3-In-One oil has been such an ever present part of my entire life that it has sort of become invisible. Yesterday I heard a squeak as my wife opened the back door. I have a "thing" about doors that make animal noises, and after listening to the old radio show "The Inner Sanctum," and having the wits scared out of me as a little one, I am touchy about such things, so I immediately went searching for the 3-In-One oil and 2 minutes later the problem was fixed and I suspect it will stay fixed for quite sometime now.
The only human being on the face of this earth who knew less about fixing things was my father. The only tool he could use and the only one he taught me to use was 3-In-One oil. For that I shall forever be grateful. As a small child we always had cans of this stuff around the house and if anything was broken, and I mean anything, it was oiled! My father also kept a can of this stuff in his dental office and used it frequently on his dental tool/machines. The man was an absolutely squirrely about the stuff.
I cannot imagine running a household without this product. I use it on anything where metal hits metal; doors, tools (both hand tools and mechanical), cars, guns, fishing reels, windows, furniture, toys when the kids were little, typewriters (Antiques now, I know, but I still use one), camping gear, garden tools after use to protect them from rust, bicycles, exercise equipment, and on and on. One of the biggest uses I put this oil to use is applying a thing amount to all of my garden tools after I have used and then cleaned them. A good shovel, clippers or rake can last several life times if treated properly.
I much prefer this oil to WD-40 as it lasts so much longer and I personally cannot stand the smell of WD-40 for some reason. About the only thing that oil can be use for that I don't use it for, is sharpening knives and for that I use Smith's Honing Oil. Like another reviewer here, I even take a small can of this stuff with me when we travel as a squeaking hotel room door (and there are many, many of them out there folks), is just as annoying to me as a door in my own home. Don't even get me started on squeaking car doors and squeaks in automobiles in general...
Allow me to point out a couple of things; practices that can get you in trouble when you use this stuff. First, this oil dose not wash out of clothing very well; be careful. Secondly, the biggest problem people have with this product is simply using too much of it to oil what ever it is they are oiling. You simply do not need all that much applied in most cases and all you will get from overuse is a big mess. Thirdly, it must be remembered that many things need CLEANED between oiling or before you apply new oil. A good example of this is bicycle chains. If you keep applying lubricant and never remove the old along with the collected dirt, you are going to wear your chain out rather quickly. The same holds true for guns. Guns need to be cleaned and cleaned often...even if you do not use them all of the time. The old oil needs to be removed from the working parts, the part cleaned, and new oil applied. You can simply ruin your gun by not doing this.
Enough preaching....
This is an excellent product. I have used it all of my life and will continue to do so.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
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