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!
Try using WD-40 dry bike chain lube on a previously oiled/greased stuff, adding teflon to the mix and i swear it makes everything glide better
Ben Shapiro is on Lemmy?
I hope you replied "you're next."
WD40 sucks but damn is that gag great
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.
Every. Damn. Time.
Edit: This and CLR. Descale one faucet, might as well do the rest!
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
She could be an agent for Big Rust. Trust no one
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.
The hero we need. Every apartment complex has a handful of squeaky doors.
Dry Silicon spray would be the only addition to your lube needs outside of things like wheel bearings.
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.
Every time I move to a new place, the first thing I do is use some graphite dry lube on all of the locks and doorknobs, because it feels like I'm the only one on the planet who cares about non-grindy locks.
Most of the time it's a good thing. I've freed up a few doors in my time and discovered that I should have left them alone, as they weren't making noise, and now having less friction they tended to drift into a less desirable spot where before they would stay put. Sometimes friction is your friend.
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..
For lack of alternatives on hand, I used some bicycle chain lube to fix a squeaky door. Worked wonders, actually.
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
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).
I had some in a drawer and used it on a lock that was stuck to loosen it until I could get graphite from the hardware store. Then went on a mission and de-squeak the whole house.
Just wait till you get some food-safe mineral oil. Cutting board, wooden spoons, coffee table ... You start to find wood everywhere.
"Yes, dear"
Kid named rust
I went a tad further and took every pin out of every hinge, then cleaned and coated with white silicone grease. Aaahhhhh., sweet silence.
Great stuff right there! Anybody else struggle with the cap on these? On mine the little cap is so hard to pull off and then if I'm not really careful I pull too hard and the whole red part pops off.
Lubricating*
I did the same but I used bike chain lube!
I have a bottle of gun oil, yet own no guns. I just needed some lube for my air circulator and they didn't have the normal 3 in 1 like this.
Always put a small squeeze on your salad!
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