JSpinner_at_aol.com wrote: > > Actually, I've used these wire ties for bunches of thing. > a "permanent" installation. Admittedly, they will weather but the black ones > are UV resistant and when the things get brittle they are a "snap" to replace. I had the black UV resistant wire ties on the roof rack of my mini-van for 3 years. The car was never garaged and left in the open all the time. When I finally junked the car, the wire ties were still intact and as strong as ever. Some ties do say they are UV-resistant and those seem to have worked well. Wire ties are also good around a folding kayak. Some frame wind up eventually getting loose where long pieces meet with crossribs. Wire ties are helpful to keep things tight (although I prefer velcro straps for this). Also some folding kayaks have frames in which the long pieces really don't snap into notches or holders on crossribs, specifically Folbot. Wire ties are handy here. I generally will use a wire tie here and there on a folding kayak if I know I intend to leave it assembled for a few months and plan to cartop in which pieces may shift slightly out of place in the handling. ralph ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 03 2000 - 20:44:58 PST
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