I would like to locate a really "non slip" coating for the bow deck of my plastic kayak. Any suggestions? My new pup, KoKo, really enjoys our paddles. However, her rambunctiosity causes a goodly few "Puppy overboard!"s on each paddle. Recent experiments using the old backdoor "WELCOME" mat under the bow bungees shows promise. Of course she won't stay on the friggin' thing. So whatchall think? Is there a rubber, vinyl, ? waterproof coating I can apply to my plastic boat? I've considered rubber sheeting and neoprene wetsuit material, but these add complication. TIA Gary *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Gary Tabor wrote: > > I would like to locate a really "non slip" coating for the bow deck of my > plastic kayak. [for my dog] > So whatchall think? Is there a rubber, vinyl, ? waterproof coating I can > apply to my plastic boat? Polyethylene does not bond well to much of anything. About the best you can do is roughen it thoroughly with 80 grit sandpaper and hit it with two coats of Weldwood contact cement. Apply two coats of the same to one side of that padding sold for use under carpets and slap it on. It will not last forever, but the padding is cheap, and a replace job is not much more work than the original. In the bright side, when you get tired of the padding, one of the heavy-duty adhesive removers used to prepare windshield recesses before putting in a new auto windshield will take the contact cement off. The carpet padding is incredibly frictiony, and is sold in marine stores as a "non-skid" material. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Sand it with 36 or 60 grit or maybe get a gunstock checkering tool and have at the plastic. Maybe you could smear some "Hydrogrip" around and throw in some clean sand. Yes it will be ugly. I wouldn't expect to find any products that will stick to polyethelene and I suspect "Hydrogrip" is marginal but probably better than anything else. Note I have never tried any of these so value it as much as you paid for it. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com -----Original Message----- From: Gary Tabor <ratracer_at_rust.net> To: Kayak Mailing List <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 9:27 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Need to locate super sticky deck "paint" ... >I would like to locate a really "non slip" coating for the bow deck of my >plastic kayak. > > > > > >Any suggestions? > > > > > >My new pup, KoKo, really enjoys our paddles. However, her rambunctiosity >causes a goodly few "Puppy overboard!"s on each paddle. Recent experiments >using the old backdoor "WELCOME" mat under the bow bungees shows promise. Of >course she won't stay on the friggin' thing. > > > > > >So whatchall think? Is there a rubber, vinyl, ? waterproof coating I can >apply to my plastic boat? I've considered rubber sheeting and neoprene >wetsuit material, but these add complication. > > > > > >TIA > > > > > >Gary > > > > > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> In the bright side, when you get tired of the padding, one of the > heavy-duty adhesive removers used to prepare windshield recesses before > putting in a new auto windshield will take the contact cement off. > I didn't know this Dave. Another good contact adhesive remover is ®Bestine available at art and drafting supply stores. -- Gabriel L Romeu http://studiofurniture.com -------> furniture http://users.aol.com/romeugp ---> paintings, prints, photos + stuff http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR --> a daily journal of observations *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I've also not had much luck with getting polyethylene to bond to anything but itself through heat........but hey.....if you're going for.......... UGLY....... why not just attach a piece of deep pile Puce shag carpet to that foredeck (still available in finer Goodwill home decor shops), why ......you could even pick up a lava lamp to accessorize your concept yak, (admittedly the power cord might be a problem, but it might be able to be converted to 12 volt!), for that all-so-desireable RETRO look! Don't forget the patruli oil!!! No actually, I once had an infinity quantum whose hull was so scarred that I coated it with thickened West Epoxy (thickened with 404 filler) and graphite powder.......and it stuck through all sorts of abuse! Mostly. A possibility is to rough up a patch that you want no-slip.......then coat with West and filler, and add sand when it is yet uncured. Or colored aquarium gravel!~ That'b cool. Check also boaters supply stores as they have a product called No Slip or something- or- other that is basically an aerosol epoxy with an abrasive in it. I used it once on a long board and it worked too well...........rubbed my nipples off. Real men don't often think of their nipples.......I do now. All the time. If you find it....try it on a test piece, (not your chest). Chris Dave Kruger wrote: > Gary Tabor wrote: > > > > I would like to locate a really "non slip" coating for the bow deck of my > > plastic kayak. [for my dog] > > So whatchall think? Is there a rubber, vinyl, ? waterproof coating I can > > apply to my plastic boat? > > Polyethylene does not bond well to much of anything. About the best you can > do is roughen it thoroughly with 80 grit sandpaper and hit it with two coats > of Weldwood contact cement. Apply two coats of the same to one side of that > padding sold for use under carpets and slap it on. It will not last forever, > but the padding is cheap, and a replace job is not much more work than the > original. In the bright side, when you get tired of the padding, one of the > heavy-duty adhesive removers used to prepare windshield recesses before > putting in a new auto windshield will take the contact cement off. > > The carpet padding is incredibly frictiony, and is sold in marine stores as a > "non-skid" material. > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Matt, Tell me more about this "Hydrogrip". What is it and where do I find it? Incidentally, I'm looking for a system that works without grit in the belief that all abrasive decking eventually shortens the dog. Ahhh ... that WAS NOT a metaphor ... Cheers, Gary >Sand it with 36 or 60 grit or maybe get a gunstock checkering tool and have >at the plastic. Maybe you could smear some "Hydrogrip" around and throw in >some clean sand. Yes it will be ugly. I wouldn't expect to find any products >that will stick to polyethelene and I suspect "Hydrogrip" is marginal but >probably better than anything else. Note I have never tried any of these so >value it as much as you paid for it. >Matt Broze > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Gary Tabor wrote: > I would like to locate a really "non slip" coating for the bow deck of > my plastic kayak. > How about the stuff you stick to the bottom of your bathtub to keep from falling? If it sticks on bathtub material, it might do OK on polyethelene. You could use the long strips, or make a charming pattern Martha Stewart would love with the stick-on daisies. Maybe even fish shapes. > > > > > Any suggestions? Yeah. Don't hit the Enter key so often. :) Steve Cramer Test Scoring & Reporting Services Sometimes you never can University of Georgia always tell what you Athens, GA 30602-5593 least expect the most. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Now there is a concept that we could really sink our collective teeth into. THE FIRST ANNUAL PADDLEWISE WHAT-I-COULD-DO-TO-MARTHA-STEWART-IF-I-GOT-HER-IN-A-KAYAK ESSAY CONTEST!!!!! Let your imagination go wild!!! I don't know about y'all, but I'm getting just a little sick and tired of that Damnyankee telling me *how* to stencil my driveway!!!! I live (sort of) in Savannah, on Wilmington Island , a little yuppie enclave I generally refer to as The Valley of the Volvos, and I just *know* that it is her corrupting influence (via his wife) that has caused a friend of mine to paint his house ............(are you ready for this?) PINK!!!! This used to be a red blooded 'merikan male who has hiked the A.T.!!!!! He paddles!!!!!! (or used to.) Now he gardens!!!!! American/ Canadian Males TO ARMS!~!!!! She must be stopped!!!!!! She is corruptin' our wimmenfolk!!! Listen to me!!! She will not stop until she has every one of you MEN in a pinafore apron serving brie and chardonney to garden parties across the USof A!!!! You Canadians don't you look so smug.......she's working her way Northward!!!! I need your help! I tried to flame her myself, but all I got back was one of those threatening notes you see in the movies they make out of cut out letters of different size and color from various magazines............how did I know it was her???? THE LETTERS WERE CUT OUT WITH PINKING SHEARS!!!!!!! it had lace borders..........and it was JUST PERFECT! Chris Steve Cramer wrote: > On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Gary Tabor wrote: > > > I would like to locate a really "non slip" coating for the bow deck of > > my plastic kayak. > > > > How about the stuff you stick to the bottom of your bathtub to keep from > falling? If it sticks on bathtub material, it might do OK on polyethelene. > You could use the long strips, or make a charming pattern Martha Stewart > would love with the stick-on daisies. Maybe even fish shapes. > > > > > > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > Yeah. Don't hit the Enter key so often. :) > > Steve Cramer > Test Scoring & Reporting Services Sometimes you never can > University of Georgia always tell what you > Athens, GA 30602-5593 least expect the most. > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Speaking of nipples, don't ever paddle without something between your nylon life jacket and your nipples. I found this out the hard way when I removed my T-shirt on a very hot day before a kayak race where wearing a PFD was required. Now even a T-shirt isn't enough to protect them from the PFD on a long paddle. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com -----Original Message----- From: Chris & Ellen Kohut <chriskayak_at_earthlink.net> To: paddlewise <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Monday, July 05, 1999 4:45 AM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Need to locate super sticky deck "paint" ... basically an aerosol epoxy with an abrasive in >it. I used it once on a long board and it worked too well...........rubbed my >nipples off. Real men don't often think of their nipples.......I do now. All >the time. If you find it....try it on a test piece, (not your chest). *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
........Peter, I'm flattered. But really the joke's told, and I don't see any reason to go back and retell. I fear, like a four year old retelling a stale knock knock joke, and they become the joke, as the joke is inconsequencial, becomming like the four year old. Really of much greater worth would be to archive these threads about the BWCWA storms this 4th of July weekend. I have always mused while watching a waterspout in the distance on the ocean.........what would I do .......(other than beat-feet it out of there), start humming 'Nearer My God to Thee' like the band on the Titanic? I've played some tough gigs.........but talk about your tough gigs! Peter Osman wrote: > G'Day Sandy, Chris > > You're right this thread had some great stories: - What do you think about > just putting them on the Paddlewise Website? Otherwise they are so varied > they might lose something in the retelling - that seems to be Chris' point > (if I read him correctly). Whatever, we'ld need permission from Jackie and > the contributors. > > But sure this thread is too good to lose and if Chris and the contributors > are willing!! > > All the best, PeterO > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandykayak_at_aol.com [mailto:Sandykayak_at_aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 6 July 1999 0:36 > To: PeterO_at_ambri.com.au > Subject: Fwd: [Paddlewise] Need to locate super sticky deck "paint" ... > > In a message dated 7/5/99 10:28:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Sandykayak > writes: > > << I'm going to forward our notes to Peter and maybe you can get together on > > something. >> > > OK, Peter, sorry to inundate you with messages, but there is a very good > story here. I hope something does come of this. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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