WD-40 & Silicone Spray. When is one better over the other?

Holy Crikey · 2006-10-05T01:03:13+00:00

I have squeaking front and garage entrance door hinges in my house Ineed to spray with lubrication during the winter because it gets soloud. I used WD-40 a couple of times, but the irritating noise wouldcome back only after a few days.Someone told me to give silicone spray a try, so I might do that, butthought I'd pose a question in here to learn when using one over theother is better.Is metal on metal contact for WD-40 and the silicone spray foreverything else? Please clarify. Thanks!

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eiger3970 13 years ago

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eiger3970 wrote: My first post on here. What a fascinating, lengthy discussion about WD40 and silicon spray. I'm quite amazed and had to respond.

I'm still confused and all I want to do is lubricate my driver's seat belt which sticks, rather than winding itself back in?

My Toyota Corolla Ascent 2003 local wreckers people suggested silicon spray which is a first for me. My dad always said to use WD-40, but that was in the stone age before access to a world knowledge base.

I would really like a definitive list comparison of points. If/when I have time I'll make it up, but for now I might try an Internet search for: Lubricants for seat belts.

Thanks for the entertaining fights too ;-)

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Tony Hwang 13 years ago

Hi, All I know is WD-40 is not a lubricant. It's solvent loosening things up and cleaning.

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Don Phillipson 13 years ago

"eiger3970" wrote in message news:74fd3$50e88281$45499b77$ snipped-for-privacy@news.flashnewsgroups.com...

Why consult a wrecking yard when the world is full of factory-trained Toyota servicemen?

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Doug Miller 13 years ago

Tony Hwang wrote in news:0V1Gs.96594$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe05.iad:

Here we go again... WD-40 is *both* a lubricant and a solvent. Look up the MSDS. There *is* oil in it.

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gregz 13 years ago

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> My first post on here.

Your talking about lubrication the belt ? I use silicone which works for a while. Best to clean and dry first with degreaser.

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Ed Pawlowski 13 years ago

Orange juice can be a lubricant. WD-40 is better for most applications though. It definitely meets the definition of lubricant. It may or may not fit your needs, but it will lubricate.

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Ed Pawlowski 13 years ago

MSDS. There *is*

Fish oil in proper amounts will lubricate your digestive tract.

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Tony Hwang 13 years ago

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The Daring Dufas 13 years ago

MSDS. There *is*

When I was in college, I worked the night shift at a military ordnance factory that manufactured the clockwork like safety fuses for artillery shells, the mechanism was lubricated with WD-40. ^_^

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harry 13 years ago

5.iad:

the MSDS. There *is*

All you need to know about it here.

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All but half wits know there is a lubricant in it. Half wits because everything is so easy to check out these days.

You can make your own, all you need is kerosine or diesel fuel mixed with engine oil.

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Stormin Mormon 13 years ago

Spraying the seat belt probably won't do much good, if the roller mechanism is binding.

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> My first post on here.

Your talking about lubrication the belt ? I use silicone which works for a while. Best to clean and dry first with degreaser.

Greg

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cdc488 12 years ago

TRY JIG-A-LOO Invisible Silicone Dry Spray. Orange can, JIG1601

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dgoforit 11 years ago

You can use it, may have to spray it once or twice a year but Silicone Lub es will not attract dirt/dust(a problem when using grease/oil) and will kee p things quiet(more than a few days). People are stating somethings that a re all in the past when WD40 only had Penetrating Spray.

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