pnichols wrote:
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
With a new hole in wood I use silicone grease on the fastener threads.
There's something better than messing with silicone to make screws drive into wood easy: Just use a bar of soap that you have wetted with water. Rub the screw back a forth against the slippery soap bar surface to pack some of the wet, soft soap into the screw's threads. Wa La - the screw goes right in using even a hand screwdriver, and .... it doesn't make much difference what kind of head the screw has.
By the way, the best way to remove old screws that are really stuck in regardless of what kind of dumb, easily stripped, head type they may have is to use ... a reversible "impact" electric drill (NOT a "hammer" electric drill). I've removed an uncountable number of 3 to 4 inch deck screws in old wood using one of greatest inventions of all time -> an electric impact drill in reverse mode ... it's magic.
rather than soap I use a bit of beeswax from a bar I carry in my toolboxes.
