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Yardvarkers
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Sep 04, 2013

Slide seals

Anyone ever heard of putting regular baby powder on the slide out rubber seals to keep them lubricated?
  • Thanks for all the replies. I've been using powder since my camper was new. When I took it home the seals had plenty of powder on them so I thought if they can do it so can I. The video from downtheroad was very good. Thanks for posting it.
  • DarylSue wrote:
    DiskDoctr wrote:
    What an excellent recommendation! Wonder if this would work for the bunk end seals on a Hybrid?


    we used it on our HTT when we had it....seem to work......never had those pesky leaks when closed or traveling in the rain.


    Thanks. We haven't had any bunk leaks, but realize our HTT ages and want to keep the seal in good condition. I do notice it making the 'sticky' noise when opening and figure it's a good thing to add to our maintenance list ;)
  • DiskDoctr wrote:
    What an excellent recommendation! Wonder if this would work for the bunk end seals on a Hybrid?


    we used it on our HTT when we had it....seem to work......never had those pesky leaks when closed or traveling in the rain.
  • What an excellent recommendation! Wonder if this would work for the bunk end seals on a Hybrid?
  • yes, like I stated the other day, the RVgeeks have a video on utube showing how to do this. the said they got the info from Newmar directly. any thing else collected dirt and should not be used. put a little baby powder on a sock , rub it on and use another sock to wipe it off. wiping it off keeps the powder from getting on the side of the MH or what ever you have.
  • I use the baby powder, makes it smooth as a baby's ahhh... butt.

    One thing not mentioned on the video is that you want to clean and dry the seals first.