Joan wrote: > > How does it do in salt water and sand? Does it pick up sand? > <<Silicone grease comes to mind. Waterproof and it won't affect any > plastics. >> > > Joan This is one of those situations where you have to make your own choice depending on where you paddle and how much time you will put into working on your boat. ANY grease will make some sand stick. If there is too much grease it gets worse. My experience with white lithium grease in a thin film is that I don't get any trouble from salt or sand in the water. If I stuff them into dry sand then I have a mess to clean up. If you are frequently in dry sand, especially fine sugar sand then you might want to go to a wax based lube. To work well it needs to be a wax that is DRY in use. I sometimes use standard auto paste wax (Turtle Wax) but this works best when I take the inner cables out, clean and dry them and then wax them, letting the wax dry before reassembly. While the inners are out I flush and dry the housings with water followed by compressed air. This is a lot more work so I only do it if I am having trouble or am going to a place where I expect trouble. michael *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jul 21 2004 - 08:50:08 PDT
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