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   Piffin | Jun 30, 2009 12:39am | #1

   Yes, wax works. Plain parafin, or Butcher's wax, or I use a product called Slip-it that is formulated for woodworking and tool coatings.

    

    

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   clinkard | Jun 30, 2009 02:02am | #2

   Rubbing the rails with a bar of hand soap.

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   Shoemaker1 | Jun 30, 2009 02:07am | #3

   White graphite powder. Slicker than a 3 handed polotician

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   dovetail97128 | Jun 30, 2009 07:50am | #7

   IIRC soap will draw moisture. Wax.
   They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.

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   oldbeachbum | Jun 30, 2009 10:11am | #9

   another reason I stopped using soap to lube screws......just a little wax on the threads so it won't impact surface for finishing. 

   I'm not flippin' you off.........just counting cubits

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   dude | Jun 30, 2009 12:47pm | #10

   the Leevalley tape works fine , i used it on the wifes cupboard drawers & been in use a few years now , no problems

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   DanH | Jun 30, 2009 02:10am | #4

   The old-time solution was candle wax. Bound to be something better now, but I don't know what.

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   Piffin | Jun 30, 2009 05:06am | #5

   Which candle wax? parafin or beeswax? 

    

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   DanH | Jun 30, 2009 05:11am | #6

   When I was a kid we used whatever candle was at hand. I suspect most were made with a mixture of the two.
   As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz

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   oldbeachbum | Jun 30, 2009 10:06am | #8

   something like this stuff maybe?

    

   http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&cat=1,110,43466,32182&p=32182

    

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   jackplane | Jun 30, 2009 02:59pm | #11

   Lots of things work...soap,wax(any kind),olive oil, motor oil, Vagisil...

   Iron-on veneer tape for melamine also works well.

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   reinvent | Jun 30, 2009 04:28pm | #12

   I would not use soap, wax, or grease. They will eventually get gummy and dirty. Clean the wood of dust and dirt and stick this on the drawer frame. I have used them a bunch of times and they work well.

   http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=214&filter=glide%20tape