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Article #186Re: Oil for plastic laptop hinges
From: GregS
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:56
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:56
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In article <g7p10c$9hg$1@registered.motzarella.org>, "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. > >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. CRC 2-26 CRC 2-26 CRC 2-26 CRC 2-26 CRC 2-26 CRC 2-26 TRY getting it at The Home Depot. http://www.crcindustries.com/faxdocs/TCHDTA/101.pdf
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