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Looking for a solution on low friction

I am currently working on a project that involves pulling cured silicone up onto a core. I need to find a material or coating that will let me pull 25 inches of cured silicone up onto this core with out it rolling over onto itself. I need some thing with a very low coefficient to friction and good wear.

Dennis Verner
model maker - Hackettstown, New Jersey
2007

To my understanding silicone is very sticky to most materials (metals and non-metals). I doubt that even teflon which has the less coefficient of friction will do any good in your case. Perhaps you will need some sort of liquid film like water, soap, oil or an air cushion.

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2007

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