Miata Mailing List: May 1993, Message #27
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Subject: Re: Zipper tip...
   Date: (none)

Russ Croman - EECS writes:
 > For what it's worth...
 > 
 > A few weeks after I bought my '93, I noticed that the door locks were a bit
 > sticky.  A little powdered graphite from the local grocery store did the
 > trick -- although I got some strange looks and a ``Can I help you?'' from
 > folks in the parking lot as I was twiddling a slender metal thingy in the
 > locks.  Guess they thought I was trying to steal the car, or something.
 > 
 > Anyway, with all this zipper talk going around, it occured to me that the 
 > stuff might make the window zipper a little easier to work.  To my delight, 
 > it does.  It's a little messy to apply, but laying a bunch of paper towels on 
 > the rear shelf catches the overspray.  Just squirt the graphite out of the 
 > tube onto the zipper and then zip & unzip it a few times to work it in.  It 
 > helps to get a tube of graphite with a long metal tube for a nozzle.  
 > Hopefully this will reduce the possibility of breaking the handle.
 > 

I imagine spray silicone would do the trick, too, while being a little
less messy to apply.

Someone on this list a while back suggested using a wax crayon.  Has
anyone else tried this?