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01-20-2011, 06:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Queen Creek AZ | | | Screw lube?
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I was taking the screws out of this cheapo bass I aquired was less than pleasent. I can only imaging putting them in will be awful. So what is the best/cheapest screw lube that works for wood and steel? |
01-20-2011, 06:31 PM
|  | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY & MA | | | I've used candle wax or Chapstick with good success. |
01-20-2011, 06:34 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chicago... ok, the suburbs. | | | ....*snicker*... screw lube.... *tee-hee*
Sorry... I'm still 10 on the inside.
I've had success with soap.. the bar kind. |
01-20-2011, 07:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Ivory bar soap for the wood screws, graphite powder for metal screws.
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01-20-2011, 07:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Deaf | | Gulf Wax.
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01-20-2011, 07:19 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Burlington, Vt. | | | Candle wax or other parafin-like product.
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01-20-2011, 07:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Yup. Good old paraffin is what I've used for years. Bar soap also works well for wood screws.
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01-20-2011, 07:34 PM
| | | | why dont you like lube?
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01-20-2011, 07:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | It's only smart to lube screws going into wood. If more people did it there would be many fewer broken off screws... especially the small screws.
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01-20-2011, 07:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | That's what she said.
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01-20-2011, 07:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Glendale, CA (LA County) | | | Bee's wax. I always carry a chunk with my carpentry tools. Sure, in a pinch I'd use candle wax, but bee's wax is SOP for fine carpentry.
Soap absorbs water, which could lead to corrosion, so I won't risk using it.
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01-20-2011, 07:57 PM
| | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY & MA | | | Thinking about it, I've used candle wax in the past with good success (Chapstick as well)... but I'm not sure about using soap. Something about being water-soluble, maybe thinning and spreading into the wood. No science to my thoughts, but somehow wax, not being water-soluble feels like it might be a better way to go. |
01-21-2011, 02:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Burlington, Vt. | | | Candle wax or other parafin-like product.
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01-21-2011, 02:42 AM
| | | | May want to replace the screws if they are knackered up too. |
01-21-2011, 02:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Victoria, B.C., Canada | | K-Y? 
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01-21-2011, 03:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: alabama | | Quote:
Originally Posted by azfryguy  So what is the best/cheapest screw lube that works for wood ? | Sorry. Couldn`t help it.
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01-24-2011, 09:53 PM
|  | This is what happens, Larry... | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Cleveland, OH. | | | I have never even thought of lubing the wood screws, but the wax/soap is a good idea!
I'm a bike mechanic for a living, so whenever I rebuild a bridge or tuners on a bass, I oil every contact point with either TRI FLOW or GRAPHITE. It's never a bad idea, as far as I'm concerned, to put something on those moving parts so that they work when you need them to. And no, it hasn't caused me any problems.
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