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Default Lubricate with regular oil or WD-40

On Oct 13, 11:11*am, lbbss wrote:
I've googled this topic and there is two opinions out there. * Some
say use regular oil because it last longer, others say use wd-40
because it does not collect dust, which will gum up and create
problems. * *Any ideas which is better?


Better for what?

In general, WD-40 is *not* a great lubricant. It's a pretty good
cleaner, a decent rust inhibitor - if renewed regularly - and not bad
for stopping squeaks in hinges, etc. but as a lubricant it ranks
pretty low on the totem pole.

I'd argue that there isn't really one perfect lubricant for all
applications. What is it that you are planning to lubriacte?