When the hot summer is approaching, door and window hardware fittings will be exposed to sunshine everyday, fading or even deforming seriously. The hardware fittings including hinges, handle, lock, stainless steel handle, mortise lock, window catch, and so on are honored as the soul of the whole door. How to prolong their life? It should be attributed to the careful maintenance in daily life, but how many methods are available for maintenance of door and window?
The moving parts such as hinges, castors or pulleys are operating all the time, but will underplay because of dust. Suzhou Building Materials Network (www.0512jiancai.com) recommends users to drip several drops of lubricant oil about once every half year to keep its flexibility. What needs attention is the revolution direction of the handle, do not be too hard, and tell children not to hang on it and sway, that is dangerous and easy to damage the door.
In addition, when the cylinder is not easy to rotate, you can scrape a little black powder from lead and put it into the lock hole. That is because graphite in the lead is a good solid lubricant; do not drip lubricant oil which is easy to stick to dust.
Stainless steel handle or other stainless steel fittings should be wiped with brightener, making them shining.
If you have overlooked the maintenance of hardware fittings before, come on now to collect more methods, adding “oil” for these tiny hardware fittings. All these are the maintenance methods for hardware fittings in summer, but I would like to share my experience with other friends: when the door and window become dripping after raining, you should wipe dry with a piece of clean cloth, especially in chutes. Chutes will have more frictions once used for a long time, and you can drip a little oil or apply wax oil to facilitate sliding. Glass cement is a key part to maintain sealing and cleaning of door and window, and should be mended or replaced once stripping off.