What did you use for lube before silicone?

[Johannes91]

I used cooking oil and sewing machine oil before trying silicone. After that, I've been using cooking oil and sewing machine oil.

 

[Rosetti]

I still use a silicone based dashboard cleaner, it probably isn't as good as a proper silicone lubricant, but it works fine and dandy.

 

[ER]

I used petroleum jelly!

 

[pcwiz]

I also used petroleum jelly - didn't know silicone lubricant existed