Re: [Paddlewise] Storing/protecting all those charts

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:01:54 -0800
 "Evan Dallas" <evand_at_pensionresourcegroup.com wrote:

>> Second question:  I read in "Camping's Top Secrets" that Thomson Water 
>> Seal,
> intended for sealing concrete, works for treating maps.  Has anyone ever
> tried this (or another product they would recommend)?

Never found any of those paint on products to work well.  The weakness in 
that approach is that the paper degrades from use, and pretty soon you have 
an illegible (or, torn) chart.  I cut mine into 11 inch x 17 inch pieces and 
have them laminated.  They survive well.  Keep 'em in a bunch of Lucite 
shelves above my computer workstation when not in use.  They roll up inside a 
flyrod case that I pack underdeck as a knee tube and I extract them when 
needed.  For an overview, I get a smaller scale chart (or make a color copy 
reduced) which allows me to make sense of the 11 x 17 inch chunks.  That gets 
laminated, also, because it always seems to be raining when I want to look at 
a chart.

Sending photos of the Lucite chart shelves backchannel, also, Evan.

--
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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