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Sham 🏳️‍🌈shammers@mastodon.coffee
Sep 25, 2026, 2:51 PM
Using the right lubricants for things that move and are supposed to continue moving is very important. WD-40 is usually not this lubricant. To me, it's for breaking a nut/bolt loose and even then, there's better stuff.
I had extremely squeaky hinges on my studio door and I had tried a teflon lubricant, but that eventually dries up. It turns out that all I needed was sewing machine oil. Just a few drops and working it in. Those hinges haven't made a peep in weeks.
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Sham 🏳️‍🌈shammers@mastodon.coffee
Sep 25, 2026, 2:53 PM
Why the hell was my studio door so squeaky?
I have a large loaded vinyl sheet that hangs off the door and it's pretty damn heavy, but it significantly reduces sound going into and out of the room which is important. That causes some downward force on the hinges which makes them pretty noisy.
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Sham 🏳️‍🌈shammers@mastodon.coffee
Sep 25, 2026, 2:53 PM
On a somewhat related note, we need to re-hang all the doors and redo the frames in this house because of the DIY special the last people did on it all.
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Retret@furry.engineer
Sep 25, 2026, 3:09 PM
@shammers yup, WD40 usually isn’t the right lubricant, superglue (cyanoacrylate) usually isn’t the right adhesive. Things they should teach you in school eh?
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