easier to rub on there without dripping for wood slides - wax works as well. any type of lubricant that is appropriate for the slides will work, but wd40 is not a lubricant. if you want them to be smooth, get some superlube and your drawers will be flyin' <3
Yup, very old wooden drawers. They don't even have a runner, they're effectively just a wooden box sliding on a wooden shelf, so loads of friction. Part of why I'd delayed was because I wanted to sand them down and use some proper wax... but never seem to have the time. The soap took 2 minutes and made a huge difference.
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TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 1y
AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
easier to rub on there without dripping for wood slides - wax works as well. any type of lubricant that is appropriate for the slides will work, but wd40 is not a lubricant. if you want them to be smooth, get some superlube and your drawers will be flyin' <3
ODGreen@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 1y
WD-40 is a rather poor lubricant. Maybe OP is also talking about wooden drawers or somewhere food is stored? In those cases I'd not use WD-40 either.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
ODGreen@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 1y
I'm a fan of using 3-in-1 oil for most things. Should be good for metal tracks.
Not food safe though. Not sure what to use on kitchen drawers.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 1y
3-in-1
You're not lubing silverware, or eating off the tracks, right?
ODGreen@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
Good point. But I don't know how it'd off-gas or if it'd leak onto stuff.
Acamon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Yup, very old wooden drawers. They don't even have a runner, they're effectively just a wooden box sliding on a wooden shelf, so loads of friction. Part of why I'd delayed was because I wanted to sand them down and use some proper wax... but never seem to have the time. The soap took 2 minutes and made a huge difference.
Bravebellows@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Now that's a soap opera!