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Blinds hard to open, can I lube with silicone?
I have the cheapo window blinds from Borg Depot. These things are notorious for becomeing harder and harder to open. Strong ratcheting sound as the spinning mechanism that the strings pull against rub against the plastic. How do I lube metal-on-plastic parts like that? Certainly not a hydrocarbon based lube....that could eat the plastic, right? Will silicone oose out and make a mess of the string? -- I'm pretty sure that I'm not the man from Nantucket... |
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"Meat Plow" wrote in message ... On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:55:41 +0000, Thomas G. Marshall wrote: I have the cheapo window blinds from Borg Depot. These things are notorious for becomeing harder and harder to open. Strong ratcheting sound as the spinning mechanism that the strings pull against rub against the plastic. How do I lube metal-on-plastic parts like that? Certainly not a hydrocarbon based lube....that could eat the plastic, right? Will silicone oose out and make a mess of the string? Try a dab of lithium, you got nothing to lose at this point. Are you talking about the medication?  |
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Blinds hard to open, can I lube with silicone?
On Jun 9, 8:55 am, "Thomas G. Marshall"
. com wrote: I have the cheapo window blinds from Borg Depot. These things are notorious for becomeing harder and harder to open. Strong ratcheting sound as the spinning mechanism that the strings pull against rub against the plastic. How do I lube metal-on-plastic parts like that? Certainly not a hydrocarbon based lube....that could eat the plastic, right? Will silicone oose out and make a mess of the string? -- I'm pretty sure that I'm not the man from Nantucket... At $3.65 for the smaller sizes, and around $6 for the larger, why even bother? At that price, I replace the ones on my rentals between tenants when they are dirty. JK |
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Blinds hard to open, can I lube with silicone?
be sure they are completely open before opening "Big_Jake" wrote in message ps.com... On Jun 9, 8:55 am, "Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote: I have the cheapo window blinds from Borg Depot. These things are notorious for becomeing harder and harder to open. Strong ratcheting sound as the spinning mechanism that the strings pull against rub against the plastic. How do I lube metal-on-plastic parts like that? Certainly not a hydrocarbon based lube....that could eat the plastic, right? Will silicone oose out and make a mess of the string? -- I'm pretty sure that I'm not the man from Nantucket... At $3.65 for the smaller sizes, and around $6 for the larger, why even bother? At that price, I replace the ones on my rentals between tenants when they are dirty. JK |
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Blinds hard to open, can I lube with silicone?
On Jun 9, 1:20 pm, "JMJ" wrote:
be sure they are completely open before opening "Big_Jake" wrote in message ps.com... On Jun 9, 8:55 am, "Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote: I have the cheapo window blinds from Borg Depot. These things are notorious for becomeing harder and harder to open. Strong ratcheting sound as the spinning mechanism that the strings pull against rub against the plastic. How do I lube metal-on-plastic parts like that? Certainly not a hydrocarbon based lube....that could eat the plastic, right? Will silicone oose out and make a mess of the string? -- I'm pretty sure that I'm not the man from Nantucket... At $3.65 for the smaller sizes, and around $6 for the larger, why even bother? At that price, I replace the ones on my rentals between tenants when they are dirty. JK Be sure they are open before opening?? JK |
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Big_Jake said something like:
On Jun 9, 1:20 pm, "JMJ" wrote: be sure they are completely open before opening "Big_Jake" wrote in message ps.com... On Jun 9, 8:55 am, "Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote: I have the cheapo window blinds from Borg Depot. These things are notorious for becomeing harder and harder to open. Strong ratcheting sound as the spinning mechanism that the strings pull against rub against the plastic. How do I lube metal-on-plastic parts like that? Certainly not a hydrocarbon based lube....that could eat the plastic, right? Will silicone oose out and make a mess of the string? -- I'm pretty sure that I'm not the man from Nantucket... At $3.65 for the smaller sizes, and around $6 for the larger, why even bother? At that price, I replace the ones on my rentals between tenants when they are dirty. JK Be sure they are open before opening?? JK ....and another case made for bottom posting made... -- "So I just, uh... I just cut them up like regular chickens?" "Sure, just cut them up like regular chickens." |
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Blinds hard to open, can I lube with silicone?
Thomas G. Marshall said something like:
Big_Jake said something like: On Jun 9, 1:20 pm, "JMJ" wrote: be sure they are completely open before opening "Big_Jake" wrote in message ps.com... On Jun 9, 8:55 am, "Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote: I have the cheapo window blinds from Borg Depot. These things are notorious for becomeing harder and harder to open. Strong ratcheting sound as the spinning mechanism that the strings pull against rub against the plastic. How do I lube metal-on-plastic parts like that? Certainly not a hydrocarbon based lube....that could eat the plastic, right? Will silicone oose out and make a mess of the string? -- I'm pretty sure that I'm not the man from Nantucket... At $3.65 for the smaller sizes, and around $6 for the larger, why even bother? At that price, I replace the ones on my rentals between tenants when they are dirty. JK Be sure they are open before opening?? JK ...and another case made for bottom posting made... ....and another case made for correct grammar... Criminey, some days... -- "So I just, uh... I just cut them up like regular chickens?" "Sure, just cut them up like regular chickens." |
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Blinds hard to open, can I lube with silicone?
On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:37:41 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"
. com wrote: Big_Jake said something like: On Jun 9, 1:20 pm, "JMJ" wrote: be sure they are completely open before opening "Big_Jake" wrote in message ps.com... On Jun 9, 8:55 am, "Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote: I have the cheapo window blinds from Borg Depot. These things are notorious for becomeing harder and harder to open. Strong ratcheting sound as the spinning mechanism that the strings pull against rub against the plastic. How do I lube metal-on-plastic parts like that? Certainly not a hydrocarbon based lube....that could eat the plastic, right? Will silicone oose out and make a mess of the string? -- I'm pretty sure that I'm not the man from Nantucket... At $3.65 for the smaller sizes, and around $6 for the larger, why even bother? At that price, I replace the ones on my rentals between tenants when they are dirty. JK Be sure they are open before opening?? And be sure they are closed before closing?? JK ...and another case made for bottom posting made... Yes. |
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Blinds hard to open, can I lube with silicone?
"Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote in message news:xjyai.526$wL5.517@trndny04... I have the cheapo window blinds from Borg Depot. These things are notorious for becomeing harder and harder to open. Strong ratcheting sound as the spinning mechanism that the strings pull against rub against the plastic. How do I lube metal-on-plastic parts like that? Certainly not a hydrocarbon based lube....that could eat the plastic, right? Will silicone oose out and make a mess of the string? -- I'm pretty sure that I'm not the man from Nantucket... Spray silicone won't hurt anything and is the only product you can safely use. Since you mentioned cord. Are these wand or cord tilt? If they are the 1" vinyl just trash them and buy some more. The 2" faux wood is worth a modest amount of effort. If this is a vertical blind, liberally spray the inside of the headrail and that will almost always solve the problem. Will be glad to follow up on this if you post more detailed info. Colbyt |
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