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The old guy at Ace Hardware fixed my squeaky door with a pencil
Last Saturday I was at Ace Hardware on Main Street grabbing some lightbulbs and I mentioned to the guy behind the counter that my bedroom door has been squeaking like a haunted house prop for weeks. I was about to buy a can of WD-40 when this older gentleman stocking shelves nearby just looked over and said "son you don't need that mess, just grab a pencil." I thought he was joking but he walked me over to the aisle and showed me how to rub the lead from a regular number 2 pencil right into the hinge pin. He said graphite is a dry lubricant so it doesn't collect dust and gunk up like oil does. I went home tried it on all three hinges and honestly that door hasn't made a peep since. Has anyone else run into those random one-line fixes from old timers that just work way better than the fancy stuff?
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the_jana3mo ago
@parker_patel84 did the pencil leave any visible marks on your hinges?
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parker_patel843mo ago
just grab a pencil" is a CLASSIC. I love that old timer wisdom, it NEVER fails. Way better than WD-40 for doors.
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