Simple Window Repairs Using Wax
If you're having problems with your Windows opening and
closing, you can apply a little wax on the tracking. It's been a long
time since anyone has used this trick, I thought I would share it with
homeowners and professionals alike. My grandfather was a master
Carpenter and he always had a small candle in his nail bags or toolbox.
I personally have tried wax, grease, silicone lubricant, oil, vegetable
oil and wax seems to work about the best. I sprayed silicon lubricant on
my windows and within a few months there was a nice collection of dirt,
where I had applied the lubricant on the tracking and it was gummed up
around the operating parts of the window. The dirt eventually made the
window harder to slide and needed to be disassembled, cleaned and
reassembled.
I've used silicon lubricant on quite a few things and had the same
results. Wax can also attract dirt but somehow doesn't seem to collect
as much of it as oil, grease and other lubricants.
Wax used as a lubricant often works best on horizontal sliding windows,
these are windows that slide right to left and you will need to
lubricate the tracking that the wheels roll on. Some windows have teflon
inserts on the section of the window that slides. Either way you can
apply the wax to the bottom of the window track and soon you will have a
window that slides back and forth with ease.
If you apply the wax and it doesn't help the window slide easier, you
could have a problem with the rollers on the window, teflon inserts or
the tracking. Sometimes the window tracking and rollers just need to be
cleaned in order for the window to slide effortlessly.