> Use boiling water to soften up > the epoxy holding the blades and pop in new ones! > The new shaft gradually filled to about one quarter with water, > the water getting in via a hair line crack at the back of the left blade. I > finally got sick of this on Sunday, and drilled a 1/16th hole to drain it. > Are paddles generally put together with epoxy glue? I know a local > manufacturer uses hot melt glue, which he says is OK unless you leave the > paddle in the sun in the back of the car! But the hot melt glue makes it > easier to get the blades off and refit, adjust feather angles etc. Hi folks, here its my turn. Epoxi glue isnīt the same on different paddles. And holt melt glue also. Epoxi glue is normally used on the most paddles, especially where paddles had to withstand a lot of power in different ways. The Epoxi glue, we use here is from Weicon and its really hard to remove it by heating. There are very different qualitys and types of epoxi glue on the market. Our Epoxi glue had to be really hot, until youīve got a chance to turn the blades in the shaft, to pull them away. BUT, may or most shafts would be damaged by these mass of heat! It becames more difficult when the blade was glued correct, means no hair lines in the glue, and every area is glued and the blade is fitting the shaft in an optimum way. Hot melt glue is mostly used on high quality racing paddles like by Bracsa. Theyīre produced so exactly that holt melt glue is really more than enough, and with an harder glue (higher fusion point) I never heard from problems with paddles in the sun etc. BUT, you have to sand it quit intensive so the holt melt glue yould get a grip!! Many people buying unfixed paddles forget these and wonder why they got problems. But holt melt isnīt ideal on touring paddles and such stuff, only on racing paddles and really high quality stuff. And you canīt use it on every high quality racing paddle. Lettmann-(racing)-blades are fitted with an alloy peace between the halfs and there you need epoxi glue because the holt melt glue got unsolvable problems with alloy! Maybe Iīve forgotten something to mention, I have to hurry up. Use good, FAST hardening epoxi glue and sand your shaft correctly, then you never get problems. bye Jochen G. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 19 2001 - 22:41:42 PST
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