Oil for plastic laptop hinges

[newshound]

Silicone, as used for plumbing fittings

[NOSPAMnet]

I'm surprised no-one has been along to tell you to stop doing unmentionable things over your laptop.!!!!!!!!! :-)

[Jeff Liebermann]

Any particular model Fujitsu? All the one's that I've seen have metal hinges buried under the plastic hinge cover.

Big mess, doesn't stay put, drips, and doesn't last. Also eats some plastics.

True. Same with most vegetable oils.

Dunno.

Silicon lube should work. However, I would use soap. That's common ordinary soap flakes or shredded Ivory brand soap bars. That's what I use for doors, hinges, screws, cd trays, and any place where I need a no-mess lube job.

Also, I would look a bit more carefully at the hinge you're attempting to lube, and see if you're not shaving plastic as it moves. The plastic chips will imbed themselves into the pivot area and eventually jam the hinge. Just cleaning out the crud might be sufficient to make the hinge work normally.

[Seerialmom]

Haven't read the rest of these so there could be duplicates. I'd try some of that locksmith powdered slate; for the life of me I can't think of the "name".

[Seerialmom]

Graphite...that's the stuff I was thinking of :) Worked great on my vinyl window track :)

[jakdedert]

Nobody wanted to mention it....

jak

[Gordon]

"john hamilton" wrote in news:g7p10c$9hg$ [e-mail]:

Do you have a hobby shop in your area? Esp. one that caters to Model railroaders? You can buy a Plastics Compatible Lube there.

[Jamie]

Powdered Graphite..

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[Tekkie®]

john hamilton posted for all of us...

Tri-flow or White Lightening

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

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

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

[Larry]

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.

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Give the hinges a shot of Teflon spray. Long lasting & won't hurt plastic. Shield the LCD screen just to be safe.

[Frank Erskine]

*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.