On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 18:22:16 UTC, Mark Thorson wrote:

Alan wrote:

(1) to avoid the oil dripping off the blades soon
(2) to have enough lubricant powert os top wear
(3) to avoid holding paper dust such that over time it becomes congealed.

Number 3 is pretty important. The combination of
lubricant and paper dust is very abrasive to
machinery. This was a big problem during the
days of punched cards.

I just use the real shredder oil - it's much cheaper than a new
shredder.

I did find that congealed paper dust caused a problem once, after about
3-4 years' use. It caused the paper sensor on the input slot to jam so
that the motor ran all the time. A strip down and clean took just a few
minutes.
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