Try Elmer's Slide-All, also available from Ace. Very good stuff.

Gerald Masar wrote:
> I recently did this project and used a product (ACE Hardware bout $7) called DuPont
> Teflon Multi-Use Dry, Wax Lubricant. Sounds similar, spray it on, let dry, leaves a
> waxy coating. And they claim it has a patented self-cleaning technology that sheds
> dirt, etc. etc.
> And there is always BoeShield, more expensive, but I have only seen it on-line.
> Jerry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Sliding door handles mystery
>
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>> Hi Jonathan,
>>
>> Food for thought you have given me. Mrs Squirrel and I have always found
>> the mighty effort needed to close the sliding door, and the mighty noise
>> it emits when slammed, to be unpleasant. I briefly tried closing the
>> door using the rear handle (as you describe) a couple times but it
>> didn't seem to work well. May be a matter of practice, or maybe you and
>> the others are right and I need to give this door a serious cleaning. I
>> was planning to remove the interior panel anyway, to tighten the linkage
>> so it opens from inside more easily, and apply sound-damping material to
>> the skin. I reckon now's a good time for some maintenance.
>>
>> Jake has been telling me that he likes a lanolin-based lubricant called
>> "Fluid Film," manufactured by the Eureka Chemical Company for slider
>> application. Now, I can't tell if he's in fact named the Very Best
>> lubricant for the sliders, or just setting me on a snipe hunt. At any
>> rate it reportedly smells like a raw wool sweater. So. Gross.
>>
>> What else have listees found to work good?
>>
>>
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