Zippers?????

[solman]

Anyone put anthing on their shelter zippers to make them slide better??  Paraffin, bees wax, salad dressing, I don't know.  It seems my new pop up shelter zippers are a bit sticky.

Thank for your thoughts.

[PUNISHER]

Paraffin, candle wax, ski wax or bees wax.
I just take an old (unlight) candle and rub it along both sides of the zipper then run the zipper along a couple of times to work it in the teeth a bit.
I also do this to the poles and push button retaining pins at the begining of the season.

[solman]

Thanks PUN,  I appreciate the reply. 

[PUNISHER]

Yer welcome solman

[Grumpyoldman]

Good old Water Displacing Formula 40 (wd-40) makes the zipper slide nice.

[icebucketjohn]

I've used all the above including: Vasiline with a small brush.

[Gillgrabber]

I bought a tube of stuff called "Zipper Lube" at the Milwaukee Sport show a few years ago.  At first glance I thought it sounded like something you'd see at an adult novelty store, but it works pretty well.

[silvercreeker]

I have been using Chapstick (plain) on the poles and zippers of my shacks.  Works good, and no staining the frabic.

[Drifter_016]

Rubbing them with a bar of soap works great too.