# Substitute needed for graphite powder in door hinges **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 21, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279 "2001-08-21T02:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279/21 "2010-08-29T17:24:54Z")
moist zombie wipes or paper towels ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279/22 "2010-08-29T17:45:46Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Want a cheap household remedy? Vaseline (or generic petroleum jelly) Bacon grease, or if you’ve got it, bear fat, will work as well. Once you take the pins out, soapy pipe-cleaners can be used to swab graphite and other gunk out of the hinge. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279/23 "2010-08-29T17:50:56Z")
[Skunk Grease](http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/003166.asp) It does double duty if you suffer from pleurisy. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279/24 "2010-08-29T18:19:22Z")
> [@jsammartino](#): > > What is best possible way to remove graphite from door hinges Put the door hinge under extremely heat and pressure until the graphite forms diamonds. Then remove them. The simplest way is to remove the hinge pin and use compressed air and a cloth or small brush to clean the hinge, followed by the application of a light coat of paraffin or candle wax. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279/25 "2010-08-29T22:13:00Z")
Thanks, Tripolar, too bad about the diamonds but the simplest way if probably going to do the trick. Jois ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279/26 "2010-08-29T23:20:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Bacon grease, or if you’ve got it, bear fat, will work as well. If I have bacon grease or bear fat in the house, I’m not going to waste it on a stupid door. The only hinge I’m lubricating with those is the one in my jaw. ---
**Author:** ![Dano83860](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Dano83860](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dano83860)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279/27 "2010-08-30T02:06:06Z")
My mother always used Crisco. I guess that’s what she had on hand. I always use lithium grease. ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279/28 "2010-08-30T02:23:03Z")
> [@Dano83860](#): > > My mother always used Crisco. I guess that’s what she had on hand. I always use lithium grease. How does your pie crust taste? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-needed-for-graphite-powder-in-door-hinges/77279/30 "2015-07-22T06:28:44Z")
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