VIDEO: Caring for sled runners properly
The sled runners are rusted if the sled has been in a shed or cellar for a long time. A rapid drive is no longer possible. So if you want to pick up speed even on less steep slopes, you have to remove this rust and make sure that no new one forms so quickly.
How to properly care for the sled runners
Of course, you can also use the sledge with the rusty runners on stony slopes and gradually remove the grate. But it's not necessarily fun, especially since you always have to go up the slope, maybe with children who don't enjoy any of this. To make the sleigh ride fun right from the start, you need to remove the grate from the sleigh runners.
- First use coarse sandpaper for metal to care for your sled runners.
- Then sand the runners that have been freed from the coarse rust with fine sandpaper. This removes small rust spots and bumps and makes the surface of the runners nice and smooth.
- Then grease the sled runners. All car or bicycle grease is suitable, our grandparents also used lard for this. Greasing prevents new rust from quickly forming. In addition, the thin layer of grease reduces the friction of the sled runners.
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