Curtain rail sticking
Mark
I've just fitted a new curtain rail and the damn things sticks. i.e.
I can't pull the curtains across since it jams.
It a plastic cordless monorail system for lightweight curtains (the
gliders hook over the top and bottom of the rail). What seems to be
happening is that the gliders are twisting instead of gliding which
causes the jam.
The rail is straight and horizontal. It's strange since I haven't had
trouble with these before.
Apart from replacing the whole rail is there a simple/easy solution to
this?
JohnW
Try using some silicone polish on it. A rail I bought came with a
little sachet of it, and before application the curtains wouldn't
close, rather like yours, and after - no problems.
JohnW
Lino expert
Spray the track with furniture polish.
The Medway Handyman
Silicone spray. Also sold as cockpit spray for shining up plastic trim in
cars.
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Candle wax. Rub a candle along the track.
Others have said silicon spray as well
Chris J Dixon
>Silicone spray. Also sold as cockpit spray for shining up plastic trim in
>cars.
Is it just me that is absolutely furious when a car has been
spruced up at a dealers, and they have given the steering wheel
the silicone treatment?
Chris
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Indeed. Silicone spray from the electrical wholesalers is cheaper than
cockpit spray and works well on my vans dashboard.
Adam
Dave Liquorice
> Is it just me that is absolutely furious when a car has been spruced up
> at a dealers, and they have given the steering wheel the silicone
> treatment?
I hate it when anyone uses silicone type polishes on anything. It's
terrible stuff as a "polish", it builds up over time, then starts to flake
off or discolour. The only time a I use a silcone polish is for
lubricating plastic curtain tracks...
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Dave Liquorice
> Spray the track with furniture polish.
Well it's probably better to spray a little onto a cloth or bit of kitchen
roll and rub that along the surfaces of the the track where the hooks run.
Less chance of getting overspray on the wall paper etc and you don't need
a great deal of the stuff anyway.
Candle wax may work but that is normally used as lubricant on wooden
drawer runners rather than plastic curtain tracks. A little silicone based
furniture polish also dries and doesn't remain sticky to attract dust
either.
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Harry Bloomfield
> Is it just me that is absolutely furious when a car has been
> spruced up at a dealers, and they have given the steering wheel
> the silicone treatment?
You are not alone on that, they also tend to do the inside of the
windscreen with the spray.
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The Medway Handyman
> "The Medway Handyman" <davi...@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
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>> Mark wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I've just fitted a new curtain rail and the damn things sticks. i.e. I
>>> can't pull the curtains across since it jams.
>>>
>>> It a plastic cordless monorail system for lightweight curtains (the
>>> gliders hook over the top and bottom of the rail). What seems to be
>>> happening is that the gliders are twisting instead of gliding which
>>> causes the jam.
>>>
>>> The rail is straight and horizontal. It's strange since I haven't
>>> had trouble with these before.
>>>
>>> Apart from replacing the whole rail is there a simple/easy solution
>>> to this?
>>
>> Silicone spray. Also sold as cockpit spray for shining up plastic
>> trim in cars.
>
> Indeed. Silicone spray from the electrical wholesalers is cheaper than
> cockpit spray and works well on my vans dashboard.
What do leckies use it for then? I buy mine from a plumbing outlet - push
fit pan connectors etc.
ARWadsworth
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Mike Tomlinson
<ch...@cdixon.me.uk> writes
>Is it just me that is absolutely furious when a car has been
>spruced up at a dealers, and they have given the steering wheel
>the silicone treatment?
Mo, you're not alone.
The cure is baby wipes - if they'll get the whatsit off a baby's arse,
they'll clean yer wheel a treat. :)
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Mike Tomlinson
lotsofspamanymore.net> writes
>Apart from replacing the whole rail is there a simple/easy solution to
>this?
Spray the rail with a silicone furniture polish, such as Mr Sheen. Run
curtains back and forth a few times, they'll be much improved.
The Medway Handyman
> In article <oq3015529u7j4tgob...@4ax.com>, Chris J Dixon
> <ch...@cdixon.me.uk> writes
>
>> Is it just me that is absolutely furious when a car has been
>> spruced up at a dealers, and they have given the steering wheel
>> the silicone treatment?
>
> Mo, you're not alone.
>
> The cure is baby wipes - if they'll get the whatsit off a baby's arse,
> they'll clean yer wheel a treat. :)
Any sensible car valeter would avoid the wheel, but 'sensible car valeter'
is an oxymoron IME. Glass cleaner (not the Windowlene type) gets it off a
treat.
newshound
>
> Spray the rail with a silicone furniture polish, such as Mr Sheen. Run
> curtains back and forth a few times, they'll be much improved.
>
WD40 on a bit of cloth works fine too; repeat every few months
Andy Dingley
<davidl...@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Any sensible car valeter would avoid the wheel, but 'sensible car valeter'
> is an oxymoron IME.
Last time I had a car valeted (for free, what do you take me for?) was
when I bought my Range Rover from someone who'd kept an entire pack of
chain-smoking beagles in it during the moulting season.
Whatever the valet guy used was powerful stuff and removed all trace
of both dog (not too bad) and fag (bad). He swore by this stuff and
claimed to use it on all particularly difficult cases. By the way he
crawled wheezing and gasping out of the door after using it, I think
he was probably right. No way I was ever going to use the stuff
though. Phos-clene? VX220? Lewi-shite?
Never had cockroaches in the Rangie afterwards either.
Mark
Thanks to all. I'll get some silicone spray next time I'm near the
shops.
g.c.matt...@gmail.com
newshound
> are dragging .
>
I agree *completely*, but WD40 on a cloth also works. If there are
obvious dirty deposits, it's worth cleaning them off that way.
Harry Bloomfield
> are dragging .
Brian Gaff
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> Clean the curtain track thoroughly then apply Vaseline.
>
in silicone spray.
JohnP
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And try to wash the runners. Mr Sheen is better than nothing.Definatly not
Vaseline - it will work ok and then get worse than ever.
Scott
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then skidded on the floor and went over. :)
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Brian Gaff (Sofa)
muck just flies onto it. There is an anti static polish which used to be
good but as with everything if you live in a dusty world it will still
stick. Brian
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