Should is risk it? It wouldn't actually be in contact with the flames,
but about a foot away. Or is there some other lubricant that would be
better suited? Hate to burn down my house experimenting.
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Kano labs had some high temperature spray, but it's been
ages since I've seen that. You could sand the rod with emery
cloth, or steel wool. Might help.
Please let us know what turns out to work. My parents have a
fireplace screen. Same deal. Gets hard to open or close.
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"Not@home" <N...@home.net> wrote in message
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Spray it on when there is no fire in the fireplace, move the wire
screen back and forth several times, wait 24 hours before lighting the
fireplace. The flamability is most likely the propellant for the
spray so once it evaporates, you should be aok.
Suggestion. Heat rusted rings hanging the metal mesh curtain?
Try replacing rings with, say, some stainless ones?
Like you say, spray it between fires. My thought is that the
.000001 ounces of liquid you would spray on, won't hurt
anything. 24 hours is perhaps over cautious.
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Try a few drops of motor oil. The temperature inside your engine's cylinder
has got to be hotter than a fireplace.
Try sanding the top of the rod with coarse sandpaper, no lube will
hold up except maybe graphite but if it moved before its just oxidised
and sanding should help alot. If its the rings a quick going over with
a round file where it touched the rod would help
10w30, straight weight non detergent, synthetic?
Pay a visit to Manny, Moe, and Jack. (Pep Boys, or similar). Buy a
tube of silicone spark plug boot release. Lube critical parts. Problem
solved. No hazardous sprays, no waiting for cure, low cost. After all,
if it works on the center spark plugs of your 350 Chevy, it will
easily shrug off the more modest fireplace heat.
Joe
I'd mix half-and-half 10w30 and 10w40 to get 10w35. Should be about right.
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This is what I use for a lot of things where I want the lube to
stick around in extreme conditions. I've been using it on all
sorts of things and found that those items don't need as much
attention anymore. It's rated for 300�F minimum. The national
chain auto parts stores carry it.
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"Not@home" <N...@home.net> wrote in message
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Escept there's no description of the original problem, it might. There's no
hint at what the OP may have asked about.
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> Stormin Mormon wrote:
>> Powdered graphite might do the trick.
>>
>> Kano labs had some high temperature spray, but it's been
>> ages since I've seen that. You could sand the rod with
>> emery
>> cloth, or steel wool. Might help.
>>
>> Please let us know what turns out to work. My parents have
>> a
>> fireplace screen. Same deal. Gets hard to open or close.
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