The Right Way to Lubricate a Window (DON'T USE WD-40) 

Very informative and to the point. Great video.

Thankyou. You made my job easy. Great presentation.

Thanks for the good info. I appreciate it!! ❤️

Thank you for showing exactly where to spray.

So helpful!! Thank you!!

Excellent recommendation/warning! Thanks!!!

Nice video, I have MI windows recently installed and years later some are difficult going up and down the video that supposedly corrects the problem with no results. I'll try your method, thanks.

Thank you! We have a house full of hard to open and close windows. I've been trying to figure out what to do, and this video answered my questions quickly and clearly. I just ordered the lubricant you recommended on Amazon.

I searched for a video on lubricating a sliding HORIZONTAL window and this video was recommended for some reason. You're not using the horizontal obviously. This is a good video. My problem is I've tried about 3 different kinds of silicone bases sprays and they don't work for these heavy horizontal sliders. I'm hoping to find a different lubricant that will work for my situation. Maybe I'll find something in a different video but in the meantime, maybe someone can suggest something. Thanks

Thanks for this! Sprayaway hopefully sponsors you in some way...thanks for this..just ordered...see it's good for aluminum window tracks as well and the reviews for the product are great! Thanks again!

I have the newer double-hung windows. After a couple of decades they became hard to move up/down. As you show I relubed the mechanism, with aspray silicone lube. I recommend people do as I did. Lightly run your finger on the spiral aluminum piece. You'll feel the sticky residue and dirt. Now, take a cloth, with rubbing alcohol, on it. Use that to clean the old lube/dirt off. Just run the cloth up/down a few times. Be careful to use a couple of fingers to hold the bottom in place (or You'll have to reinstall/rewind it). You'll be able to feel when the piece is cleaned. "Now", you can spray the silicone lube. Note: if your windows are difficult to remove, from the frame, it's because the "aluminum hinge pins are sticking". I had a couple break while fixing my windows. I live near the Wallside factory, went there and they gave me some replacements. I don't know about other companies, but Wallside uses two different length pins. Take one with you so you get the correct length.

Thank you sir very helpful!

What about CRC Heavy Duty Silicone Lubricant? It sprays on wet and dries as well. Thanks for your video.

Thank you for the video. What do you think of "Liquid wrench spray silicon product", to use the same window to lubricate. Some one suggested this for me. Please let me know if this works also for the same window you used.

Thanks for the video. After reading the comments I don't know why anybody would want to help others by making a video. Some were just rude and you don't deserve that kind of feedback. Thanks for the video. I'm a big boy who can read a can of lube and ask at home Depot or Lowe's. Now I have a direction. Thanks again.

What should be used for aluminum windows?

Thanks so much for posting this. I already have a new can of WD-40 Specialist Dry Lube with PTFE. The can states it is good for window tracks, but in the list of ingredients it includes petroleum distillates. Safe to use on: wood, paper, fabric, leather, metal, and most plastics (except clear polycarbonate and polystyrene). Do you think I can use this? If not, I will gladly buy the Sprayaway.

Can I use garage door silicone lubricant which I used for garage door?

Would this be ok for external applications as well?

How about lubricants for aluminum windows?

If someone has already sprayed WD40 is it safe to spray over it with the lubricant from the video or try and clean it off first?

What about the mechanism where the winow locks into. Mine has like a spiral piece of stainless steel that turns. Does the get lubricated? Thks.....jc

But how do you unlock the spray can?

I did that, must of used to much, now window will not stay open :( How can I clean that stuff off?

Would be nice if I could see/ read the product used!😅

I've only seen like 3 of these windows in my life. Ytf is RU-vid only of this kind of window

Where can I buy that?

I'm going to get some of this stuff --- but here's the problem I've had a few times. The window goes up & down just fine...but it's dirty. So after lifting the bottom sach up a few inches, then tilting it out. Then pulling the top sash down a bit...and tilting it out... then cleaning the windows....then snapping them back in...starting with top, and finishing with the bottom...then at this point, ONE of them has completely seized up and WILL NOT MOVE without a GREAT deal of force! WHAT IS THE PROBLEM??? I have a few of these windows and more than just one of them has given me this issue (more than once).

Damn! Before finding your video, I just watched a similar RU-vid video where the persons advised to use WD-40 sprayed on a paper towel, then she wiped the springs (to remove grease) then she used a tube of Lucas White Lithium Grease to wipe down the springs. So if you don't advise using WD-40 to remove the old (in my case 20-year old dried grease), then what are your thoughts on using the Lucas White Lithium Grease if I cannot find this particularly lubricate used in your video?

WD 40 also makes a silicone lube

Boy or boy I can’t believe you didn’t mention which lubricant you were using

Why not use silicone spray?

The makers of WD-40 insist there is no petroleum, or any of it's distillates in it's product. I can easily imagine, it's _propellant_ being the culprit. The softening of vinyl acetate, which would probably be the Isopropanol to make it spray. (Isopropyl alcohol as a desiccant and Butane as the pressurizer gas, which is petroleum-derived.) You can buy the liquid by itself, in squirt bottles. Interesting theory to test- before condemning an otherwise trusted product.

I think this is a competitive product for WD 40 That’s the reason he said not to use many videos are out ther which says to use WD 40

Microsoft won't like me lubing my windows 😄

What about car windows?

I have always believed in squeeky doors, windows and floorboards, if your at home at night, you can tell if anyone is in the house or trying to get in, sqeeks can save your life !

Can’t find this Sprayway product at local retail. Also, I think you should revise and modify your statement about WD-40 which is a Brand Name and not a specific product. WD-40 actually sells a “Dry Lubricant “ 🤷‍♀️ Thus, since WD-40 makes and sells a Dry Lubricant product wouldn’t such a product be acceptable use on vinyl windows?

So when you've tried all kinds of products silicone, graphite etc. The ability to slide is worse. How do you deal with that! All these people supposed to be showing cleaning the tracks are instead showing how to clean the bottom tray, which shouldn't need any how-to videos. But no one is showing how to clean the side tracks where the problem of windows going up & down exists.

Hi uncle Sean it’s me Ryder :)

I can’t close my window

focus on what to buy not what not to buy

It’s time to update as WD40 is just a brand and has various products, including WD40 silicone and dry lubricants

I don't understand this...in the UK WD40 is for things like locks and metal mechanisms...it doesn't gum things up, it loosens them. This video is strange....but then again in the UK we don't generally have that style of window.

Man ...some rough comments in here. People are either stupid or angry. All y'all need a hard reboot for your sticky windows.

What did you use to spray ??. Will have to find another video this was not helpful 👎🏻

Thanks, now u made it easier for thieves to break in.

I cant even open mine

Step 1: don’t use vinyl windows. And don’t use windows with spring balances

i learned nothing. how about a fucking product suggestion? literally no lubricant says “petroleum/solvent free.”

This is highly suspect video…a private house watching CNN?!! Not likely 🤣

You should mention in your vid lable this is for vinyl windows

Oh, this is the wrong video. Thumbnail says how to lubricant a window. I already know how to lubricate one, just never heard of lubricanting one.