We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Dave
saying something like:

WD-40?s lubricating ingredients


are utter ****e.

That's because the letters WD mean that it is a water dispersing fluid,
as a lubricant, it is utter ****e that evaporates quite quickly.

Which is exactly my point and one that Kai The Dysfunctional fails to
grasp.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

"john hamilton" wrote in message
...
The hinges on our Fujitsu laptop screen appear to be 'all' plastic and they
get very 'difficult to move' making the screen difficult to fold up and
down.

We have have tried 'WD-40', but that seems effective for only a very short
time.

We are afraid to use ordinary oil as we thought it might effect the plastic.
We were thinking of using olive oil, but somebody has told us that olive oil
'degrades' and goes sticky, over time.

We have got some Camellia oil that was given to us, and it's made from
Camellias and it comes from Japan and is suppose not to 'degrade'. Still
it's an unknown quantity to us.

Does anyone know what would be a suitable and safe lubricant in this case?
Since we dont want to cause any problems with the plastic on this lap top.
Grateful for any suggestions, thanks.

***

Give the hinges a shot of Teflon spray. Long lasting & won't hurt plastic.
Shield the LCD screen just to be safe.
http://www.weicon.de/en/produkte/tec...flon-spray.php

Larry

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:26:11 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Dave
saying something like:

WD-40?s lubricating ingredients


are utter ****e.

That's because the letters WD mean that it is a water dispersing fluid,
as a lubricant, it is utter ****e that evaporates quite quickly.

Which is exactly my point and one that Kai The Dysfunctional fails to
grasp.

*Water* is virtually as effective a lubricant as WD-40.

If you want a general lubricant, think in terms of conventional stuff
such as 3-in-1 or Vaseline.

More specialised stuff includes graphite, PTFE, K-Y (!) and so on.

For penetrating oil, PlusGas takes a lot of beating.

Penetrol is an anti-rust stuff.


WD-40 attempts to do all these things, but long-term it fails.

--
Frank Erskine

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:26:11 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Dave
saying something like:

WD-40?s lubricating ingredients


are utter ****e.

That's because the letters WD mean that it is a water dispersing
fluid, as a lubricant, it is utter ****e that evaporates quite
quickly.

Which is exactly my point and one that Kai The Dysfunctional fails to grasp.

*Water* is virtually as effective a lubricant as WD-40.

Nope, nothing like it. Drys much more quickly for starters.

If you want a general lubricant, think in terms of conventional stuff such as 3-in-1 or Vaseline.

More specialised stuff includes graphite, PTFE, K-Y (!) and so on.

For penetrating oil, PlusGas takes a lot of beating.

Penetrol is an anti-rust stuff.

WD-40 attempts to do all these things, but long-term it fails.

And isnt great for plastics either.

Rod Speed wrote:
john hamilton wrote:

The hinges on our Fujitsu laptop screen appear to be 'all' plastic and they get very 'difficult to move' making the
screen difficult to fold up and down.

We have have tried 'WD-40', but that seems effective for only a very short time.

And is bad for the plastic.

We are afraid to use ordinary oil as we thought it might effect the plastic.

So does WD-40.


WD40 is nasty stuff with most plastics. It seems to get inside the plastic and
it disintegrates suddenly and catastrophically at a later date.

-- JJ

get very 'difficult to move' making the
screen difficult to fold up and down.

We have have tried 'WD-40', but that seems effective for only a very
short time.

And is bad for the plastic.

We are afraid to use ordinary oil as we thought it might effect the
plastic.

So does WD-40.


WD40 is nasty stuff with most plastics. It seems to get inside the plastic
and
it disintegrates suddenly and catastrophically at a later date.


Radio Spares part number 175-5880 Special plastics grease

Hope that helps John.