There's a teflon dry lube that comes in a spray form. Do you think this would work on fasteners just as well? It might be easier to spray over a handful of fasteners instead of doing one at a time.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Dave Uebele <daveu@sptddog.com> wrote:
Wax, yes. Soap NO. The soap attracts moisture,
and cause the screws to rust faster. Dad learned
this the hard way, taking apart stuff he had
put together with soap. A chunk of beeswax or
an old candle stub is a good thing to have
in the tool box.
Drilling or blunting the nail, its ways
to avoid the screw or nail acting as a wedge
the blunt nail crushes the wood fibers rather than
splitting them. Screws should hold better in a
pre-drilled hole, so the threads can cut into
the non drilled part of the wood.
If a chart isn't handy. I'll hold up
a drill to the screw, find a drill about the
same diameter or a little smaller than the inner
shank of the screw. Though there are supposedly charts
that even differentiate between hardwood and softwood
pilot hole sizes.
dave
On 09/08/2011 08:54 PM, ray wrote:
> You can also wax or soap the screws to help them screw in easier after
> drilling a pilot hole.
> Ray
>
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