Spray or paste? Very different stuff. The spray is already pretty dry when it comes out.

I'll back him with 25 years of automotive servicing experience. White grease is great for things like where a steering shaft exits the body through a rubber boot. Or power seat mechanisms where it won't react with the rubber and quiets the movement. But it will harden, and it collects dirt and dust and hardens to slightly crusty, hard "wax". This takes years but it will build up if continuously applied. The biggest problem area on cars is the hood latch; Shops spray the latch thinking they're lubing it. They're actually helping fill the latch with dirt and that causes them to not work. I remove the latch, clean it in a varsol bath, and lubricate it with a light oil. Fixed.

In controlled environments like inside a car, or inside a machine, it's great. Garage doors are outside. I'd use it on the overhead spring because there's nothing there to get jammed up. But not the wheels. 3 in 1 or Light Machine oils.

My garage door was squeaking bad for too long and I went on Amazon and looked up garage door lubricant and this was the top result. Worked great!

I too read “floor” and thought I’d probably just use the same lube we use in any other place in the house.

I parsed this as "garage floor" and I was so confused.

It's been creaking when the temperature drops below the 30s? Huh? What? Even then, you don't lubricate a squeaky floor, you secure it.

The only information I have is over 30 years of personal experience with the stuff at home and at work.

Edit:. Actually if you Google "Does white lithium grease dry out" and ignore the articles from the manufacturers of white lithium grease there's plenty of stuff talking about how it dries out.

PTFE spray grease

WD 40 to clean the area. Re grease the chains.

They make specific garage door grease. Seek some out.

Back and Access Doors

What are the other 2 uses for garage door lube?

I've had experience with white lithium since I was 10 years old. I'm over 40 now. I've used it at home and at work. After 5 or so years the stuff is dry and crumbly and sticky. I still have to clean this crap out and relubricate parts at work once in a while because they used it for a few years, as they didn't believe me when I told them not to use it.

I've worked garage doors and could always tell on jobs when people used white lithium grease. It gets caked with dirt over time and gets disgusting. Doesn't do well long term as a lubricant. Just buy garage door lubricant.

FYI: WD-40 is not a lubricant, so don't ever use it to lubricate anything.

That company makes lubricants, but WD-40 itself is for cleaning, or specifically water displacement.

Spray grease, white lithium grease, or silicone are all fine, but I personally don't use silicone because it doesn't seem to last as long as the other two. I like lithium grease better in "clean" areas, so not the garage, meaning spray grease is the winner.

I use my bike chain lube.

Yeah, at least once a year. Twice might not be a bad idea if you live somewhere humid close to the ocean with salty air.

I used spray grease and it was really good

Definitely lube the big boy spring!

Hey garage door guy, should we occasionally lube the spring as well? I keep the chain and hinges lubed, but what about that super intense spring?

I can't find any information to back this up. Please provide. I've used white lithium grease for years and years in numerous metal to metal applications with no issue.

My 2c is that it gathers dirt easily if in an exposed and dirty environment. If it’s sealed or in a generally clean environment it works really well

Back door

No. It does nothing to lubricate the wheels and doesn't penetrate to clean/lube the hinges

I use it when my step sister is in the dryer though.

This is a great choice. Super Slick is also good