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minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 months agoIANAL, but people use it on squeaky hinges and knobs and locks, but it sits in the mechanism and collects dust. It turns into a gummy mess eventually, which is the last thing you would want in a lock.
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat reminds me, I haven’t watched one of his videos in a while.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months ago IANAL You really shouldn’t be using WD-40 for that.
minus-squarezod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI imagine it gunks up the lock mechanism. I have had to eventually replace locks I used it in.
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IANAL, but people use it on squeaky hinges and knobs and locks, but it sits in the mechanism and collects dust. It turns into a gummy mess eventually, which is the last thing you would want in a lock.
IANALPL
That reminds me, I haven’t watched one of his videos in a while.
You really shouldn’t be using WD-40 for that.
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I imagine it gunks up the lock mechanism. I have had to eventually replace locks I used it in.