If you see any clear the debris and wash the tracks with warm soapy water.
Patio door track lubricant.
After you ve gone through closets vacuumed under the bed and packed a box ready to drop off at the donation center don t forget to think about cleaning dirty windows and patio doors especially the tracks.
Once the patio door track is nice and clean lubricate the track with a silicone based lubricant spraying and rolling the door back and forth to work in the lubricant.
Be sure to check between the screen door and the glass.
A sliding door relies on an upper and lower track along with rollers that keep it in place to slide smoothly back and forth.
The amazing spray on oil with silicone cleans and lubricates sliding screen door sliding windows crank style windows sliding glass doors power tools and in hard to get places around the house.
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In addition to cleaning and lubricating sliding door tracks you want to lubricate the door lock.
It is designed with a brush top which makes it convenient in applying this lubricant directly to the areas on your sliding glass door that need it the most.
The best way to lubricate any lock is to disassemble it and use an aerosol lubricant to flush away grime and coat the moving parts of the lock.
First check your sliding door tracks for any debris or dried liquid.
Then slide the door all the way open vacuum the other side and scrape out the dirt and debris inside the track using a flat blade screwdriver.
If the track is gummed up with dirt.
How to clean and lubricate a sliding patio door track.
This lubricant smoothen sliding door track the best.
Sometimes patio doors become hard to open even when the track is clean.
Spring is a great time to think about cleaning the house.
If you re confident that there s nothing else blocking the sliding patio door track then it s time to lubricate.
80078 anti seize lubricant is manufactured by permatex.