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.
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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!!
Lubricating*
Fixed
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.
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?
Wd40 is not a lubricant. It's water displacement. Hence the wd.
I know. Unless you have really humid and rusty doors you shouldn't even need lubrification. I personally I have never needed precise lubrification for doors. But that wd40 oh yes i needed it.
My basement humidity is 85% so yeah. Humid.
I got a big boy dehumidifier but I'm looking to get a proper system to help with it.
This is just my go to bottle I've had for probably ten years. Use what you have on hand.
One guy in the comments uses petroleum jelly for crying out loud.
Always put a small squeeze on your salad!