Oil for plastic laptop hinges

[Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries]

§ńühwŘŁf wrote:

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:01:32 -0400, Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries aided th'
terraists with the following claims :

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries wrote:
§ńühwŘŁf wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:27:24 +0000, d aided th' terraists with the
following claims :


"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message

LUBRICATES
WD-40's lubricating ingredients are widely dispersed and hold to
all moving
parts. WD-40 does not contain silicone or other additives that
attract dust
and dirt.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

catchadisck cuts-n-pastes of the manufacturers website and think
he knows it all

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

WD40 is for using on seized metal joints and such or to dispel
water.

It's a right bodge solution, as the sticky film left behind is
highly efficent at trapping dirt and dust.

but you forte is your bodge solutions isn't it catchadickhead

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Calm down goofy. WD40 has tons of uses. We used to treat teh
dashboard of the work van and the door panels with it.
Its not "sticky". It *might* attract dust so a better alternative
woul be silicone spray. Like wot we use on our tredmill.
FYI

http://www.naturalhandyman.com/qa/qawd40.html

Yeh I saw this program on discovery channel about how they make it.

which links to:

http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infxtra/infwd40.html

and then there's this:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/wd-40.asp

ITS MADE OF DEAD WHALES!!!1111111!!!!!

Quick, call PETA.

I was one of them...in the 80s...

Did you see this:

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/06/what_happens_wh.php

You can watch the entire show here:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/24012/30-days-animal-rights

I have very mixed feelings about PETA--mostly not good ones--but I truly
enjoyed this show.

OMG!
But it has a nice fragrance...well...I like it.

My cats hate it.

So its NOT made of fish...

I use it mostly for removing extra sticky labels on items it can't
damage. On more delicate items, I use peanut butter.

Orange oil is good...but WILL eat some plastics, fyi.

That's why I use peanut butter. Never really considered using orange oil
to remove labels, but I do use it for other things.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries

"You know you can indict a ham sandwich if you want to."
William J. Martini, Judge, United States District Court

 

[Steve Firth]

Kadaitcha Man <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote:

You fucking stupid cunt.

Look at all the time you have posted to Usenet and you remain
clue-resistant.

 

"§ńühwŘŁf" <snuhwolf@netscape.net> wrote in message:

ITS MADE OF DEAD WHALES!!!1111111!!!!!

So its NOT made of fish...

Whales are not fish!

You missed some hair, shaving your legs, Wolfus.

HJ

 

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Kadaitcha Man wrote:
§ńühwŘŁf, ye stinking fat-mouth, thou art a boil, a plague sore, an
embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood, ye whimpered:

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:59:33 -1200, Kadaitcha Man aided th'
terraists with
the following claims :

§ùßhw¤£f, ye mouldy deformed thief, as I told you always, thy
self
and
thy brain go not together, ye announced:

d wrote:

"§ùßhwĂ~ÂŁf" <snuhwolf@netscape.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:27:24 +0000, d aided th' terraists with
the
following claims :


"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in
message

LUBRICATES
WD-40's lubricating ingredients are widely dispersed and hold
to
all
moving
parts. WD-40 does not contain silicone or other additives that
attract
dust
and dirt.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

catchadisck cuts-n-pastes of the manufacturers website and
think
he
knows
it all

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

WD40 is for using on seized metal joints and such or to dispel
water.

It's a right bodge solution, as the sticky film left behind is
highly
efficent at trapping dirt and dust.

but you forte is your bodge solutions isn't it catchadickhead

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Calm down goofy. WD40 has tons of uses. We used to treat teh
dashboard of
the work van and the door panels with it.
Its not "sticky". It *might* attract dust so a better
alternative
woul be
silicone spray. Like wot we use on our tredmill.
FYI

sorry, I was more interested in Katchadickhead's claim that he
know
all
about it after cut-n-pasting off the manufacturers website
when,obviously,
he has never used it in his life. After all , they won't let him
out
of the
cellar. Just wait till they find out he's gotton onto the
Internet.
He'll be
in for a paddling then !

strokes beard thoughtfuly
Hmmmm...are you in fact a sock of Buckys?
The orthograpics are *so* similar


It's doubtful. Fuckfaced InBreeder can't type a sentence without
referring
to piles of shit.

His scat fetish is his most endearing quality!



Make that "endearing defect" and I'll let it go. He has no qualities.

He's warming the bench with Honest John

Jealousy detected from Wolfus!

HJ

 

"§ńühw¤Łf" <snuhwolf@netscape.net> wrote in message
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honestjohn@centurytel.net wrote:

"§ńühwŘŁf" <snuhwolf@netscape.net> wrote in message:

ITS MADE OF DEAD WHALES!!!1111111!!!!!

So its NOT made of fish...


Whales are not fish!

No shit sherlock.

I wouldn't shit ya, son!

You missed some hair, shaving your legs, Wolfus.

HJ

You missed an opportunity to be interesting.

Oh No!

<boo hoo...sob>

HJ

 

[Larry]

"john hamilton" <bluestar@mail.invalid> wrote in message
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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.

***

Give the hinges a shot of Teflon spray. Long lasting & won't hurt plastic.
Shield the LCD screen just to be safe.
http://www.weicon.de/en/produkte/technische-sprays/schmieroele/teflon-spray.php

Larry

 

[Rod Speed]

Frank Erskine <frank.erskine@btinternet.com> wrote:

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:26:11 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
grimly4REMOVE@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Dave <davenpat@btopenworld.com
saying something like:

WD-40?s lubricating ingredients


are utter shite.

That's because the letters WD mean that it is a water dispersing
fluid, as a lubricant, it is utter shite that evaporates quite
quickly.

Which is exactly my point and one that Kai The Dysfunctional fails to grasp.

*Water* is virtually as effective a lubricant as WD-40.

Nope, nothing like it. Drys much more quickly for starters.

If you want a general lubricant, think in terms of conventional stuff such as 3-in-1 or Vaseline.

More specialised stuff includes graphite, PTFE, K-Y (!) and so on.

For penetrating oil, PlusGas takes a lot of beating.

Penetrol is an anti-rust stuff.

WD-40 attempts to do all these things, but long-term it fails.

And isnt great for plastics either.

 

[John Ferrier]

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.


WD40 is nasty stuff with most plastics. It seems to get inside the plastic
and
it disintegrates suddenly and catastrophically at a later date.

Radio Spares part number 175-5880 Special plastics grease

Hope that helps John.

 

[The Natural Philosopher]

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.

 

[Adrian C]

Rod Speed wrote:

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

It will break anyway. If ye have the pleasure of stripping down and
fixing Fujitsu Siemens laptops, you will be amazed how flimsy some of
the construction is - and how the lack of support compounds the
situation. I've never seen service manuals available.

--
Adrian C

 

[d]

"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message

LUBRICATES
WD-40's lubricating ingredients are widely dispersed and hold to all
moving
parts. WD-40 does not contain silicone or other additives that attract
dust
and dirt.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

catchadisck cuts-n-pastes of the manufacturers website and think he knows
it all

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

WD40 is for using on seized metal joints and such or to dispel water.

It's a right bodge solution, as the sticky film left behind is highly
efficent at trapping dirt and dust.

but you forte is your bodge solutions isn't it catchadickhead

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[d]

"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:q3f40y$unq$n@alt.books.nylons.net.brunei...

d, ye toilet-scrubbing doghearted daughter, o you beast, o faithless
coward, o dishonest wretch. Wilt thou be made a man out of my vice, ye
released:


"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message > Yet
another fucking moron.

LUBRICATES
WD-40's lubricating ingredients are widely dispersed and hold to all
moving
parts. WD-40 does not contain silicone or other additives that attract
dust
and dirt.

You've already cut-n-pasted tha<BITCHSLAP

You snipped the bit where it said "Yet another fucking moron." Perhaps
because you knew, or at least suspected, that it applied to you too.

Look again, typical of you.

You have no idea what your ranting about

hth

 

[d]

"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message

If you belive the claim is false, file a false advertising claim,
fuckhead.
There are strict laws against false advertising in Australia.

LOL Katchadickhead see's an advert on TV for fizzy drink

Goes to shop, buys it and complains when the rainbows and fairies fail to
appear when he opens it

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

LOLO<BITCHSLAP

<SLAPS BITCH BACK>

Calm down, k00ky. Calm down.

 

[d]

"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message

Really? I ride motorcycles and WD-40 is used for lubrication. It's
entirely
your own fault if you don't use the product to its full potential.

You use WD40 as a lubricant on a motorbike ? Well, good luck to you.

I use 10/40 oil, grease and copper grease.

The only time I use WD40 on a motorbike is on the electrics if they get
damp, and thats in an emergency.

WD40 is great for collecting grime over the electrics.

hth

 

[d]

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"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message

Really? I ride motorcycles and WD-40 is used for lubrication. It's
entirely
your own fault if you don't use the product to its full potential.

You use WD40 as a lubricant on a motorbike ? Well, good luck to you.

I use 10/40 oil, grease and copper grease.

The only time I use WD40 on a motorbike is on the electrics if they get
damp, and thats in an emergency.

Oh, I may use it to loosen siezed parts such as the brake cam and caliper
parts, because obviously you don't want to much slippery stuff around said
parts.

hth

 

[d]

"§ùßhwØ£f" <snuhwolf@netscape.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:27:24 +0000, d aided th' terraists with the
following claims :


"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message

LUBRICATES
WD-40's lubricating ingredients are widely dispersed and hold to all
moving
parts. WD-40 does not contain silicone or other additives that attract
dust
and dirt.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

catchadisck cuts-n-pastes of the manufacturers website and think he
knows
it all

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

WD40 is for using on seized metal joints and such or to dispel water.

It's a right bodge solution, as the sticky film left behind is highly
efficent at trapping dirt and dust.

but you forte is your bodge solutions isn't it catchadickhead

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Calm down goofy. WD40 has tons of uses. We used to treat teh dashboard of
the work van and the door panels with it.
Its not "sticky". It *might* attract dust so a better alternative woul be
silicone spray. Like wot we use on our tredmill.
FYI

sorry, I was more interested in Katchadickhead's claim that he know all
about it after cut-n-pasting off the manufacturers website when,obviously,
he has never used it in his life. After all , they won't let him out of the
cellar. Just wait till they find out he's gotton onto the Internet. He'll be
in for a paddling then !

 

[VanguardLH]

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.

Note: Following unrelated newsgroups removed from my reply:
misc.consumers.frugal-living
uk.d-i-y


WD-40
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40

FAQ page
http://www.wd40.com/faqs/#q8

I sincerely doubt that your laptop's plastic casing has been damaged as
others have insinuated. Because of low viscosity, WD-40 will drip away
and also evaporate away (due to the aromatic compounds) leaving behind
something akin to a shellac coating hence its claimed rust protection
due to the residue. As a lubricant, WD-40 works at first but then its
lubing effect wanes. While WD-40 is good at penetration and
displacement, it is only useful for temporary lubrication. The residue
left behind for rust prevention is not useful for friction reduction.
It is a "light" lubricant that also will remove existing lubricants.
For example, don't use it on your bicycle chain as the result will be
washing away the existing oil, it doesn't have enough viscosity to stay
in place, and you get metal-to-metal erosion.

Instead of WD-40, use a squeeze-tube applicator with needle (aka, a
"pen") for 3-In-One oil (also made by WD-40 company; see
http://www.3inone.com/faqs/), the multi-purpose blend. It won't wash
away existing lubricant and doesn't evaporate away over time to leave
behind a higher friction residue as does WD-40. See
http://www.wd40company.com/partners/msds/usa/ for the MSDS sheets.
Notice 3-in-one has nil volatiles while WD-40 has 74%. What you spray
on for immediate effect with WD-40 then evaporates away. The residue
left behind by WD-40 for rust protection is not what you want for lower
friction.

You could use silicone lube (but not now after you've already used
WD-40). While silicone grease is great (but requires applying to the
mating surfaces which means dismantling the hinges in your laptops),
silicone spray lube will have less than spectacular results. Works
great when applied but the hinge starts squeaking a week later (and
which wasn't squeaking before). If it has hexane, that damages some
plastics, like polypropylene. Check the ingredients as it is the other
"stuff" that might determine if you use that silicone lube product or
not. If you have to use a spray, put a paper towel behind to catch the
overspray, or oversoak an ear swab with the spray and use the swab on
the hinge. Silicone polymers will swell if exposed to hydrophobic
solvents (e.g., WD-40). Don't mix them. Unless you are going to
dismantle the laptop AND the hinge to thoroughly clean inside the hinge,
and since you already used WD-40, don't use a silicon spray. The
wetting agents in the silicon spray won't be sufficient to penetrate
into a constructed hinge to clean out the WD-40 still left inside.

 

[d]

"john hamilton" <bluestar@mail.invalid> wrote in message
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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.

If you can get the hinge covers of, you may find a few screws holding the
hinge-proper in place.

You could try loosening these, or even dismantling the hinge and cleaning
it. They will be metal parts,

You may find a manual for the laptop on the Fujitsu website.

THIS IS A PUBLIC SUGGESTION ANNOUNCEMENT !

 

"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.

I use this Teflon based dry lube around the house.
maybe try it?

http://www.amazon.com/DuPont-Multi-Use-Lubricant-Fluoropolymer-squeeze/dp/B00030BFEM

 

[d]

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"john hamilton" <bluestar@mail.invalid> wrote in message
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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.

If you can get the hinge covers of, you may find a few screws holding the
hinge-proper in place.

You could try loosening these, or even dismantling the hinge and cleaning
it. They will be metal parts,

You may find a manual for the laptop on the Fujitsu website.

p.s.

if u look at this ebay auction of a laptop hinge

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ADVENT-3087-LEFT-RIGHT-HINGES-MB127_W0QQitemZ220264193650QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220264193650&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318

the actual hinge is a pole underneath the black part in the middle.

Grease is used on it.

the WD40 may have degraded the grease.

I seem to semember that trying to loosen the screws was difficult.

It does need fixing though, because it puts pressure on the frame, screen
and surrounding plastics, causing cracks and eventually .....


THIS IS A PUBLIC SUGGESTION ANNOUNCEMENT !