Stiff bi-fold sliding shower door
Invisible Man
shower cubicle. I seem to recall it runs on nylon slides or similar
rather than wheels or rollers.
I am going over on Sunday. Any advice on lubricant or other ways to make
it run a little more easily. Mother has no great strength in her arms
and just a little less friction would help.
No idea of make or model. It is fairly new but mother would have gone
for cheapness rather than quality.
TIA for any ideas. (No she won't pay for a nice offset quadrant with
easy gliding doors like I fitted here earlier in the year!)
Roger Mills
Invisible Man <invi...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Clean all the congealed soap off, then rub some candle fat on the sliding
bits.
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Roger
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Invisible Man
> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> Invisible Man <invi...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Ageing mother is having trouble with the bi-fold door on her square
>> shower cubicle. I seem to recall it runs on nylon slides or similar
>> rather than wheels or rollers.
>>
>> I am going over on Sunday. Any advice on lubricant or other ways to
>> make it run a little more easily. Mother has no great strength in her
>> arms and just a little less friction would help.
>>
>> No idea of make or model. It is fairly new but mother would have gone
>> for cheapness rather than quality.
>>
>> TIA for any ideas. (No she won't pay for a nice offset quadrant with
>> easy gliding doors like I fitted here earlier in the year!)
>
>
> Clean all the congealed soap off, then rub some candle fat on the sliding
> bits.
Many thanks. By candle fat do you mean rub around with any old waxy candle?
Keith W
"Invisible Man" <invi...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Don't know how effective it will be in wet conditions but we had a similar
problem with one of those draw string curtain tracks with plastic runners.
Someone suggested cleaning them off and applying spray furniture polish on
the running surfaces (Mr Sheen was chosen). That was a year ago and they
are still running smoothly.
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Keith W
Sunbury on Thames
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)
Roger
"Invisible Man" <invi...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Silicon Spray from Screwfix (or Anne Summers!)
I'm amazed you need to ask such a basic question in a newsgroup.
Keith W
"Roger" <roger2...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Roger's right, I had forgotten about that stuff. You can get an aerosol of
it in Halfords. Also very useful for freeing up sticking electric windows
in cars.
Roger Mills
Invisible Man <invi...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Roger Mills wrote:
>> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>>
>>
>> Clean all the congealed soap off, then rub some candle fat on the
>> sliding bits.
>
> Many thanks. By candle fat do you mean rub around with any old waxy
> candle?
Yes - just rub it with a candle. I probably should have said 'wax' rather
than 'fat'.
I've not tried it for this specific application - but it works quite well on
many materials, particularly wooden drawer runners, etc.
The Medway Handyman
> Ageing mother is having trouble with the bi-fold door on her square
> shower cubicle. I seem to recall it runs on nylon slides or similar
> rather than wheels or rollers.
>
> I am going over on Sunday. Any advice on lubricant or other ways to
> make it run a little more easily. Mother has no great strength in her
> arms and just a little less friction would help.
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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
Better still I found an old can in the garage :-)
John
"Invisible Man" <invi...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
Try Mr Sheen
Gary
Excellent idea Roger, I've used this on our Aqata bi-fold shower screen door
and seems to have done the trick. Thank you everso much. Best wishes and stay
safe. Gary
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