Was wondering what everybody uses to lube the zippers, On the soft top that is.
Zipper Lube ?
Jun 09, 2004
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First reply
Don't waste your money on dry suit wax. I use an old candle or soap on both my Jeep top and my dry bags and dry suits. Dry Suit wax is nothing more than paraffin packaged as a stick to make it easy to use. My 2 centavos FWIW Rich
Read the full replydrysuit wax, go to any scuba shop.
Dow Corning 55 O-ring Lube and any other thing that is plastic or rubber.
candle wax bar soap
I would stay away from soap as soap can tend to break down plastic over time. I used to be a polyethylene R&D guy and we used a soap+water (Igepal specifically) solution to test failure rates due to breakdown of the molecular weight of the poly backbone chains making it embrittled. I would go with the wax. Tomes
Beeswax works well
Or penis butter!
Not sure what wax you have been using but I've found that actual drysuit wax stands up a lot longer to just plain paraffin plus it's more pliable, and it's cheap anyway whats a couple bucks?
"it's cheap anyway whats a couple bucks?"
1 gall> Not sure what wax you have been using but I've found that actual drysuit waxa stick would last probably 5 years...anyway, im saying it's an option. and it's probably not much more than paraffin. I'm pretty sure almost anyone could afford the $2.00, but you are right, that is a gallon of gas...
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