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!
Every. Damn. Time.
Edit: This and CLR. Descale one faucet, might as well do the rest!
Hell yeah!! CLR is next!!
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…
I hope you replied “you’re next.”
LOL
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.
I need squeaky doors so I can monitor where everyone is in the house. symptom of some sorta trauma or something.
Always put a small squeeze on your salad!
WD40 sucks but damn is that gag great
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hJNfu3PAWnw
For the uninitiated
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 lubeI 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.
Great adhesive remover too.
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!
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.
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.
My front door squeaks but I haven’t oiled it because it’s nice to hear it from the back of the house.
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?
Ben Shapiro is on Lemmy?
I did the same but I used bike chain lube!
She could be an agent for Big Rust. Trust no one
tRust no one, not even yourself
The hero we need. Every apartment complex has a handful of squeaky doors.
Kid named rust
