How to make a metal rail slide?

The only thing I can think of is to wax it a shit ton?

go to your local skate shop and pick up some skate wax

Grinding, sanding, waxing. I had a rail once back in high school that i didnt paint, so it got real rusty and sticky, just waxed her up and she slid great.

im pretty sure you can paint it. at momentum when the rails get sticky, they paint them

do as skateboarders do ... wax ... with enough wax you could make a fat mans ass slide

do you know what kind of paint

Is it square or round tubing? If it's square the reason it's really sticky is because the corners are actually a tiny bit higher than the center of the rail. Because your skis are only touching a small part of the rail the edges will dig in and you'll eat shit. All you have to do is take the top of the rail off near the edges with a grinder.


If it's because of rust I recommend putting an emery cloth belt into a belt sander and using that on the top. It will make it super smooth.

Wax really doesn't work, especially in the winter where it's too cold to rub on anyway. I'm against lubricants on rails, I've found that all they do is leave marks on your clothes when you fall, but if you must use a lubricant I recommend some clean motor oil. It's fairly thin, stays on a long time, and doesn't leave black stains. Plus it's easier to get out of clothing than wax.

i have a metal rail that the paint came off of and it always gets rusty cuz i leave it outside. whenever i want to use it i just take a sander with this course metal wiring thing (just sand it a lot) and take an old candle to it. slides perfectly