Galley Hatch Lift Arm Sticky

[Steve and Karen]

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.)

 

[Sweeney]

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.

 

[Steve and Karen]

And you can't argue with the smell.

 

[TheSongDogHouse]

And you can't argue with the smell.

Mmmmm, bacon!

 

[Sweeney]

And you can't argue with the smell.

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.