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 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
Nah she’s used to me teasing her like that. She’d just call me stupid and walk away.
LOL
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 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!!!
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.
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…
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
Yeap. Bicycling taught me about lubricants too!
Yeah I used WD-40 on a bicycle 2 times, both times it worked for 3 minutes and then it made it much worse. Especially with the chain, grease is indefinitely better for that purpose
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!
The hero we need. Every apartment complex has a handful of squeaky doors.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Mine has a label maker and she labels all the things like cabinets, totes and shit. It’s nice.
