Shredder Lubricant - Will WD40 work?

mto

Not sure if this is the right forum, but ...

My cross cut shredder is starting to squeak. I've seen shredder lubricant sheets on sale for about £4 for 12, but can I just squirt some WD40 in to do the trick?

greyteam1959

Dont see any reason why not only thing is WD40 might be a bit thin.
Shredder oil is more like very thin car engine oil
WD40 certainly wont do any harm

sooz

somewhere i saw a tip (don't ask me where....), that you should spray wd40 or oil on a sheet of paper, then put another on top (mmmm wd40 sandwich), and feed this through the shredder.

alanobrien

mto wrote: »

Not sure if this is the right forum, but ...

My cross cut shredder is starting to squeak. I've seen shredder lubricant sheets on sale for about £4 for 12, but can I just squirt some WD40 in to do the trick?

Yes you can, itwill be fine.

Innys

will1e wrote: »

DO NOT SQUIRT WD40 or similar into the shredder. It is flammable.

I did this and ran the shredder to work in. The concentrated vapour in the shredder bin exploded - blowing the side off the bin and starting a small fire.

Gives you a fright! And might burn your house down.

Wind up. Concentrating flammable vapour will not make it ignite, unless you do so to extremely high pressure which I suspect is not the case in a shredder bin!

numberwang

Not sure if WD40 is thick enough, I tend to clean stuff with that rather than oiling.

I would try some silicone based lube or 'machine oil' if you can get hold of it.

Ebe_Scrooge

I would have thought a drop of good old-fashioned 3-in-1 oil would do the trick. I know my local barbers shop uses it on his clippers, which is a similar sort of action.

mikey72

3 in 1 or sewing machine oil.

planemad

I use hair clipper oil in mine.

anotherbaldrick

If you have a sheet of the old fashioned carbon paper left over from the days of typewriters that works well.

tony6403

I use PTFE spray lubricant ( for router cutters and saw blades ) . Screwfix sell it ,item 80487 - £2.99. Seems to work ok.