> I have a middle of the road paddle that has given good service for several > years. It had been in a warehouse for the last year or so. When I picked > it up the other day the blade was turning freely in the shaft. It appeared > that it had been held in with some sort of adhesive or double sided tape > that had dry rotted out. If anyone knows the correct way to repair this > problem I would be greatly appreciative. If blades are fiberglass or carbon composite - use epoxy. They can by polyethilene as well (even when the shaft is fiberglass). Then epoxy won't work, and I don't know what adhesive will. May be 3M Marine Adhesive Sealant 5200. It takes up to 10 days to cure completely sometimes, especially in enclosed volumes and thick layers, so give it at least a week. The tighter is the connection - the better, as the adhesive isn't as mechanically strong or rigid as epoxy, so you might need to wrap a layer of fiberglass cloth soaked in epoxy around the blade root and then may be sand it down to the right diameter, before applying the adhesive - doesn't matter what shaft material, epoxy adheres to anything but polyethylene, and shafts are never made of polyethylene, AFAIK. *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 10 2008 - 14:13:34 PDT
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