Richard Casady wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:45:25 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:


Maybe someone can suggest something that could be used in the pad instead of
grease that won't stain sails but I don't know what it would be.


For all I know, they make a product just for sail slides.

They do make white greases; vaseline is close to white. You can get
the stuff they used to use on car door latches. White stuff in paper
wrapped sticks. Paraffin wax is white. Johnson's paste wax is near
enough white. Just to round out the list of non-staining lubes, soap
is good in dry places such as wooden drawer slides and wooden windows.
Graphite is the one thing that will never come out. Even laundry
marking ink, which is silver, will dissolve in cyanide. Graphite
dissolves in molten iron, which is hard on most sails.

Casady


Graphite should not be used on aluminun becaues they react badly.