The citrus idea is something I will look into. Laquor thinner is much less hostile to plastics than Acetone. It has been in the back of my mind to check out "Goof OFF", which, I think contains Xylene. Some contact adhesives can be rubbed off. A leather glove works well, but will wear thru. When reinstalling try "Sho Goo." Where not exposed to UV rays, it remains soft and flexible. Pads, etc, can easily be pried off and moved or replaced. The Goo can be rubbed off. K Mart sells it for $3 per tube, other places charge up to $5. Use a wet tongue depressor to spread it, and latex gloves are a nice luxury. Shoe Goot holds the D rings and saddle on my ABS (they have a vinyl surfaces) whitewater canoes. I have used it for pads in my wife's polyethylene kayak, and D rings in our fiberglass flatwater canoes. It is not for ridged joints, eg., making a break down paddle. JKL *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 26 2000 - 10:21:17 PDT
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