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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 8/15/2013, 8:19 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings? (Paul Montgomery)

You can get very heavy ones.
Most plastics die quickly in the sun. Especially the "clear" or "natural" color. Get the black ones for longevity of the plastic.
Since most of these would be inside the skin you might do better than a birdhouse.

I would worry about the little metal catch which keeps them tight. Over time that will probably corrode.
You might try "welding" the tongue where it comes thru the buckle (if those are the right terms) with a soldering gun.
The plastic is a thermoplastic, so it will melt, when it hardens it will retain the original material strength.

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Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/15/2013, 2:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
ancient kayaker -- 8/15/2013, 6:42 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Paul Montgomery -- 8/15/2013, 7:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/15/2013, 8:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/15/2013, 8:39 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/15/2013, 8:36 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/15/2013, 9:05 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/15/2013, 9:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings? *PIC*
Martin Bunny -- 8/16/2013, 12:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2013, 9:25 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/16/2013, 10:22 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/16/2013, 1:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2013, 1:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/16/2013, 9:11 pm
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woodman -- 8/15/2013, 7:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
David -- 8/15/2013, 8:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/15/2013, 8:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings? *PIC*
woodman -- 8/18/2013, 1:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Jeff Horton -- 8/24/2013, 5:21 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Mike Savage -- 8/16/2013, 6:37 am
Why lash at all? *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/16/2013, 9:52 am
Re: Why lash at all?
Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2013, 12:08 pm
Re: Why lash at all?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/16/2013, 1:56 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/16/2013, 2:12 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/16/2013, 4:36 pm
Re: Why lash at all?
Bill Hamm -- 8/16/2013, 9:18 pm
Re: Why lash at all?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/17/2013, 1:45 am
Re: Why lash at all?
Jeff Horton -- 8/19/2013, 1:06 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Etienne Muller -- 8/16/2013, 5:21 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
john vanburen -- 8/17/2013, 10:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Paul Montgomery -- 8/17/2013, 11:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings? *PIC*
David -- 8/20/2013, 6:34 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Marc Upchurch -- 8/20/2013, 6:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Bill Hamm -- 8/21/2013, 1:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
Don -- 8/18/2013, 11:26 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
ancient kayaker -- 8/19/2013, 1:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Zip-tie lashings?
john vanburen -- 8/19/2013, 9:31 am
THANKS FOR THE IDEAS!
Jeff Horton -- 8/19/2013, 1:07 pm
Rawhide!
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 8/19/2013, 2:52 pm