Vintage coffee urn needs to be greased

Tammi Keffer
by Tammi Keffer
What should I use to grease brass on brass valves on my coffee urn. The handles don't turn smoothly to open and shut the spouts.
  4 answers
  • Dee Beckham Dee Beckham on May 12, 2015
    How about a food base cooking oil. Even the spray kind would work. Don't use the butter kind. As long as you redo it from time to time with a good cleaning between it should work. Possibly canola or sunflower.
  • Shirley Jones Shirley Jones on May 12, 2015
    I'd start with a little WD-40 to clean up the parts. Yes it sounds strange, but it will clean and loosen things up! Then apply some oil (NOT grease though).
  • Michelle R Michelle R on May 14, 2015
    Mineral Oil?
  • Valerie Valerie on Jun 07, 2016
    Maybe baking soda paste OR vinegar OR a bit of both.