Re: [Paddlewise] pre-glued Velcro

In a message dated 1/13/01 8:30:40 PM, bhansen2_at_twcny.rr.com writes:

<< I've used Velcro to attack seats in three of my boats. With the first two, 
I started out with the pre-glued Velcro. After two or three changes of seat 
position, the Velcro came off the bottom of the boats. I switched to gluing 
the Velcro in with contact cement (at least two coats on both surfaces) and 
those Velcro pieces have held up well, the "oldest" one now in place more 
than three years. Maybe I just got an especially bad batch of pre-glued 
Velcro. >>

The preglued stuff is really bad. I've used it for a few things and not one 
bit of it has lasted. When I used velcro to put my foam seat and thigh pads 
in I bought the marine 2" stuff and used contact cement. I did not do the 2 
coats thing and regretted it with the thigh braces because I found that after 
repositioning a couple of times that the ends had come up. I just yanked and 
when it wouldn't come up any farther I did the 2 coats thing. So far, so good 
but just the squirming of the foam thigh braces is a real test. I expect the 
seat will stay. I'm NOT going into real surf and I have the thing formed 
around the cheek straps which help keep it from sliding back and forth very 
much.
    Someone mentioned putting the hook side on the boat and the fuzzy side on 
the foam. I did it the other way because the fuzzy side is easier to clean 
than the hook stuff. I can take the seat out and run the velcro side under a 
good stream of water to get the dirt/sand/whatevery out. Besides, if I do 
have to paddle without the seat I'd MUCH rather sit on the fuzzy side than 
the hook side, especially in shorts or swim suit. I learned that the day I 
forgot the gel seat for the Breeze and had to sit on the velcro. I was just 
lucky that I had put the fuzzy side on the seat and not on the gel seat. I 
was wondering if the hook side might have stuck to my wet suit.

Joan Spinner
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