Re: How to stop squeaky furniture


busbus@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I wasn't so sure how to title this as there could be a billion ways to
> answer it wrong but I am faced with a squeaky furniture problem.
>
> About 10 years ago, my father (God rest his soul) made my son a set of
> bedroom furniture. The bed is made out of birch and birch plywood. It
> has no box spring as there are drawer underneath it. The head foot
> rails are connected to each other by a 3/4"x10" baord with fasteners
> such as these:
> http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10&SearchHandle=DADBDBDHDADADDDGGEDEGCGGGGDJDFGCCNGGGDDCDACNDEDJGEDFCNGCGBDEGDCNGDDBDBDJDHDJGFGBDDGEDHDFDADADADBDCDADADADDGCGFGEDADADCDGDADADCDCDADADBDIEEEDEDEEEEEHEEEFEEEIEDEEEEEGEEEFEEEJDADADADBDFDADADADBDADADADADADADADADADADADADBDADADADADDGCGFGEDADADADBDB&filter=bed
>
> (Wow! I don't think that will work. They can be found at the Rockler
> site and are called "Heavy Duty Wrought Steel Bed Rail Fasteners")
>
> Anyway, recently, the bed squeaks like hell each time he makes the
> slightest movement. When he roll over at night, it wakes up the whole
> house and it is getting on everybody's nerves. I tightened every screw
> I could see to no avail.
>
> What is the secrect, if any, to stop this from happening??

A little grease, perhaps?

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