Re:[Paddlewise] Waterproofing charts, field guides

From: Wynne Eden <graymare_at_sowega.net>
Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 20:33:34 -0400
At 01:24 PM 5/5/98 -0500, Jack_Martin_at_jtif.webfld.navy.mil wrote:
>     Anybody have any really clever, cheap, proven ways of waterproofing 
>     charts and even field guides?  Short of laminating it, I'm worried 
>     that several field guides that I'd like to take with me won't make it 
>     very far through the spring and summer.
>     
>

You can buy a waterproofing material from many outdoor shops. I'm told that
products like Thompson's Water Seal (wood waterproofing compound) work
well.  You can use it on your baidarka frame too...in fact, I think it's
Brinck's Baidarka book that mentioned it.

Wynne 
Americus, GA, USA

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