Found a way to fix my squeaky floor without pulling up the boards

I had a bad squeak in my bedroom floor right by the door, and I was dreading having to cut into the ceiling below. I read online to try sprinkling powdered graphite into the crack and working it in with a putty knife, and after a week the noise is totally gone. Has anyone else used this method on old pine floors?

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roberts.paul8d ago

Powdered graphite" sounds like one of those old fixes that just works, doesn't it?

kelly3388d agoMost Upvoted

My grandpa swore by it for sticky locks. He kept a little tube in his junk drawer right next to the WD-40. That stuff got on everything, though, left smudges on all the door frames.