VIC
5124 posts
I was tidying up a surfboard for sale and found the zip sliders on the board bag were jammed with corrosion. I was using hot soapy water to wash the wax residue off the board so I soaked the sliders in the water and they freed up nicely.
I did the same thing to an old board bag that had been corroded up for about a year and it is now easy to slide.
The sliders will probably corrode again pretty quickly but it's easy enough to give them a wash from time to time. That's better than buying a new bag or putting on new zips or sliders.
I have read on the internet that vinegar works well. Apparently urine also works.
I don't know of anything that will prevent the corrosion. I have tried silicone lube and that has no effect.
VIC
5000 posts
Boiling water straight from kettle works. To prevent it, vas?
WA
296 posts
Steep in vinegar overnight and pick the grunge out with a needle. Works a treat.
QLD
1326 posts
+1 for the Vinegar. I have had to soak up to 2 days to get it moving, but does work eventually.
ACT
514 posts
It could be the great "it's to save the zip on my bag" excuse to go out sailing more often.
WA
5921 posts
rather than oil based stuff just use silicon spray.
sorted guvna
WA
2775 posts
Bumblings also sell a silicon spray in a light green can - usually found in the curtain track and blinds aisle.
ideal for curtain tracks, and the zippers on those clear plastic café curtain thingos.
[which is why it is found in the curtain aisle]
stephen
WA
23684 posts
No no no please
makes it impossible to get anything to stick later on
silicone should be banned.
Please don't
WD40 is foin.
