Re: Oil for plastic laptop hinges

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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:41

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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:32:50 +0100, "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. 
>

I'm surprised no-one has been along to tell you to stop doing
unmentionable things over your laptop.!!!!!!!!! :-)

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