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Article #194Re: Oil for plastic laptop hinges
From: Seerialmom
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:21
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:21
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On Aug 11, 3:08 am, "Arfa Daily" <arfa.da...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > "Shawn Hirn" <s...@comcast.net> wrote in message > > news:srhi-F33D9F.05530611082008@newsgroups.comcast.net... > > > > > > > In article <g7p10c$9h...@registered.motzarella.org>, > > "john hamilton" <blues...@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 suggest you contact Fujitsu's tech support to discuss this problem. > > Dry graphite lock lubricant, maybe ? A tint squirt of wax furniture polish ? > > Arfa- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Graphite...that's the stuff I was thinking of :) Worked great on my vinyl window track :)
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