Re: Oil for plastic laptop hinges

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:53

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john hamilton <bluestar@mail.invalid> wrote:

> 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.

And is bad for the plastic.

> We are afraid to use ordinary oil as we thought it might effect the plastic.

So does WD-40.

> We were thinking of using olive oil, but somebody has told
> us that olive oil 'degrades' and goes sticky, over time.

Correct.

> 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.

Bad for the plastic too.

> Does anyone know what would be a suitable and safe lubricant in this case?

Silicone oil.

> Since we dont want to cause any problems with the plastic on this lap top.

Yep, if you degrade the plastic, it will break.

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