Toilet Seat And Lid Screeching

[Kazal]

Had a new bathroom fitted 3 years ago and last year the plastic toilet seat and lid started to what only can be described as screeched whenever the lid or seat were raised or put down, but didn't happen if the two were raised together. I tried using spray furniture polish on the hinges and as it didn't work I used WD40. It was better and over time the screeching subsided but never went away. Now it's back and WD40 makes no difference and the screeching goes on. Any suggestions as to what to use.

[MTbowels]

Try vaseline (petroleum jelly). You do need to make sure that you apply it to all the moving parts though even if this means dismantling the mechanism.

[sandyRoe]

That's a fitting name for a post about toilets ^

[gingejbee]

A very useful thing to have in the house is silicone grease...I bought a
tube on eBay and have used it for lubricating all manner of things. A TINY amount goes a long way and it is safe to use on/near rubber, unlike many greases.

[Obiter]

Will you people behave, I'm starting to get weird thoughts.

[tonyav]

Excellent on electrical connections as well, gingejbee. Especially if alloy is involved stops any White rust breaking the contact.

[Tilly2]

This is getting very technical. Does it really matter? Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeech?

[tonyav]

Yes it does matter, Yilly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrQyfjRdHB4