Help In Screwing

[nailit]

(sought of)
Currently decorating my sons/girlfriends new flat.
In the hallway they currently have a baton with 4 coat hangers on it. One of the hangers is snapped/broke. I wanted to replace all hangers but try as I might I cannot unscrew the hangers. The screws have obviously been painted over, over the years so I have tried burning out the paint, chipping out the paint etc but when I get down to the actual screw it just wont budge. I have tried loosening them with a claw hammer, trying to get a bit of leverage between the screw and the baton etc but to no avail.
Has anyone here any idea how to unscrew a really tight screw?

(never had this problem before)

[-Talbot-]

Have you hit the screwdriver into the screw yet?

[Buenchico]

Try searching Youtube for 'stubborn screw' or similar.

This, for example, seems to offer several ways of dealing with the problem:

[nailit]

Talbot, ive hit it till im blue in the face, just cant get any purchase....

[jno]

WD40?

[nailit]

Cheers Chris, will have a look.
bit of an innuendo thread but an actual problem, just cant turn the bloody screws.

[woofgang]

have you tried an impact driver or a danaged screw remover tool?

[nailit]

//WD40? //
Not so sure that lube would help. need to get some grip on my screwdriver ;-)

[nailit]

//danaged screw remover tool?//
Didn't know there was such a thing woof. Will have to google that.

[theshedman]

I have always used an impact screwdriver for this job like the one in the link below. Just use like a screw driver and tap the end with a hammer and it loosens the screw.

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p90581?r=googleshopping&rr=marin&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgPiPx-Ty3gIVipTtCh36PgCYEAQYAyABEgLj0_D_BwE

[anneasquith]

Oh. We have that screw thing, !!!!

[nailit]

Bog off Ann unless you have anything constructive to say (which is never)

[nailit]

Thanks shedman and woof, id never heard of an impact screwdriver. Will check it out.

[Tilly2]

Lefty loosey, righty tighty.

[Theland]

Lever th whole lot of the wall and plaster / polyfilla the scar and but up e new rail with NO NAILS.

[anneasquith]

Sober tonight ?

[-Talbot-]

Lefty loosey, righty tighty.


Gas bottle

[Tilly2]

Who, Anne, me?

[nailit]

//Lefty loosey, righty tighty.//
or in this case 'lefty loosey, no it bloody wont' ;-)

[Tilly2]

Is that the same as a gas bag, Talbot?

[nailit]

//Lever th whole lot of the wall and plaster / polyfilla the scar and but up e new rail with NO NAILS.//

LOL, in ur dreams m8 ;-)