Originally Posted by
jjs56
As I am old enough to have diapered my son in cloth diapers with diaper pins that didn't always glide smoothly into the diaper, I still use this trick with my sewing/quilting pins -- run the pin through your hair and it will pick up just enough oil to glide smoothly. Worth a try.
I just want to add a little more wisdom to this truth. If you keep your pins in a 100% wool pin cushion, the natural lanolin in the wool also contributes some naturally occurring "glide".