[email protected] writes:
>
>Try not to break the screws. Try to use a little screw lube. Paste wax
>is
>good. Soap is not.
Why is soap not? An ol' timer told me to use it which, occasionally, I do.
Glenna
Soap causes the screw to rust. Use wax
max
> [email protected] writes:
>>
>> Try not to break the screws. Try to use a little screw lube. Paste wax
>> is
>> good. Soap is not.
>
> Why is soap not? An ol' timer told me to use it which, occasionally, I do.
>
> Glenna
>
Glenna Rose wrote:
> [email protected] writes:
>
>> Try not to break the screws. Try to use a little screw
>> lube. Paste wax is good. Soap is not.
>
> Why is soap not? An ol' timer told me to use it which,
> occasionally, I do.
Soap /is/ a good lubricant - but it loves moisture and
facilitates rust and corrosion of the screw.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html
[email protected] (Glenna Rose) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> [email protected] writes:
>>
>>Try not to break the screws. Try to use a little screw lube. Paste
>>wax is
>>good. Soap is not.
>
> Why is soap not? An ol' timer told me to use it which, occasionally,
> I do.
>
Soap is hygroscopic. Pretty sure that's the right word. If not, I'll be
corrected. Attracts water to itself, which is a bad thing, considering
wood, iron, and the like. Staining is the first indication. Corrosion
likely follows.
Not a big deal. Just easily avoided, so why not?
Patriarch
Soap is hydrophylic, it attracts/holds water, which would promote the
screw to corrode OR the wood to rot
John
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:30:55 -0800, [email protected] (Glenna Rose)
wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>>
>>Try not to break the screws. Try to use a little screw lube. Paste wax
>>is
>>good. Soap is not.
>
>Why is soap not? An ol' timer told me to use it which, occasionally, I do.
>
>Glenna