Galley Hatch Lift Arm Sticky

I was finding the lift arm noisy, chattery and resistant, particularly when lowering. Nothing was worn, deformed, or in the way. Washers still allowed decent play.

Some beeswax applied to the 3 sides of the plywood rail fixed it. Smooth as silk now.

(Though I suppose I could have scavenged some bacon grease from the stove nook and made it a completely free fix.)

 

Beeswax is great stuff....Look at seasoning your cast iron with it I learned that trick here from Oysterpot -- that's his current profile name.

I'm curious what happened to him...hopefully he's doing well.

 

And you can't argue with the smell.

 

Mmmmm, bacon!

 

The interesting thing is that when you season with beeswax, you get it hot, wipe it on, then wipe if offwith a lint free towel, then "bake" it @ 425 for an hour and let it cool.... Just like oil. After a lint free towel becomes impregnated with beeswax, you do a wipe with the towel --- so a 1 lb "brick" of beeswax will last for a year or two. I'm on year #3 with my current slab, with another slab in reserve. Just be sure it is 100% beeswax, preferably from a local apiary (beekeeper)

You _do_ get a hit of that beautiful smell, but it goes away quickly and has absolutely zero impact on taste of anything after. You get a very slick carbon surface quickly.