Be careful with lube around a ladder. One drop gets on a rung and you’ll slip at the worst possible moment and loose your footing.
on my little giant, I use pledge make it move easier and does not collect dust.
WD40 will work but isn't the best. It's a "water dispersing" agent and not a true lubricant. It slicks things up for a while, them gets gummy. It should never be used in locks, ratchet or gun internals, or any closed space, over time it will gum up and make things stiff.
For the ladder hinges I'd use the following in an aerosol can with an applicator straw to get it into the joint w/o getting everywhere else: 1st choice lithium grease, 2nd choice garage door lube, and 3rd choice silicone spray (I always use this in place of WD40). Liquid Wrench or similar corrosion buster would also work, especially if you follow up with a shot of lithium grease - Good luck!
Never knew that about WD40 . Just sprayed the locks in the truck .Would you use liquid wrench on door locks then ?
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No **** Sherlock?! Lol sorry, had to.
That seems like it would make the ladder slippery.... especially if your covering it, rungs and all, in pledge to stop dust collection....
I find myself using pledge more and more every year for lubricating, cleaning and polishing. I work in a hospital, and as soon as you spray something industrial smelling, the whole unit freaks out. Pledge or something similar is my weapon of choice sometimes.on my little giant, I use pledge make it move easier and does not collect dust.
Haha. I guess if you're going to lubricate the rungs, then you may as well armor all your motorcycle seat.No **** Sherlock?! Lol sorry, had to.
That seems like it would make the ladder slippery.... especially if your covering it, rungs and all, in pledge to stop dust collection....
I’ve never done anything like this for obvious reason though so I can’t say definitively it’s a bad idea, but, I would think pledge or anything that creates a slickness on a ladder would be a bad idea....
Maybe it doesn’t make it slick though when buffed off... who knows... I’m sure you wouldn’t do it if it made it slick, just to me seems like a risk.
I use T9 boeshield (mine is a little drip bottle sold to the bicycle industry for pivot point lubrication, but they remarked it a million ways)lubricant on just about everything from ratchets and hand tools to bicycle and motorcycle pivot points.... the whole line of T9 boeshield products are great in my opinion but that little bottle of lube is my go to for things like this, a little goes a long way too....
I used to run a chain of bicycle stores as the GM, and all the mechanics used it for the full suspension mountain bike pivot points. They swore by it.
Just my $.02 YMMV
Little Giant Ladder recommends using Endust to lubricate the hinges. I've tried Endust but it doesn't seem to work well. I need to clean the Endust and dirt out of the hinges and lubricate with something that works. The pop out hinges don't pop back out like they should. They stick when I tried to pop them in to open the ladder. And I just read that Endust has been discontinued as one of the ingredients in Endust was a hydrocarbon that depletes the Ozone layers in the upper atmosphere. 1-1-1 Trichloroethane or something. That would explain why Endust was recommended by the manufacturer of the Little Giant Ladders. 1-1-1Trichloroethane is a good cleaner and my dad used it many years ago to clean his fishing reals of oil and dirt. It's now a carcinogen.I recently bought a Werner aluminum ladder. The ladder joints are very stiff, making it difficult to unfold and fold during use. What type of lubricant should I use on riveted aluminum joints to allow easier joint movement but not attract dirt and corrosion?
Thanks