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Re: Oil for plastic laptop hinges

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From: Gordon
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:56
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"john hamilton" <bluestar@mail.invalid> wrote in
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> 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. 
> 
> 

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