Rail help

Use wax. Like a skateboard wax for rails.

http://www.outlookskates.com/Wax.htm

that didnt work i heard something about painting it tho does this help

Is it a legit rail, or one of those skateboard rails that you put together? I bought one of those and it sucked. The metal was way too soft. I was able to slide it by sanding it down regularly with course grit sand paper and my electric finishing sander. I also rubbed warm weather ski wax onto the rail. I had to keep doing this to make it work, but my edges would dig in and curl back the metal and I would eat shit.

For any metal rail, I would recommend using ski wax for the appropriate air temp. On the back of the pack of wax it has the temp that that wax works for. Buy the right wax and just rub it on the rail. If you want to really do it right, rub it down with a piece of cork after you rub the wax on.

what i use, plus i bet you have a shit ton somewhere in your house

Is there surface rust on there( very little rust) ? Cuz that wont slide at all. Eather way sand it down with 180 grit METAL sand paper quick, them do it again with 320 grit, get some krylon or rusto spray paint and 1st cost just dust a very little paint on. Put the 2nd coat a lil heaver almost 70% coveridge, and finsh it with a heav 3rd coat. That will slide nice.