Lubricant for front standard rails/tracks?

[Colin D]

Thinking I was doing the right thing I applied some teflon spray using a cotton bud to the running rails/tracks of my technika III only to find it is now nearly impossible to bring the front standard out of the housing. What can I use to lubricate the rails?

 

[Bob-D659]

Try lighter fluid or naphtha to remove the teflon spray crud. If that doesn't improve things, try using a very fine sewing machine or watch oil for a lubricant, now it will have to work as a solvent to remove the teflon spray that remains after cleaning with lighter fluid.

 

[mandoloid]

I've always found plain paraffin to be a really effective lubricant for many things including camera slide mechanisms. I use canning wax and just rub a little on. I doesn't migrate or bleed to places you don't want it to go.

 

[John Koehrer]

I've always found plain paraffin to be a really effective lubricant for many things including camera slide mechanisms. I use canning wax and just rub a little on. I doesn't migrate or bleed to places you don't want it to go.

Me too!

 

[Marc B.]

Also, common wood floor paste wax. 'Johnson & Johnson's Paste Wax' in the USA.
Easy does it...A little dab goes a long way.