Back in the 90's I had an office chair that made the most awful screeching noise (Freddy Kruger at a chalkboard bad). We tried everything to lubricate that chair. WD-40, dry silicon, heavy moly grease... Nothing worked, until in desperation, we tried the last thing we could come up with.
Kraft American cheese. It worked like a charm, and silenced the screech for more than a year.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @07:20PM (#49826695)
You heard wrong. wd40 is about 1/4 petroleum oil, with other volatile hydrocarbons to penetrate and act as the oil carrier/dissolving agent. It is not generally noted for it's squeak inducing lack of lubrication.
You missed the point. Yes, it lubricates, but only temporarily. Its purpose is to break down other lipids. In the long run, it causes more problems than it fixes, in terms of lubrication.
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CheeseLube (tm) (Score:1)
Back in the 90's I had an office chair that made the most awful screeching noise (Freddy Kruger at a chalkboard bad). We tried everything to lubricate that chair. WD-40, dry silicon, heavy moly grease... Nothing worked, until in desperation, we tried the last thing we could come up with.
Kraft American cheese. It worked like a charm, and silenced the screech for more than a year.
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I've heard that WD-40 is not a lubricant and so was probably the cause of failure for all subsequent attempts.
Re:CheeseLube (tm) (Score:0)
You heard wrong. wd40 is about 1/4 petroleum oil, with other volatile hydrocarbons to penetrate and act as the oil carrier/dissolving agent.
It is not generally noted for it's squeak inducing lack of lubrication.
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You missed the point. Yes, it lubricates, but only temporarily. Its purpose is to break down other lipids. In the long run, it causes more problems than it fixes, in terms of lubrication.