Hi! I have a three year old Old Town Millennium 160 made of Polylink 3. The underside of the stern is gettting literally shaggy (when I first started paddling I would enter the kayak with the tail on the beach, a bad habit I have long since stopped). It is superficial, but uncosmetic and creates drag. Any good ideas for fixing this sort of shag on poly boats? Thanks! Ken Schroeter Coram, Long Island ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Ken Schroeter wrote: > Any good ideas for fixing this sort of shag on poly boats? Get a steel scraper and _carefully_ scrape it off. A cabinet scraper would be a fancy way, but freehand is ok. If you do it freehand, tilt the top edge of the scraper forward a bit so that the cutting edge is less likely to gouge. I'd hold it between two hands and rest the wrists on the kayak if it's wide enough at the point being scraped. Another alternative it to burn the fuzzies off, but that's even more risky. If you live near a ski shop, they know how to do it and can supply you with scrapers as well as PTex candles to repair gouges. Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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