RE: [Paddlewise] Stinky Neoprene

McNett copied StS a few years after trying to get distribution for StS (We
gave exclusive distribution for the scuba industry to Trident in the very
beginning and I honor my agreements). They often came by during DEMA but we
were committed to Trident. We tested McNetts product and StS is literally
1000s of times stronger. It would simply not be profitable for them to have
the same level of active ingredients. 

One interesting thing is that most of our paddle distributors also
distribute other products for McNett and they have told us the McNett
product doesn't compare with Sink the Stink. To be fair, I haven't done any
practical tests with their stuff, and I am a loyal customer of their
adhesives and would have liked the opportunity to have them as a customer,
but that's biz biz!

cya

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net] On Behalf Of Dave Kruger
		Sent:	Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:46 AM
		To:	Andy Knapp
		Cc:	PaddleWise
		Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] Stinky Neoprene

		Andy Knapp wrote:
		> 
		> A) I would like to reiterate Bob's comments about neoprene
and chlorine.
		> This should also include exposure to chlorinated swimming
pool water and
		> ought to be extended to Lycra, Latex, and probably to
Fuzzy Rubber and its
		> relatives, too. 

		Let me add my "Amen" to Andy's and Bob's comments about the
negative effects of
		chlorine.  Though pool chlorine levels would not approach
the concentration in
		the "chlorine bleach solution" someone recommended for
sanitizing/cleaning
		neoprene, I have noticed definite effects on my neo paddling
slippers when I
		have used them in a swimming pool repeatedly.  I think it is
the lengthy time of
		immersion in pool water which is the culprit.  (BTW, the
local pool has largely
		replaced chlorine with ozone -- very little odor, and the
ozone is gone by the
		time the water gets back to the pool.  Really a much better
way!)

		And, yeah, let me add my "chemist's voice" to Andy's
suspicion that latex,
		spandex, lycra, etc., will also be degraded by high chlorine
levels.  Latex
		probably is the most sensitive of that crowd, though I did
not notice any
		significant effect from the one time I wore my paddle jacket
in the pool.

		> B) I have used Sink the Stink on several occasions with
good results. My
		> question to Bob may be of interest to others, so I post it
here:
		> 
		> Last summer, I had a pair of leather/Gore-Tex hiking boots
that got
		> saturated with cat urine. After trying to clean them, I
used some Sink the
		> Stink out of desperation, and it eliminated about 90% of
the odor. Other
		> than having been saturated, the leather seems OK.  Are
there any negative
		> effects those enzymes can have on leather in the long run?

		Bob's stuff is good.  I used the free sample he gave he and
it worked fine. 
		Re:  effects on the leather:  I don't think Bob's stuff will
hurt the leather.

		In the interests of fairness, I should mention that Aquaseal
distributes a
		competitive product (Mirazyme; mfr:  McNett Outdoor,
Bellingham, WA) which I got
		hold of first.  I've used it several times, and it seems to
work as well as Sink
		the Sink.  It, also, is a microbe-based material, though
they refer to "... a
		blend of 10 highly specialized, light-activated microbial
elements ...," so I
		don't know if it is an enzyme stew or actual microbes.

		Bob's stuff has actual "bugs" in it!

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