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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!
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.