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Article #171Re: Oil for plastic laptop hinges
From: The Natural Philosopher
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:35
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:35
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john hamilton 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. > > 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. > > silicone spray.
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