BONK!
Dry Silicon spray would be the only addition to your lube needs outside of things like wheel bearings.
Never heard of it.
Would that get inside the nooks and crannies of things?
Oh yeah this stuff is great. Way less messy. I don’t think it lasts as long though. I use it where I need something less likely to leave a stain like a door hinge above light carpet. Or where the lubricant might gather dust and make that oily gunk you’d have to clean out like a sliding glass door. Also on plastic stuff since sometimes certain lubricants can dissolve or weaken plastic.
Kid named rust
For lack of alternatives on hand, I used some bicycle chain lube to fix a squeaky door. Worked wonders, actually.
I used the same. Has a strong odor at first, but works exactly the same. I argue it’s better since chain link oil should be able to weather more abuse.
I did this about two years ago and every door in my house is still completely silent, absolute game changer for not waking up my kid in the middle of the night.
This lubricant is the best! I use it for everything, from my gate to my skateboard bearings (10+ year old bearings still run great, no issues and I’ve checked the cages).
It may be good for low speed applications like skateboard bearings but it’s not good for higher speed such as fan bearings. I tried using it with a fan and it seized up due to the heat. Once I cleaned it all up I used some motor oil instead. The fan has worked great ever since!
Once one of those damn bottles gets in your hand you start to see how many hinges and other metal, mechanical parts are in your home.
And it’s glorious.
This is hilarious, I have the exact same oil, and I think I initially used it to lubricate the blower motor for my furnace but since then I’ve used that shit on everything that squeaks. Did a lot of the door hinges in the house, and used it on the garage door. Works great
Same same. Feels great to fix a bunch of tiny things. OMG freshly oiled metal gliding after being sticky is just so satisfying.
This is me when I get the WD-40 out, suddenly everything in the house is without friction
Edit: Reading the rest of the thread, seems like I should upgrade from WD-40
Yes please do. WD40 is a cleaner. The brand makes lubricant too though so it can be confusing.
Yes. Get a sticky oil with a thinning agent like Würth HHS - creeps into that crevice, then the thinner dries out and then that crevice will be well lubricated no matter what happens to it. And for some things like locks get a Teflon based dry lube, because those don’t attract dust to moving parts. Expensive but a bottle will last years.
Every. Damn. Time.
Edit: This and CLR. Descale one faucet, might as well do the rest!
Hell yeah!! CLR is next!!
Wife: stop lubricating everything
insert horrible joke about sex
You’re next ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
Mine is complaining that I’m way too excited for my new white paint marker and number 64 rubber bands. I just don’t get women…
She did also say “you’re enjoying yourself too much” right after catching me…
Stay strong, brother. Out of solidarity, I’m going to go label a few more things with my new white paint marker - purely out of spite.
I need squeaky doors so I can monitor where everyone is in the house. symptom of some sorta trauma or something.
I could really use this. Few too many squeaky hinges.
This bottle is like 10 years old and it’s maybe halfway. Just need a few dots at the top to drip down the length, open/close a few times then wipe off the extra.
Use it on bike chains locks or really anything that jas metal touching metal. I even have a food safe silicon lubricant for kitchen use. Bought that for my 3D printer though haha. Far too many people use WD40 as a lubricant.
Edit: word of warning it does smell and takes a bit to go away. I tend to do it in the morning and open the windows.
I’ve always just wiped the squeaky hinges down with petroleum jelly because it’s what was immediately on hand. I don’t bother wiping away too much of the extra closest to the moving bits. It works its way into the hinges well enough. It doesn’t smell. I’ve yet to have to re-apply to any hinge, even years later.
