OT Ranting (blather blather blather) Re: In defense of NASA: was Re: Wirin' up blinkenlights

From: John Wilson <wilson_at_dbit.dbit.com>
Date: Sat Jun 10 10:40:59 2000

On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 11:19:16PM -0000, Eric Smith wrote:
>Part of it is probably that people who would *like* to be clueful about
>such things don't know what is should actually be used for (if anything).

WD40 seems to work OK for lube while honing cylinders in car engines.
But it doesn't have to hang around long for that...

Can anyone suggest a spray lube that *is* a good permanent lube? The one
riveted hinge on the back door to my house squeaks a lot, and of course
there's no hole to dribble real live oil in (if I had designed it, there'd
be a grease nipple, but no one ever asks me!). WD40 fixes it for a few
months at a stretch, but the NON-riveted hinges have been totally silent
ever since I packed them with wheel bearing grease, years ago.

John Wilson
D Bit
Received on Sat Jun 10 2000 - 10:40:59 BST