{"id":703,"date":"2019-09-04T19:33:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T19:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/?p=703"},"modified":"2023-08-21T18:13:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:13:01","slug":"sliding-through-the-raceway-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"Sliding through the raceway made easy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pulling wire through conduit can be challenging sometimes and depending on the amount of bends and the length of the pipe run, it can be almost impossible!<\/p>\n<p>Someone finally discovered that the best thing to use was some kind of lubricant to make the wire slide through the raceway.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years I have heard of all kinds of things being used: dish soap, motor oil, and grease to name a few!!<\/p>\n<p>(Hair gel never really caught on.)<\/p>\n<p>WHAT A MESS!!!<\/p>\n<p>The other problem is that, in a few years, you have to pull the wire out for some reason. The wrong lubricants can make the wire stick in the pipe.<\/p>\n<p>All along the solution has been wire lube!! So a lot of companies started making it\u2014some good and some NOT so good.<\/p>\n<p>Some lubricants were made with dyes that stain your hands and anything it got on!!<\/p>\n<p>Then came <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonelectricsupply.com\/p\/Amerpoly-J-128-Gallon-Wire-Pull-Lube\/6005676?text=amerpoly+j+128&amp;lsi=true&amp;utm_source=Wordpress&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=Sliding+through+the+raceway+made+easy%21&amp;utm_term=Amerpoly+American+Polywater+lubricant+J+wire+pull+lube\">POLYWATER<\/a>!!!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonelectricsupply.com\/p\/Amerpoly-J-128-Gallon-Wire-Pull-Lube\/6005676?text=amerpoly+j+128&amp;lsi=true&amp;utm_source=Wordpress&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=Sliding+through+the+raceway+made+easy%21&amp;utm_term=Amerpoly+American+Polywater+lubricant+J+wire+pull+lube\">Polywater Lubricant J<\/a><\/strong> has been proven through use with a track record of more than 30 years pulling cable and wire. Due to its reduction in tension and friction, <strong>Lubricant J<\/strong> can be used on both electrical and communication cables.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonelectricsupply.com\/p\/Amerpoly-J-128-Gallon-Wire-Pull-Lube\/6005676?text=amerpoly+j+128&amp;lsi=true&amp;utm_source=Wordpress&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=Sliding+through+the+raceway+made+easy%21&amp;utm_term=Amerpoly+American+Polywater+lubricant+J+wire+pull+lube\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-704 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pwj-640-polywater-j-5-gallon__42934_1410368510_500_659-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Polywater Lubricant J\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pwj-640-polywater-j-5-gallon__42934_1410368510_500_659-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pwj-640-polywater-j-5-gallon__42934_1410368510_500_659-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pwj-640-polywater-j-5-gallon__42934_1410368510_500_659.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meets LEED and Green Seal criteria<\/li>\n<li>Lubricity for months after use: clean and slow drying<\/li>\n<li>Maximum friction reduction<\/li>\n<li>No wax, grease, or silicone content found in <strong>Lubricant J<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Specified for fire-critical cables (Noncombustible residue)<\/li>\n<li>Stays on cable jacket during application<\/li>\n<li>UL listed and CARB compliant<\/li>\n<li>Stable in variety of temperatures (20\u00b0F to 120\u00b0F)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"page\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<div id=\"product_content\">\n<div class=\"product-form\">\n<form action=\"\" method=\"post\" name=\"productBox\">\n<div class=\"product-tabs\">\n<div class=\"tab-area clearfix\">\n<div class=\"area-top\">\n<div class=\"area-bottom\">\n<div id=\"tabs-1\" class=\"detail\">\n<div id=\"spectable\">\n<ul>\n<li>Viscosity Rating 25000 to 40000 Cps at 10 RPM<\/li>\n<li>PH Rating 7.5 to 9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">~Woody<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulling wire through conduit can be challenging sometimes and depending on the amount of bends and the length of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,6,10,12,11,14,8,7,13,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1513,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/1513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordoncommunity.com\/gordonblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}