In addition to showing off my smurf-blue bathroom (yes, the tub and toilet are also blue), I'd love to share a quick and easy tip with AT readers. SarahC's post on Rolling Shower Curtain Rings reminded us of this great tip we picked up working in retail: rub wax paper on a metal bar to make metal hangers glide smoothly and with less squeaks. The same concept works with a shower curtain with metal rings and rod...
A single sheet of wax paper is usually enough, but if your curtain is especially screechy, it might take two.
Just grasp the shower rod with wax paper and rub...
The paper will get gritty as it picks up the fine metallic dust...
It's that easy...a smoothly running curtain with less ear-piercing screeches.
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Comments (17)
i like those curtain hangers. where are those from?
That's just the way we used to wax the slide at the playground. Good trick.
Wax also helps with windows that are hard to open/close and helps drawers with wood glides open & close more smoothly.
I think it's hillarious how DETAILED the *how-to* pictures are on this website. Like did we really need to see a step by step pictorial of how to rub a sheet of wax paper on a curtain rod?
I love it though. I really do!
The curtain runs smoothly, not smooth. : )
love the play-by-play! and yeah, you've got some good lookin' shower curtain hanger hook thingies.
I learned that trick in my retail days...great tip!!
Similarly...I rub bar soap to make the drawers on my vintage dresser open and close with ease.
My bathroom is the same, except it's green, the tile is green, the tub is green, and yes, the toilet is green. (And all different versions of green.)
spossberg, I used to work in an office that had a sign in the bathroom on 10 Steps to Washing Hands. Who knew there were 10 steps! I thought it was so funny I took it off the wall and brought it home. Note to self - frame and hang in bathroom.
Is this really a problem in anyone's life - the deafening screech of their shower-curtain rings? Does anyone else remember the one-eyed crazy woman in Twin Peaks who devoted herself to designing completely silent curtain rods?
I have the same blur in my bathroom. Thanks for the tip about the wax. Where is your curtain rod from? I looking for something really simple like that.
pyewacket - Oh yeah, Nadine. I think this idea is a good deal less crazy than her revolutionary silent curtain system.
I have always used baby oil to do the same trick, and for the playground try coating the slide with silicone lube kids wont know what hit them.... (of course wait for the lube to dry before sliding)
ok, thats a great tip, we just moved into a place with a metal rack and I got metal rings and they catch and it's driving me bonkers, I am going to go do this now, thanks!
Thanks for the tip! It totally worked.
I second ashleym. Worked like a charm!