# Spray Protectant/Lubricant for Rubber Parts

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/spray-protectant-lubricant-for-rubber-parts/26075>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 5, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spray-protectant-lubricant-for-rubber-parts/26075 "2009-02-05T17:42:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spray-protectant-lubricant-for-rubber-parts/26075/1 "2009-02-05T17:42:16Z")

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My car is a 1998 Civic with 182,000 miles. Because the CV boots are the originals, I thought it would be a good idea to have new CV boots installed.  
  
  
  
 My mechanic says the job isn’t worth doing as preventative maintenance and I should wait until they leak and then replace both axles. He also suggested I find some kind or rubber protectant/lubricant to routinely spray on the CV boots.  
  
  
  
 Can you recommend a rubber protectant/lubricat to spray on the CV boots to keep them from drying out? Would Armor All be appropriate?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spray-protectant-lubricant-for-rubber-parts/26075/2 "2009-02-05T18:16:20Z")

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I’ve heard (that sounds definitive) that Armor All can speed up cracking in plastics, so I wouldn’t use it. I might just keep them clean so that grit doesn’t cause damage, but it’s probably too late to affect the life span of 11-year old CV boots very much.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spray-protectant-lubricant-for-rubber-parts/26075/3 "2009-02-06T00:27:09Z")

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An aerosol silicone spray prevents rubber from drying out.

Tester

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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spray-protectant-lubricant-for-rubber-parts/26075/4 "2009-02-06T01:44:41Z")

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Thanks. I think I have a can somewhere.