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 did the same but I used bike chain lube!
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.
LOL
WD40 sucks but damn is that gag great
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.
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!
The guy above you is named “TacoTroubles”. YOU’RE THE REASON FOR HIS TROUBLES!!!
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
Once you do yours, go down and offer to do his, using the “I’m having fun lubricating hinges and I’ve run out of doors” excuse.
Btw, age related hearing loss often starts with those high notes, so use your manly voice with him.
I fucking love this place. Nowhere else on the Internet would someone suggest using the
“I’m having fun lubricating hinges and I’ve run out of doors” excuse.
I’m here for it, you guys are all awesome, lubricate ALL the hinges!
That second bit would be great advice if I wasn’t AFAB or a person who loses their voice when asked to repeat themselves xD
It’s okay, it’s not appropriation or anything
My voice is really high, was what I was trying to say lmao
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.
But then I wouldn’t get to do it as often! As OP knows, it’s a very satisfying chore.
I’m only half joking, and good ol’ Water Displacement, 40th formula is marvellous jack-of-all-trades. I also have gaffer tape.
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).
I need squeaky doors so I can monitor where everyone is in the house. symptom of some sorta trauma or something.
She could be an agent for Big Rust. Trust no one
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
Yeap. Bicycling taught me about lubricants too!
WD-40 is mostly solvents with a bit of oil. It’s not meant as a long-term lubricant.
Oddly enough, I kind of like the smell of it.
Same, smells like less squeaking!
I used to be a huge biking enthusiast. Smells like childhood to me!
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!
