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)? I've always treated all my topos and charts with Thompson's as soon as I get them. My oldest topos are about ten years old and I use them on the Mississippi River every time I go, which is about ten times a year. They don't get wet, though, because I use them in camp, not for navigation. On the rare occasions that I look at them on the water, I keep them in my day hatch and not on deck. I just went and took an old one and ran water from the faucet over it. Some water soaked in, but not much and mostly in folds and scratched spots. But it dried fast with no damage, even after I threw it around a little. And I wiped off one part after about a minute and the area dried right away. I have also had the joy of using Dave Kruger's laminated charts of the Queen Charlotte Islands and that was great, the charts are in perfect shape even after being used on deck the whole trip. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Feb 06 2005 - 12:46:53 PST
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