First slide open the door completely and remove the head stop.
Painted track doors wont slide.
Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller.
A sticking sliding door may seem like a minor inconvenience but it gets to be a real big pain sooner rather than later.
Then lift the door up and out of the track laying it down carefully across two sawhorses.
Finally add the 3 in 1 oil along the track.
If you can t find parts don t get discouraged.
The first step is to clean the sliding doors and the track really well.
To remove sliding doors grasp both sides of the door and lift up and push its rollers off the track.
Never leave the glass door unattended.
The track allows the top of the screen door to slide without banging into the screws that hold the track on to the top of the door and making an annoying clicking sound.
How to paint sliding glass doors.
This will actually help to move around the lubricant into the harder to reach middle area where the door is constantly sliding and experiencing the friction that makes it stick.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
Yes you can restore old pocket doors and install new trouble free hardware and trolleys.
I used a good multi purpose cleaner method all purpose cleaner along with paper towels and q tips to get in the little nooks and crannies.
Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier.
Sliding doors are very heavy very breakable and very expensive this is a two person job.
My door tracks had quite the build up of dirt and other gunk.
The rollers at the top can also wear down lowering the bottom of the door so that it rubs on the track.
The heart and soul of a pocket door system are actually the track above the doors and the rollers or trolleys that attach the door to this track.
Like any door you can paint sliding closet doors or pocket doors in place but you ll get easier application and a better looking surface if you remove the doors.
Move the door back and forth like you did in step 1 to help the door glide over the oiled areas.
Can i install new pocket door track and trolleys with old doors.