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Screw Lube

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A 1950s retro watercolor pin-up of a smiling dark-haired woman with a red polka-dot hair bow, tan tied work shirt, and denim shorts leaning on a wooden workbench beside a black-lidded jar of lubricant, scattered silver screws, stacked lumber, and a soft red-white-and-blue flag wash in the background.
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John All right, so this is kind of a, it has a double effect because it also plugs a veteran’s operation, veteran-owned.

Adam Mm, very nice.

John Half-Blind Rabbit is the name of the company. And they make something called Screw Lube. And it’s a two-ounce wood screw container of a lube for screws that’s better than beeswax. It’s better than soap. It’s good for if you’ve got like a three- or four-inch screw that you’ve got to put into some wood. You want Screw Lube, wood screw lubricant from Half-Blind Rabbit. And you can find it on Amazon. It’s about nine bucks and it’s a superior product. It’s something everyone should have. The pros use it.

Adam I have screwed a lot. I cannot ever recall using screw lube. Is that something you’re supposed to use for screwing?

John If you’re going into wood, yeah. Say you’ve got more than an inch, or two inches, they’ve got to go in two inches. You have to back it off and push it back in and back it off. No, you just use this stuff. Go straight through. And it doesn’t stain and it doesn’t cause issues. It doesn’t cause problems. Yeah, you’re supposed to use screw lube.

Adam I can hear about five end-of-show mixes coming from this very conversation.

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