Wife: "Stop lubricating everything!"
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 lube
Great adhesive remover too.
I mea the WD literally stands for water displacement.
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.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hJNfu3PAWnw
For the uninitiated
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.
The guy above you is named "TacoTroubles". YOU'RE THE REASON FOR HIS TROUBLES!!!
I got one for my bike chain, then I found my old scooter in my parents garage and used some of the lube to bring it back to life for my kids. Then I got a used bike trailer from a garage sale and same thing, used some of the lube on the bearings and it rolls super nicely now. Then I got my old kids bike also from my parents garage, again, squirting liberal amounts of lube on all of the moving parts and it all moves nicely now. So magical!
Every. Damn. Time.
Edit: This and CLR. Descale one faucet, might as well do the rest!
Hell yeah!! CLR is next!!
One of the first things I do when I move into an apartment is lubricate all the squeaky door hinges (almost every hinge) and then until the end of the lease wonder why it seems like I'm the only person to ever do it. Last apartment I used the world's lightest bicycle chain lube because it was what I had on hand, I expected a few months of quiet at most and it was still going strong when I left.
I just moved into an apartment and have one squeaky door. It's already driving me nuts, I can't wait until I can fetch lubricant from my house. But, my downstairs neighbor has a ton of squeaky hinges and... Okay, honestly, that was the second sign that he is hard of hearing lol
Same. I did the whole apartment and for 7 years it was never an issue again.
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.
Why Teflon over graphite?
Team WD-40 here too; it's always worked well enough that I was happy thinking of it as a lubricant. I have an outdoor gate that needs doing soon, time to try out some of those recommendations...
Team WD-40 here too; it’s always worked well enough
For the first step to get old, hardened grease and dirt out of whatever you're lubricating, it's a good thing, because old grease can soak in it for a bit and soften up. But then flush with something that evaporates completely like brake cleaner and then as a third step use something like I recommended above. I love Würth HHS, it won't even fly off a motorbike chain, but other companies offer equivalent products by now.
Wife: stop lubricating everything
insert horrible joke about sex
You're next ( ͡ ͜ʖ ͡°)
You're*
It not only lubricates, it also penetrates (rust, according to the label).
She could be an agent for Big Rust. Trust no one
tRust no one, not even yourself
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.
WD40 don't lube shit!
Its good for getting seized things unstuck but you should always follow with a grease or oil after cleaning.
Getting into bicycling lead me down a rabbit hole of lubricants, anti-seeze compounds and grease.... I can't stop!
Tri-Flow is my go to in this house
Oddly enough, I kind of like the smell of it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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..
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.
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.
My front door squeaks but I haven't oiled it because it's nice to hear it from the back of the house.
I tend to put door stoppers to protect the wall. Sounds like you like yours half open or something. I'm sure there's something like a Silicon or rubber gasket you can put on the hinge to get it to stay in place.
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.
"Yes, dear" <gets out duct tape>
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.
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!
That's good advice I didn't think of, since I'm only really used to applying it to low-speed applications (as you said).
I'll be keeping this in mind, since I'm sure I'll need to lubricate my fans at some point and may have made a mistake down the line! Thanks a bunch.
Yes, 3 in 1 seems to be filtered vegetable oil from what I can see.
Just wait till you get some food-safe mineral oil. Cutting board, wooden spoons, coffee table ... You start to find wood everywhere.
Oh I got that too. Bought some nice wood cutting boards and the wife was putting them in the dishwasher like the plastic ones. They cracked...
Now I'm the only one allowed to wash/care for them.
This is also on top of me being the only one to wash the kitchen knives because she can't be bothered with all the steps.
Ooh, that's a great tip - I'm always on the lookout for opportunities to replace a plastic thing with a wooden upgrade so have plenty of wood around.
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.
Yes it's a pain. But that's for safety reasons. I've never had a spill!
Maybe we finally have an excuse to get one of those fun looking oil cans from the cartoons and dump it in there?
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.
I really almost got my pliers out to take out pins. But I was already off of task.
Wife knew i was working on the house but it was too quiet so she tracked me down.
I was trying to be sneaky but she still caught me!!
Graphite for door hinges surely?
White lithium garage door grease, actually. Work with what ya got, as pappy used to say
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.
Lubricating*
Fixed
I did the same but I used bike chain lube!
Ben Shapiro is on Lemmy?
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
This sewing machine / small mechanism oil is absolutely overkill for the job you're doing. Some small wd40 usually does it. Fun fact: this is also a good way to keep your tools rust free! It functions well on preventing rust.
Edit: it's not mineral oil or synthetic lubrificant is it?
Always put a small squeeze on your salad!
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.
Now that's a product idea. Multi purpose 3 in one oil, Lubricates, penetrates rust, cleans. Now in strawberry flavour.
She won't be needing it anymore after you say that to her
LOL