Petroleum Jelly On Door Hinges

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Petroleum jelly on door hinges.

Bar soap just rub it on your hinges until they are coated. A bit of petroleum jelly on a door hinge can take away that annoying squeak. 4 squirt a drop of penetrating lubricant rated for use on refrigerators or petroleum jelly into the hinges with a needle oiler. Though it is easy to clean.

After all the hinges have been lubricated open and close the door a few times to work the petroleum jelly into the hinge joints. Petroleum jelly remove the pin from your hinge and cover it in petroleum jelly before reinserting. So not a good long term solution i guess. Lift the door completely from its hinges and lean it against a wall.

Paraffin candles remove the pin from your hinges and rub hot wax onto it before reinserting. You just have to put some petroleum jelly onto the outside. This process is also a bit messy. A little petroleum jelly will rid the hinge of that annoying wail.

But it dries out very quickly. However petroleum jelly only works for a short time. You have to lubricant it every now and then. It takes 30 seconds to stop and lasts around 10 days.

The petroleum jelly works its way into the hinge and adheres well so it won t run off and make a mess like oil or other lubricants. This is also a quick to apply lubricant. A small amount of petroleum jelly works for many days. Often petroleum jelly got stuck to the wooden door.

Also the petroleum jelly is very sensitive to the heat. Photos 1 and 2 show how to punch out a hinge pin and grease it up.