What type of lube is best to use for the blades on a cross-cut shredder?

I have all sorts of lube in my home workshop and I don't want to go and
buy some special shredder oil if it's hardly any different to what I've
got.

http://inkandstuff2.co.uk/images/bb35250.jpg
http://www.buyonlinenow.com/images/fullsize/NEW-GBC1760049.JPG
http://www.discountshredders.com/596...redderAccessor
y.Aerosollarge.jpg


Is a silicon/PTFE spray the sort of thing I should use? (See the last
image above)

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:40:31 +0100, Lars wrote:

What type of lube is best to use for the blades on a cross-cut shredder?

I have all sorts of lube in my home workshop and I don't want to go and
buy some special shredder oil if it's hardly any different to what I've
got.

http://inkandstuff2.co.uk/images/bb35250.jpg
http://www.buyonlinenow.com/images/fullsize/NEW-GBC1760049.JPG
http://www.discountshredders.com/596...redderAccessor
y.Aerosollarge.jpg


Is a silicon/PTFE spray the sort of thing I should use? (See the last
image above)

WD 40

Regards
JonH

Lars wrote:

What type of lube is best to use for the blades on a cross-cut shredder?

Is a silicon/PTFE spray the sort of thing I should use? (See the last
image above)


PTFE spray is what I use on mine.


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Lars wrote:
What type of lube is best to use for the blades on a cross-cut
shredder?

We use pound shop 3in1 equiv for the work shredder, which seems quite happy
on that diet

Lars wrote:
What type of lube is best to use for the blades on a cross-cut shredder?

I have all sorts of lube in my home workshop and I don't want to go and
buy some special shredder oil if it's hardly any different to what I've
got.
Just use any old oil or grease. I use some spray-on lithium grease -
works like a charm.

For safety reasons it's to apply the lubricant to a sheet of paper (if
it's a very light spray like WD40 allow it to evaporate a bit) and then
shred it.

Don't do what I did the first time - and just spray the stuff into the
slot - or at least, if you do, unplug it first. By the time, the little
straw triggered the sensor on mine, a nice explosive mixture had
developed around the motor. Left me with quite a lot less hair and eyebrows.

On 12 Aug 2006, wrote:

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:40:31 +0100, Lars wrote:

What type of lube is best to use for the blades on a cross-cut
shredder?

I have all sorts of lube in my home workshop and I don't want to go
and buy some special shredder oil if it's hardly any different to
what I've got.

http://inkandstuff2.co.uk/images/bb35250.jpg
http://www.buyonlinenow.com/images/fullsize/NEW-GBC1760049.JPG

http://www.discountshredders.com/596...s.ShredderAcce
ssor y.Aerosollarge.jpg


Is a silicon/PTFE spray the sort of thing I should use? (See the
last image above)

WD 40


Says here not to use WD40.

http://www.factory-express.com/blog/...-to-oil-paper-
shredder.html

On 13 Aug 2006, wrote:

Lars wrote:
What type of lube is best to use for the blades on a cross-cut
shredder?

I have all sorts of lube in my home workshop and I don't want to
go and buy some special shredder oil if it's hardly any different
to what I've got.
Just use any old oil or grease. I use some spray-on lithium grease
- works like a charm.

For safety reasons it's to apply the lubricant to a sheet of paper
(if it's a very light spray like WD40 allow it to evaporate a bit)
and then shred it.

Don't do what I did the first time - and just spray the stuff into
the slot - or at least, if you do, unplug it first. By the time,
the little straw triggered the sensor on mine, a nice explosive
mixture had developed around the motor. Left me with quite a lot
less hair and eyebrows.


!!! Wow.

The message
from Alex Coleman contains these words:

WD 40


Says here not to use WD40.

Not surprised - it isn't a very good lubricant and was never designed as one.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On 14 Aug 2006, Guy wrote:

The message
from Alex Coleman contains these words:

WD 40


Says here not to use WD40.

Not surprised - it isn't a very good lubricant and was never
designed as one.



There was a lomg thread about this less than a year ago.

But don't these manufacturers keep changing the formulation of their
oils such that WD40 could be very different now.

One thread from 1998 found that WD40 was actually classified as a
solvent back then.

But maybe it is now more than a water displacer and even does a job
of lubing?