I just built a small 3 drawer chest and used 8" drawer slides and they didn't slide that good.
Sprayed dry lub on them and made it worse.
I took them to a woodworker friend and told him what I did and he said to never use dry lube.
He wiped and blew off the slides and used a white lithium grease and what a difference it made.
I have used dry lub on my table saw and it makes it worse. I am done using dry lub.
Larry I knew Stick didn't know what he was talking about. :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: > Just kidding Stick you along with others help people like me a lot.
Thanks Larry. I have no experience with dry lube but I have used lithium grease often.
The grease might attract dust but then I guess you could clean them and re-grease them every now and then. An old trick I learned was to use a piece of wadded up wax paper and polish the slide parts with it, works good.
Yes Don Stick has a wealth of knowledge. Dry lube is good in some places but in my case this chest
will be in a house so not to much dust should affect the slides.
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