Lubricating screws | DIY Quick tip

A quick tip when driving screws into timber is to lubricate them first, this reduces friction and makes the screws much easier to drive. This can save time on jobs and also means less work for the machine that is driving the screws in.

[pssst]

A teflon spray with quick drying carrier works nearly as well as grease with less mess. You can spray an entire box of screws at one time and use them months later.

[urbanskippie]

You have saved my hands from so many blisters. Thank you for posting so many other great videos.

[AlchemistLair]

Excellent tip!! I never would have thought to lubricate wood screws!

[vieites]

Thank you for your tips, you're a knowledgeable guy. Highly recommend your videos to anyone interested in DIY.

[MsOsoris]

Great tip, you can't imagine how helpful is that for me, I have a half decent drill, to it's not that powerful. this tip helped a lot, Hank you. Greeting from Egypt.

[BNEAMIN]

I admire your work and specially the effort you input in your videos

[akzodetomaso]

I think this is an OK tip. For quality work I'd drill a pilot hole, but for such as decking and especially the frame screws I think it would take some of the load off the drill and probably conserve battery power as well.

[unclemarksdiyauto]

Just stumbled across your video! I am not a carpenter, so you simple idea is totally a "why didn't I think of that" moment! Thanks so much!

[HektorBandimar]

Good tip mate, I've never considered that before, thanks for posting.

[stevehalbers]

If you anticipate eventually having to remove the screw, then some mineral oin on the thread can only help, by preventing corrosion as well as lubricating the thread on the way out.

[geml]

Learnt more from you in five minutes than I have from most other channels full stop! Thanks for the quick snippet vids! Subscribed

[justgivemethetruth]

Looks familiar ...

As a kid my woodshop teacher used to use wax on the threads.

[TaiJiiDave]

30 odd years ago a carpenter showed me how rubbing a long screw on a candle made lighter work of screwing it in. I use a piece of beeswax these days - good tip ☺

[VitaminchikD]

great tip..
just today I've tested my new bosch gds 18v...
good tool for big screws and bolts..doesn't twist hands ))
with oil lubricant it will be even more comfortable.
thanks :)

[ChaeChae_J]

I was having trouble with the last inch or so of some wood screws and wondered if lubricating them first would help. Thanks for confirming :)

[collins]

TVM for this tip, just putting up fence panels and had trouble screwing the last centimetre, just unscrewed, lubricated and screwed home, all slightly countersunk..perfect!

[MohammedAli-vohq]

this is what i love about your channel!

[Rainagain]

Your videos are superb, learning little things everyday!

[neodiy]

Simplicity to the point ...I learn so much from your simplicity yet i understand the experience for you to learn that perhaps take years I don't know just saying because simple thing doesn't comes easy

[LSTWTF]

I wish I'd seen this video yesterday. I'm going to uninstall all of the 3x2s I fitted yesterday afternoon so I can take advantage of this great tip..