Vacuume wiper paddle grease?

[redmodelt]

What grease do you use for the vacuum wiper paddle?
Thanks

[spike]

vasoline works great to keep going...good luck

[redmodelt]

After I posted this I read the bit on Trico wipers that is posted here. That lead me to this;
http://modelabasics.com/wiper.htm
But this is a dry start up and Vaseline sticks in the back of my mind. But Tom was told no on that. ? I think we will go with the Vaseline for start up the do the oiling as outlined in the link.
Thanks
MarkG
The Model A Ford Works
502-282-2212

[Dick Deegan]

The only thing that I found worked is a silicone base O ring lubricant. You can buy it at pool outlets. It also depends on what the sealing material on your paddle is. Is it the original leather, rubber based?? Mine is rubber based and the vaseline just go absorbed into the rubber and didn't work that well. I tried various oils as well.

Dick

[Marco Tahtaras]

These only apply to replacement wipers with fiber paddles.

[700rpm]

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I use Vaseline, and once in a pinch I had to use Vicks VapoRub because that was all I had with me in the wilderness. I've got original rubber paddles in all my cars. Oil didn't work for me.

[marc hildebrant]

I draw Marvel Mystery Oil into the wiper. It makes the wiper work great.

Marc

[Marco Tahtaras]

Originally Posted by 700rpm

I use Vaseline, and once in a pinch I had to use Vicks VapoRub because that was all I had with me in the wilderness. I've got original rubber paddles in all my cars. Oil didn't work for me.

Original paddles were leather however they do wear out and need to be replaced. When they are good, neatsfoot oil is generally used. When I restored my original Roadster wiper and put it on the car I thought it was going to throw the wiper arm and blade right off the car!

[700rpm]

Originally Posted by Marco Tahtaras

Original paddles were leather however they do wear out and need to be replaced. When they are good, neatsfoot oil is generally used. When I restored my original Roadster wiper and put it on the car I thought it was going to throw the wiper arm and blade right off the car!

Hmmm. Well, Marco, mine might be leather. They were so soaked with something that they looked like rubber. But leather makes more sense. I'll Have to look at them more closely next time I have to lube the wipers.

[Jerry Huntngton Beach]

I use "vacuum grease" in my windshield wiper and Columbia shifter. Available at most industrial suppliers.
Jerry

[Merc Cruzer]

I have used this and it has been great.

[steve s]

Back in the day, I successfully restored my wiper using a liberal coating of the same stuff that I used to make my hair look like this: Lucky Tiger Hairwax. It seemed just a bit softer than vaseline.

[redmodelt]

That funny! Of the products I was thinking about when I made my first post, Butch-wax was in the list , Brill-cream although a little dab will do-ya, would be too runny.