What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades?
Presumably something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

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Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades?
Presumably something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

You can buy "proper" shredder oil, I tend to spray a sheet with silicone
oil aerosol, then shred that.

In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades?
Presumably something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

You can buy "proper" shredder oil, I tend to spray a sheet with silicone
oil aerosol, then shred that.

I've used silicone oil spray too on an older/cheap shredder that I
wasn't too woried about. It worked a real treat! Quietened it down a lot
too. So now as soon as it starts to have a hint of being a bit slow,
it gets another spraying.

(I turned the top upside down - put it in reverse, jammed a screwdriver
in the slot with the microswitch that stops it running when not in the
shredding basket and spray directly onto the blades...)

Gordon

On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:04:40 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades? Presumably something
that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

Paper shredder oil?

Only snag is the powdered paper them clumps, in my case jamming the paper
sensor. Strip down and clean every 18 months or so.

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On 03/06/2011 13:21, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:04:40 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades? Presumably something
that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

Paper shredder oil?

Only snag is the powdered paper them clumps, in my case jamming the paper
sensor. Strip down and clean every 18 months or so.

We only shred what really needs shredding. Eg. tear off the name
address, reference etc and only shred that. Divided the work out
shredder does by about 8.

On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:18:31 +0000 (UTC), Gordon Henderson
wrote:

In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades?
Presumably something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

You can buy "proper" shredder oil, I tend to spray a sheet with silicone
oil aerosol, then shred that.

I've used silicone oil spray too on an older/cheap shredder that I
wasn't too woried about. It worked a real treat! Quietened it down a lot
too. So now as soon as it starts to have a hint of being a bit slow,
it gets another spraying.

(I turned the top upside down - put it in reverse, jammed a screwdriver
in the slot with the microswitch that stops it running when not in the
shredding basket and spray directly onto the blades...)

Gordon

A shredder mechanic once told me that the best way to oil was to spray
WD40 thru the little red tube back and forth in the feed slot a few
times whilst feeding a few sheets of paper. He said that spraying the
paper before feeding didn't work as well as it would evaporate too
quickly. As to frequency, he suggested every five times the bin was
emptied (on the basis that the bigger the bin the stronger the
shredder).

On Jun 3, 10:04*am, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:
What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades?
Presumably something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

I use the same oil as my hair clippers.
Works for me.

On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:15:25 +0100, Invisible Man wrote:

On 03/06/2011 13:21, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:04:40 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades? Presumably
something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

Paper shredder oil?

Only snag is the powdered paper them clumps, in my case jamming the
paper sensor. Strip down and clean every 18 months or so.

We only shred what really needs shredding. Eg. tear off the name
address, reference etc and only shred that. Divided the work out
shredder does by about 8.

Most of what I shred isn't material like that...

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On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:18:31 +0000 (UTC), Gordon Henderson wrote:

(I turned the top upside down - put it in reverse, jammed a screwdriver
in the slot with the microswitch that stops it running when not in the
shredding basket and spray directly onto the blades...)

Check what the propellant is. I used some PTFE based dry lubricant on
mine spraying in whilst running. One **BANG** and fractured case
later I checked what the propellant was, can you guess?

--
Cheers
Dave.

Invisible Man wrote:

On 03/06/2011 13:21, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:04:40 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades? Presumably something
that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

Paper shredder oil?

Only snag is the powdered paper them clumps, in my case jamming the paper
sensor. Strip down and clean every 18 months or so.

We only shred what really needs shredding. Eg. tear off the name
address, reference etc and only shred that. Divided the work out
shredder does by about 8.

Not necessarily a good strategy.

Presumably you're shredding for privacy purposes, and your method
means that a fair proportion of the shredded paper is of 'high value'
- that is, contained information on it you regard as sensitive. This
would make it much easer to recover the shredded information.

One way round this is to also shred some other part of the document
that has a similar font and background, and when emptying the basket,
give everything a good mix.

Remember the US bug-out of Saigon? The Americans strip-shredded
everything they could, and threw it into the street. The new regime
simply collected it all, and spent months reassembling as much as they
could.

A good way of getting rid of shredded paper is to compost it. The
brindling worms love paper, and in our humble composter got through a
shredderful in less than a week.

TF

We only shred what really needs shredding. Eg. tear off the name
address, reference etc and only shred that. Divided the work out
shredder does by about 8.

+1

On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:09:29 +0100, Terry Fields wrote:

Invisible Man wrote:

On 03/06/2011 13:21, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:04:40 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades? Presumably something
that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

Paper shredder oil?

Only snag is the powdered paper them clumps, in my case jamming the paper
sensor. Strip down and clean every 18 months or so.

We only shred what really needs shredding. Eg. tear off the name
address, reference etc and only shred that. Divided the work out
shredder does by about 8.

Not necessarily a good strategy.

Presumably you're shredding for privacy purposes, and your method
means that a fair proportion of the shredded paper is of 'high value'
- that is, contained information on it you regard as sensitive. This
would make it much easer to recover the shredded information.

One way round this is to also shred some other part of the document
that has a similar font and background, and when emptying the basket,
give everything a good mix.

Remember the US bug-out of Saigon? The Americans strip-shredded
everything they could, and threw it into the street. The new regime
simply collected it all, and spent months reassembling as much as they
could.

A good way of getting rid of shredded paper is to compost it. The
brindling worms love paper, and in our humble composter got through a
shredderful in less than a week.

Your strategy is probably a worthwhile idea for a celebrity, where the
chances of scum sorting through your rubbish are higher than zero.
However, I too only shred stuff that identifies me - mainly to cut down
on the bulk of "shred" to be disposed of.
Since I'm not even slightly important and if any government wanted any
personal info, they'd have far more effective ways of getting it. I have
no worries about people trying to piece together little bits of cross-
shredded paper. All they'd get is names and addresses - some mine, some
from other people. It's a good policy that's commensurate with the value
of the information being disposed of.

On 04/06/2011 14:40, root wrote:
On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:09:29 +0100, Terry Fields wrote:

Invisible Man wrote:

On 03/06/2011 13:21, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:04:40 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades? Presumably something
that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?

Paper shredder oil?

Only snag is the powdered paper them clumps, in my case jamming the paper
sensor. Strip down and clean every 18 months or so.

We only shred what really needs shredding. Eg. tear off the name
address, reference etc and only shred that. Divided the work out
shredder does by about 8.

Not necessarily a good strategy.

Presumably you're shredding for privacy purposes, and your method
means that a fair proportion of the shredded paper is of 'high value'
- that is, contained information on it you regard as sensitive. This
would make it much easer to recover the shredded information.

One way round this is to also shred some other part of the document
that has a similar font and background, and when emptying the basket,
give everything a good mix.

Remember the US bug-out of Saigon? The Americans strip-shredded
everything they could, and threw it into the street. The new regime
simply collected it all, and spent months reassembling as much as they
could.

A good way of getting rid of shredded paper is to compost it. The
brindling worms love paper, and in our humble composter got through a
shredderful in less than a week.

Your strategy is probably a worthwhile idea for a celebrity, where the
chances of scum sorting through your rubbish are higher than zero.
However, I too only shred stuff that identifies me - mainly to cut down
on the bulk of "shred" to be disposed of.
Since I'm not even slightly important and if any government wanted any
personal info, they'd have far more effective ways of getting it. I have
no worries about people trying to piece together little bits of cross-
shredded paper. All they'd get is names and addresses - some mine, some
from other people. It's a good policy that's commensurate with the value
of the information being disposed of.

Similarly I have a cross cut shredder but nothing exciting or valuable
to worry too much about.

On 6/3/2011 9:04 PM, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades?
Presumably something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?


Reading this thread I'm amazed how many people think they have paper
that needs shredding. What sort of information is this that would
otherwise entice spies to dig through the rubbish bin, I wonder?

Gib Bogle wrote:

Reading this thread I'm amazed how many people think they have paper
that needs shredding. What sort of information is this that would
otherwise entice spies to dig through the rubbish bin, I wonder?

Err ... anything with name, address, account numbers (especially bank,
utilities and council correspondence) or don't you have identity theft
down there yet?

On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:39:34 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

Gib Bogle wrote:

Reading this thread I'm amazed how many people think they have paper
that needs shredding. What sort of information is this that would
otherwise entice spies to dig through the rubbish bin, I wonder?

Err ... anything with name, address, account numbers (especially bank,
utilities and council correspondence) or don't you have identity theft
down there yet?

I shred anything that might identify the bag as coming from my house. The
council love to slap large fines on for all sorts of things. For example,
someone round here put the bag out on the designated morning, the wind
got up and blew it a couple of hundred yards onto a main road where it
burst. They grovelled through, got her address and fined her.



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Gib Bogle :
Reading this thread I'm amazed how many people think they have paper
that needs shredding. What sort of information is this that would
otherwise entice spies to dig through the rubbish bin, I wonder?

Identity thieves.

I have very little that qualifies and I'd be happy just to burn it. But
SWMBO needs a good shredder for professional reasons, so I use that.

--
Mike Barnes

Bob Eager wrote:

I shred anything that might identify the bag as coming from my house. The
council love to slap large fines on for all sorts of things. For example,
someone round here put the bag out on the designated morning, the wind
got up and blew it a couple of hundred yards onto a main road where it
burst. They grovelled through, got her address and fined her.

They can't 'fine' her as they are not a court of law. They probably
invited (sic) her to pay a voluntary penalty, which she did.

She could have refused, and the chances are that the matter would have
been dropped.

"Can you tell the court what instructions the Council give about
putting out rubbish bags?"

"Yes. Put the bag out by 7am on the morning of collection at the edge
of the property nearest the road".

"And what instructions do you give for securing the bag from being
blown away by a high wind?"

"coughsplutter er....er....cough"

Round here the bin men sometimes start before 7am, meaning bins have
to be put out the night before. They'd never go to court on that
basis.

TF

On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:25:08 +0100, Terry Fields wrote:

Bob Eager wrote:

I shred anything that might identify the bag as coming from my house.
The council love to slap large fines on for all sorts of things. For
example, someone round here put the bag out on the designated morning,
the wind got up and blew it a couple of hundred yards onto a main road
where it burst. They grovelled through, got her address and fined her.

They can't 'fine' her as they are not a court of law. They probably
invited (sic) her to pay a voluntary penalty, which she did.

She could have refused, and the chances are that the matter would have
been dropped.

"Can you tell the court what instructions the Council give about putting
out rubbish bags?"

"Yes. Put the bag out by 7am on the morning of collection at the edge of
the property nearest the road".

"And what instructions do you give for securing the bag from being blown
away by a high wind?"

They said she should have weighted it down....!

(it was then pointed out that bin men refuse to lift weights). Yes, I
think she got away with it in the end, but I can do without the hassle.

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Bob Eager wrote:

On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:25:08 +0100, Terry Fields wrote:

Bob Eager wrote:

I shred anything that might identify the bag as coming from my house.
The council love to slap large fines on for all sorts of things. For
example, someone round here put the bag out on the designated morning,
the wind got up and blew it a couple of hundred yards onto a main road
where it burst. They grovelled through, got her address and fined her.

"And what instructions do you give for securing the bag from being blown
away by a high wind?"

They said she should have weighted it down....!

quoteThey would say that, wouldn't they/quote

(it was then pointed out that bin men refuse to lift weights). Yes, I
think she got away with it in the end, but I can do without the hassle.

It's always a good tactic to use their own words against them.



TF

In article , Gib Bogle wrote:
On 6/3/2011 9:04 PM, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades?
Presumably something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?


Reading this thread I'm amazed how many people think they have paper
that needs shredding. What sort of information is this that would
otherwise entice spies to dig through the rubbish bin, I wonder?

Customer credit card data.

WRT lubrication, I squirt ours with 3 in 1 aerosol once a month, we fill
the bin probably three times a week.

Current machine was a free replacement for one that seized solid, when I
phoned the company to thank them for the freebie I asked if there was
anything I should do to avoid the new one seizing I was told to, once or
twice a month, pour some regular cooking oil onto a sheet of paper and
shred that.

Justin.

--
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In article ,
Justin C writes:
In article , Gib Bogle wrote:
On 6/3/2011 9:04 PM, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades?
Presumably something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?


Reading this thread I'm amazed how many people think they have paper
that needs shredding. What sort of information is this that would
otherwise entice spies to dig through the rubbish bin, I wonder?

Customer credit card data.

WRT lubrication, I squirt ours with 3 in 1 aerosol once a month, we fill
the bin probably three times a week.

Current machine was a free replacement for one that seized solid, when I
phoned the company to thank them for the freebie I asked if there was
anything I should do to avoid the new one seizing I was told to, once or
twice a month, pour some regular cooking oil onto a sheet of paper and
shred that.

There a many types of cooking oil. Some set in air to form a solid
after being sticky for a while, some simply go off and smell.

I used silicone spray on a sheet of paper.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

On 6/6/2011 6:39 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
Gib Bogle wrote:

Reading this thread I'm amazed how many people think they have paper
that needs shredding. What sort of information is this that would
otherwise entice spies to dig through the rubbish bin, I wonder?

Err ... anything with name, address, account numbers (especially bank,
utilities and council correspondence) or don't you have identity theft
down there yet?

Not a serious issue, AFAIK.

In article , Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Justin C writes:
In article , Gib Bogle wrote:
On 6/3/2011 9:04 PM, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
What's a good lubricant for paper shredder blades?
Presumably something that won't cause the shreds to cling to them?


Reading this thread I'm amazed how many people think they have paper
that needs shredding. What sort of information is this that would
otherwise entice spies to dig through the rubbish bin, I wonder?

Customer credit card data.

WRT lubrication, I squirt ours with 3 in 1 aerosol once a month, we fill
the bin probably three times a week.

Current machine was a free replacement for one that seized solid, when I
phoned the company to thank them for the freebie I asked if there was
anything I should do to avoid the new one seizing I was told to, once or
twice a month, pour some regular cooking oil onto a sheet of paper and
shred that.

There a many types of cooking oil. Some set in air to form a solid
after being sticky for a while, some simply go off and smell.

I used silicone spray on a sheet of paper.

I didn't like the cooking oil suggestion either, hence the 3 in 1.

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.