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  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped! Post of the Month
    Try rubbing a bar of soap or a candle on it
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,241 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    spugzbunny wrote: »
    Can anyone suggest anything they / I can do? They have tried WD40, furntiture polish and lemon juice I believe. I'm not concerned about staining it at all so any ideas are welcome!!

    Soft graphite pencil lead :)

    There are more suggestions here; I'll merge this later to keep ideas together.
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • jcr16
    jcr16 Posts: 4,185 Forumite
    was gonna suggest the pencil. no idea why or how it work's. but it does. it fantastic.
  • david39
    david39 Posts: 1,968 Forumite
    Graphite works because it is an extremely effective lubricant, giving the surfaces of the zip it touches a fine, slippery coating.
    However, it does not have any penetrating qualities, so it will be difficult to get it to penetrate into the surfaces of the zip that are already stuck.
    WD40 would have been my first choice but, if that didn't work, a penetrating oil (from most hardware or motor accessory shops) would be next. The oil will seep into the stuck surfaces and help release them, but beware - it will seep everywhere else, such as into the material, so apply it very sparingly.
  • spugzbunny
    spugzbunny Posts: 1,235 Forumite
    Thanks for the merge! I totally searched I swear! ROFL!

    Thankis for the advice - I'll see how Daddy dear has go on!
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    £17,700 / £20,000
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