Shredding files

[CAJUNLAWYER]

The gal doing my shredding said I needed some oil as we were down to the last bottle. I read that most shredder oils are just repackaged Canola Oil. Can anyone shed some light on this? Appears ot be legit and if I cna get away with Canola Oil instead of the $20 a pint stuff from Office Depot, I'd rather do that

 

[ditrina]

Any light machine oil will do.
Gun oil works too

 

[Rustyt1953]

We have a shredder that we use frequently. Sewing machine oil does the trick. I think canola oil could get sticky as it is hydrogenated.

 

[Secundius]

Try Sewing Machine Oil, which isn't petroleum-based and won't void the warranty...

 

[Racer X]

light mineral oil, like honing stone oil works too. I have a big bottle we use on wooden cutting boards as well. I also have sprayed a sheet of paper with spray silicone, and run it through.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Future shredder.

 

[scout II]

My Fellowes shredder says to use only vegetable-based oils. So I use vegetable oil. Has been working fine for 10 years so far.

 

[Truckman]

I never thought of a shredder needing oil......Ben

 

[G-Mac]

I always used shredder sheets but the last shredder we bought came with a little bottle of oil. Not sure there's any difference.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

AAA shreds here twice a year.
You drive up to the big ugly machine and hand your Gar-Bage Bag of possibly incriminating docs to the operator.
He throws it in, Adios, Been Good A-knowing ya.
No clue about any oil!

 

[Onomea]

12 oz of shredder oil for $7.50 on Amazon.

On the other hand, maybe canola is what you want: Oil Your Paper Shredder with Canola Oil to Keep It Running in Top Shape

 

[Rpg]

When I've done shredding for office files, I've always hired it done. Here in Colorado, we retain client files for 10 years unless it's been returned to the client.

A couple of people from the shredding company show up outside my filing room driving a 2 1/2 ton truck with an industrial sized shredder that occupies the back. They carry banker's boxes full of files from my file room to the truck and dump them into the shredder. The shredder is done with the box of files before the next guy leaves the file room with the next box.

The last time I shredded files, the file room was a 10 x 10 x 8 room filled with banker's boxes full of files to be shredded. Took them less than 3 hours to finish the job and all fr $350.00

I have no idea what they use to lube their shredder.

 

[llowry61]

Don't ruin a perfectly good Weber again......

 

[bdGreen]

On occasion, I ****** down a few sheets of paper with CorrosionX then run them through the shredder.

My shredder will handle cd's, floppy disks and paper clips. It's a work horse.
Been using that method for over ten years.

bdGreen

 

[6518John]

I have no idea what they use to lube their shredder.

It's akin to Christmas morning when our big industrial shredding company comes around on its route. My son when he was little said it was an Autobot Transformer! I think it would eat a Volkswagen if you could throw it in.

The operator told me on one visit that an ex-wife in the blades lubed it best. Then he laughed manically.

 

[Golddollar]

What about Break Free? I've been using that on my guns for decades.

 

[JudgeColt]

I have an ancient Royal shredder that will cut about 15 sheets into quarter-inch squares that has been shredding for about 30 years. It has never had any oil applied to anything. If the instructions mentioned that when I bought it, I suspect we never read the manual. I would think oil would attract paper dust rather than prevent it.

I have never seen another small office shredder that cuts such small pieces. Most cut small strips rather than squares.

 

[Beemerguy53]

AAA shreds here twice a year.
You drive up to the big ugly machine and hand your Gar-Bage Bag of possibly incriminating docs to the operator.
He throws it in, Adios, Been Good A-knowing ya.
No clue about any oil!

If I got rid of documents with personal information only twice per year, I would need a dump truck to haul them to the shredder!

 

[NYlakesider]

I have a decent cross cut shredder for about 15 years. I was given a bottle of unknown shredder oil when i bought the machine. It appears to be some form of petroleum oil

My MO is when the shredder is about ready to be emptied is lube well a piece of paper and run it threw the machine.

Then when you dump it out you get rid of all the lube along with whatever you shredded. I do not want wet oily paper accumulating in my house. The words spontaneous combustion come to mind.

 

[Maddog 521]

Vegetable oil works here and has been for many years. The manufacture recommended it.

 

[yeti]

Another damn lube thread?!

Really?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Another damn lube thread?!

Really?

Ever noticed that lube is important for most worthwhile things in life???

 

[LCC]

We quit shredding once we retired. These days we use a swipe or two with a Miseyo Protect ID roller to block out any confidential info on documents.

 

[Pisgah]

If shredder oil has gotten too expensive in your area, you can substitute synthethic automobile blinker fluid available at any Autozone...

 

[dave1918a2]

Company I retired from used a contract shredder who packaged the shreds in large plastic bags which We used for shipping packaging.

 

[SMSgt]

My wife has scissors. I don't need no stinkin' shredder!

 

[mckenney99]

I also have an ancient large Royal crosscut shreader that I bought from Sam's Club in Nov. 1999. The only time I've ever lubed it was when it seized up and I took it apart to see if I could fix it. (I found a piece of paper clip wedged between a couple of teeth.) Note: Reassembly is not a job to perform if small children learning new words are around. When running, it rattles and makes a horrible racket but it just keeps running. You folks are making me feel guilty for neglecting my maintenance duties. I guess maybe I ought to try a spritz of the Hornady One Shot that I use in firearm magazines and door locks, where the liquid carrier evaporates and leaves behind a dry lube.
I just pulled the original manual out and it doesn't even mention lubing the machine. Maybe they never planned on it lasting long enough to require it.

 

[WardenRoss]

We have a crosscut shredder that is about 18 years old. It has been used an awful lot.

I oil it with Mobile 1 car oil from my little hand-pump, oil can in the garage.

Just squirt some oil on a sheet of paper, run it through.


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[SweetMK]

No joke,,,
Rather than pay to get rid of my tax documents,, I decided to eat them.

I plowed open a furrow, laid in the documents,,

THEN, I used the Gravely rotary plow to cover the documents.

Within a couple months, the earthworms had turned the documents into garden enrichment!!

The documents produced a great crop of GREENbeans,,

 

[johngalt]

At the old job the shredded lots of classified documents. The shredder had to meet DoD requirements. it would grind the docs into dust.

I would be tempted to try motor oil.