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D.I.Y. Paddle Edging

Posted on | October 28, 2008 |

I think it’s pretty important to put edging on your paddle, to protect both the board and the paddle itself. You can buy automotive door-edge molding ("push on, self-adhering! protects & beautifies!") at a story like Autozone. The stuff is cheap and it works pretty well. Only problem is that over time it starts to come loose and flops around. That’s why I now use 3M mastic tape.
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You can find it in the electrical department at Home Depot and the like. (And sometimes it’s hard to find, so keep on searching and don’t take no for an answer.) As Stoneaxe recently said over on the Starboard forum: "A 1 inch x 10 ft roll is about $7. I’ve had one application last about 2 months of heavy use. Peels off clean when you want to replace it. One roll will give you 2 maybe 3 applications." For a good idea of how to install the stuff, surf on over to Ke Nalu’s paddle protector article.

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2 Responses to “D.I.Y. Paddle Edging”

  1. Dwight Fisher
    October 28th, 2008 @ 9:41 pm

    Don’t forget to put white electrical tape over the mastic tape, or some other color. This eliminates the black marks on your rails. I put blue tape on my wife’s board. Her board is blue. No marks.

  2. admin
    October 30th, 2008 @ 11:48 pm

    Great idea, Dwight. I’m going to do that, too, see how it works. Thanks for contributing!

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