Washington County News | 1926-06-17 | Page 3 | Oil Hinges and Latches to Prevent Impairment

Oil Hinges and Latches to Prevent Impairment Automobile door hinges and latches are pieces of mechanism that, like anything else of the kind, require a certain amount of lubrication to prevent pre-vent rust and the collection of dust and dirt In them. Squeaks are the result re-sult of nonattention to this detail at intervals. But due to these fittings being where clothing sometimes rubs against them, It is not desirable to squirt cylinder oil on them after the manner of lubricating other parts. This would soon run off, anyway. A good lubricant for these parts is linseed lin-seed oil with which a small amount of powdered graphite is mixed. Linseed oil seems to have less of a tendency to run and spread than cylinder oil, and when It collects dust and dirt, u gummy mixture results which has the effect of holding the graphite where it is put. Of course, a very small quantity of the graphited linseed oil is all that is needed at each point.