Rob Cookson wrote: > > Hi Ralph and All, > > > For what it is worth, I was told by a Werner rep at a show very early on > > that the way to assure that a 2-piece paddle doesn't get stuck together > > was to sand down the male portion slightly. I have done that to all my > > paddles, very gingerly. They don't stick together at the joining point > > nor are they rattlely loose either. > > Is this from a current rep? The folks at the factory would go crazy if they > heard this. It was a long time ago as I mentioned and I believe the fellow is still with them although I don't know that for sure. And I once repeated it to Bruce Werner who didn't blanche at the thought. But, hey, I led off saying take this for what it is worth and several times I repeated words of caution like gingerly, not aggressive sanding etc. And I added that my paddles are all okay after years and years. Trouble with such advice, and I hesitated before evening mentioning it, is that people can go overboard. It is however the answer to the problem I see some people have in taking their paddles apart. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Thu Mar 09 2000 - 09:42:44 PST
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