Abstract: A glide shoe of molded plastic to be employed with major appliances is constructed to be able to provide a liquid bearing of a lubricating liquid beneath the shoe to minimize the danger of damage to irregular floor surfaces, such as sculptured vinyl material as the appliance slides across the floor covering. A method of sliding a major appliance across the uneven surface of a sculptured floor covering while being supported on a liquid bearing of lubricating fluid is characterized by the step of applying a lubricating liquid beneath each shoe to form a liquid bearing therebeneath, in which the lubricating liquid includes liquid detergent.