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Every door is squeaking again. I first hit them with spray silicone which blasted black shit that dropped and made a mess.

There must be a tidier way.

I don’t claim to be a carpenter or handyman. Sorry if the answer is simple and I just don’t know it.

Every door is squeaking again. I first hit them with spray silicone which blasted black shit that dropped and made a mess. There must be a tidier way. I don’t claim to be a carpenter or handyman. Sorry if the answer is simple and I just don’t know it.
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Just a couple drops of oil does the trick. I pull the pin out, put on a couple drips of oil and rub it all over the hinge pin and put it back in.

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Easy enough. A particular brand?

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I've used gun oil successfully before. Hoppes, while not being a very good gun oil, worked wonders on the squeaky door outside an old apartment.

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Anything will work. I use tool oil because that's what's in my kit.

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White Lithium Grease, I used it for paintball guns back when I still did that. Should work fairly well. Might be worth pulling the pin to clean it and use a pipe cleaner to clean the hinge itself then apply well to the pin before re-inserting it.

Just make sure to clean properly before applying and wipe off any excess.

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Second this. Use it all the time at work for stuff. Works great.

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I understand that WD40 is not a lubricant, but works well as a cleaning agent. Like many have already said, clean your hinges 1st. Then drop some light oil into the top. You could also try graphite paste/powder instead of oil.

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Graphite spray lubricant. Most often used on garage door hinges and such. Sprays on as a liquid, penetrates between surfaces, dries to a graphite powder quickly. Wipe off the excess easily. The graphite is a natural dry lubricant.

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I use 3 in 1 silicone lubricant on hinges since I usually have it around for other stuff. It's cheap and usually stays pretty clean. You can hold a rag under the hinge and hit it with brake parts cleaner if it's super gunked up (better to disassemble and clean but I'm lazy sometimes). Just clean up any overspray, it'll ruin paint.

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Clean out the dirt, and apply grease. Gun grease works fine but a handyman might recommend lithium.

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If you've tried several times to lubricate the hinges and it still squeaks its probably a hinge out of alignment. Find which hinge is squeaky by process of elimination then look carefully to see if the barrels are misaligned. Take the pin out and use it or a screwdriver or chisel and tap the barrels back into alignment that look bent. Repeat. See if that helps.

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I thought I saw where you could use wax. Alternately try dry graphite if the hinge is not oily. Wipe the silicone off well. You can buy graphite or just scribble like crazy all over it with pencil. With wax I think they make unpigmented crayons for this purpose. Graphite is messy, so take care if you have light carpet.

I'd think silicone lube would work, but try taking out the hinge pin and wiping it with silicone from a rag or paper towel. Make sure there is a thin coat or it may splatter when you tap it back in with a hammer.

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So many different options. Thank you.

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Graphite. If you use a liquid, it will gather debris and eventually squeak. While graphite is initially a bit messy, it will provide long term solution.

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Graphite powder works as well.

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I use bicycle chain dry lube. Specifically, I use Finish Line Dry Lubricant. Last much longer than WD-40 and similar products. So far, hasn't caused rusting like WD-40 can.

Lasts about a year on bathroom doors.

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