Roadmaster LubeMaster Dry Silicone Spray

Video Transcript for Roadmaster LubeMaster Dry Silicone Spray Review

Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today, we're gonna be checking out the Roadmaster LubeMaster heavy-duty RV silicone spray. So, this is going to be ideal for lubricating your tow bars, which is a really important thing to do. You know, you wanna make sure they're clean and properly lubricated. That way, you know, you're gonna get the best performance out of them. They're gonna last a lot longer, stay in better shape and be much easier to use.

You know, whenever you're doing your flat tow setup, the more streamlined it is, the easier it's going to be. You know, and having everything operates smoothly is gonna save you a little bit of time there. And a lot of times, believe it or not, you see this quite often. You know, we get a lot of questions, people asking about tow bar maintenance. You know, and just like anything mechanical, you know, if you maintain it, it's gonna work better.

It's just like a vehicle, you know what I mean If you neglect it, it's gonna give out on you. And the same holds true for a tow bar like this. So, you know, we see them come in quite often, actually. You know, a tow bar, they got a lot of miles on them. They really take a beating.

They're outside and everything else. And if you don't take care of it, eventually what can happen is the arms and the mechanisms and everything else become really hard to operate. Particularly, we see a lot of the arms here will just have so much stuff caked up on it and built up on it that you can hardly slide them in and out. And then when that happens, you know, it tears up your seals and your internal components. And then you're left with the choice, you know, do I replace some of the internal components A lot of times, you can get in there and a lot of stuff's messed up and then, you know, you end up having to get a new tow bar.

So, by doing a little bit of maintenance every now and again, it can really save you a lot of time and energy in the long run, whenever you're ready to actually use the tow bar. So, like anything, before you get to lubricating parts and everything like that, you wanna make sure they're clean. And what I would suggest doing is using the Roadmaster tow bar cleaner here. I've tried both of these products. And this tow bar cleaner works really good, believer or not. It is really strong stuff. And does a great job of getting your tow bar all shined up before you lubricate everything. So, what really separates this from a lot of other, you know, type of lubricants is the fact that it is a dry silicone. So, what that means is when you spray it out of the can and it goes on the surface, in a matter of seconds, it's gonna dry. 'Cause I know, personally, I would probably be tempted just to grab kinda your generic, you know, off-the-shelf brand or some type of lubricant and use that for the tow bar arms. The problem is they're not a dry type of silicone. So, what happens, when you spray that on, spray that other type of lubricant on, it doesn't really evaporate. When I say evaporate, like this, this is gonna leave behind a protective layer, okay, of lubricant. And the other ones, you spray it on there and it just stays wet. Well, the problem is with that, whenever something's wet and greasy, that actually is gonna attract dust and dirt and all kinds of different things. So, what's gonna happen, I'm gonna spray this on, hopefully we can get a good shot of it here. But when I spray this on, you're gonna see the wet part evaporate in a matter of seconds. So, really layer it on there. And just after a few seconds, it evaporates. But if you feel it, you can feel that it's slick and that there's a film on it. So, that's gonna be the main difference between this and some other, you know, generic, off-the-shelf-type of lubricants. So, I feel like we covered, you know, how is this gonna work with the tow bar and everything else like that. And here in a minute, you know, I'll show you actually how to clean and properly lubricate a tow bar. So, if that's something you're interested in, stick around, check that out. But with that said, though, you know, this isn't a, you know, this isn't just for tow bars. This spray has a lot of different uses. You can use it for a ton of different things. So, you know, having a can of this laying around in the RV, it's kinda just a good general purpose spray as well. You know, say if you got a squeaky step going into the door, go and spray some on it. A awning that might be getting stuck or hung up a little bit, it'll work for that. You know, door hinges. A handful of our customers said they use it on their, you know, their jacks underneath their camper or RV and things like that. And whether you're constantly using it and just wanna keep things loosened up, or, you know, since it does leave that protective film over things, you know, I feel like this would be a good thing to break out in the winter time, just before you're gonna store everything. And just kinda give, you know, those type of components a quick coating. That way, you know, that'll help you protect it against the elements while it's sitting. And, you know, you're gonna be able to open up your RV or whatever it is that you're doing with a little more confidence whenever the weather turns and it starts to get nice and you're ready to get out and have some fun. So, at the end of the day, you know, when it comes to trying to maintain things, what you put in is what you're gonna get out. You know, and if you actually do things properly and put a little bit of effort into it, you're gonna be much happier in the long run. And so, it really does make sense, spend a few minutes, clean your tow bar every now and again, and, you know, you'll be able to call it a day. It really doesn't take all that much time at all. So, if that's something you're interested in and in seeing how I did it, we'll go ahead and clean and lubricate this one together now. There is a recommended way on how to clean and lubricate your tow bar, so let's go ahead and just kinda run through this together. So, I have our tow bar cleaner here. Let's give it a shake to kinda mix things up. And what I'm gonna do first is just kinda spray the tow bar down. You know, give it a good coating and I'm just spraying it on everything. You know, and we'll just give it good wipe down to kinda get things started here. If it's real dirty, you know, you can probably let this soap for a minute or two and let things loosen up a little bit. Ours isn't too terrible, so I think we can get away with just spraying it down. Kinda tilt the tow bar up, and pull the arm out to lock it down. And what we're gonna do is spray in this area here. And what's gonna happen is, is this cleaner is gonna leak down into the internal part here. And that cap that we removed, you know, will allow stuff to get flushed out of the bottle. So we'll just really spray this good. And I'm gonna kinda cover this whole piece here. And what you can do is just work this arm in and out. And you can see, just by kinda doing that one time. You know, a little more dirt is accumulating and it's picking up dirt and kinda pushing everything, pushing everything out of the tow bar. So, after a few times, I'm probably just gonna wipe this clean. To lubricate the tow bar, I'm using our silicone RV lube. And this is pretty straightforward here. We're just gonna spray down all of our moving parts. So, I just spread the tow bar across here. And like I said, pretty straightforward. Anything that pivots or moves, we can go ahead and give a shot of our lube. And not a bad idea just to, you know, kinda actually move it around and really get that silicone into all of these components. So, that one feels pretty good. What I'll probably do here is move on to our arms and everything else here. So, with these, kind of the same deal. I'm gonna spray down into here. And just move this in and out. We'll just continue around our tow bar to all of our components here. Again, to the lock mechanisms and everywhere else. You're really not gonna hurt anything, so, you know, don't be shy with this. So, this also works for your base plate pins. Now, we don't have a Roadmaster base plate, but the same concept. And whenever you clean these, what it's gonna do is help protect it from corrosion and just make it easier to operate, you know. These are new, so, you know, they're pretty smooth right now. But what you wanna do is make sure they're clean. And essentially, the same deal here. By spraying on the lubricant, what it's gonna do is create a little barrier there and that's gonna help protect it from corrosion and things like that. So, honestly, now that I'm thinking about it, it's probably a really good thing that we're doing this with brand new pins, that way, they're protected. And, you know, we're not gonna have to try to fight them in the future and do this down the road. So, you know, every now and again, probably good to do. But doing it now, when they're new, will ensure they stay just like new. So, after you hit these, you know, let them dry for a second. This stuff dries really, really fast. Matter of fact, it looks like it's dry right now. Let's just go ahead and make sure they operate smoothly, which indeed they do. Now that we have everything cleaned and lubricated properly, we're ready to hook up and hit the road. Or we do recommend doing this before the off-season, you know. That way, you got everything cleaned, lubed, and ready to go for next year. Once you take your motorhome and everything else out of storage, you're gonna have some confidence knowing that your tow bar will be ready to roll. And that'll finish up our look at of the Roadmaster LubeMaster RV silicone spray..