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Title: tent poles
Post by: danbo81 on November 19, 2011, 10:00:56 PM: just a quick question got my poles out of the pole carrier to check for our trip away next week and there filthy do you's use anything to clean them would warm soapy water do the trick and should i spray them with somthing while there stored away

cheers dan
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: Nomad on November 19, 2011, 10:22:08 PM: Give em a clean off with a bit of Lanotec or something like that, smells better than WD-40. :cheers:
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: carinya on November 20, 2011, 07:12:45 AM: Quote from: Nomad on November 19, 2011, 10:22:08 PM
Give em a clean off with a bit of Lanotec or something like that, smells better than WD-40. :cheers:
Smells better than WD 40? How can this be? Doesn't everyone use it for aftershave?
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: GU_Thomo on November 20, 2011, 07:22:43 AM: Quote from: carinya on November 20, 2011, 07:12:45 AM
Smells better than WD 40? How can this be? Doesn't everyone use it for aftershave?

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cheers
Parry
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: Johnno convert on November 20, 2011, 07:50:27 AM: Quote from: carinya on November 20, 2011, 07:12:45 AM
Smells better than WD 40? How can this be? Doesn't everyone use it for aftershave?
No I use Brut 33 :cup:
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: Heiny on November 20, 2011, 07:56:22 AM: There's proably some blokes around that are quite happy with the smell of lanolin on their hands >:D

Baaa :o
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: Johnno convert on November 20, 2011, 06:24:40 PM: Kiwis? Pure perfume!
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: Nomad on November 20, 2011, 07:59:08 PM: Quote from: 73bubba on November 20, 2011, 07:56:22 AM
There's proably some blokes around that are quite happy with the smell of lanolin on their hands >:D

Baaa :o

Or on their pole???????? baaaa baaaa ;D
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: speewa158 on November 20, 2011, 08:03:50 PM: Baaaa means NO dosent it ??? ??? ;D
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: Johnno convert on November 20, 2011, 09:27:43 PM: Quote from: speewa158 on November 20, 2011, 08:03:50 PM
Baaaa means NO dosent it ??? ??? ;D
Don't know the answer as I don't speak K1w1
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: Kit_e_kat9 on November 20, 2011, 10:04:19 PM: Quote from: danbo81 on November 19, 2011, 10:00:56 PM
just a quick question got my poles out of the pole carrier to check for our trip away next week and there filthy do you's use anything to clean them would warm soapy water do the trick and should i spray them with somthing while there stored away

cheers dan

I guess it depends on what they are made from I'd say. Ours are aluminium, so we just hose them off and/or rub the dirt off with a bannister brush (dustpan variety) or a wet chux. Soapy water just sounds too fancy for camping.

I think you should be more concerned on how to keep those rubbery bottom bits attached ... we can't find 2 of ours ... makes the pole near useless as they tend to bury themselves ... so we keep a bit of flat timber to use under them if required.

Kit_e
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: danbo81 on November 24, 2011, 06:55:16 PM: thanks kit e just thought soapy water cause there covered in dried white powdery stuff dont know what it is and im also missin couple of bottoms but easly fixed with a stubby lid works great unless ya in the sand so i use a bit of ply as well
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: qlddsl on November 24, 2011, 08:21:27 PM: For the dry white powdery stuff on poles, try vinegar. It works on gal steel.
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: mystq on November 25, 2011, 06:11:43 AM: Will give that a try qlddsl :D
Title: Re: tent poles
Post by: whitey1 on November 26, 2011, 04:48:40 PM: To keep the end caps on, put. a rivert through the side of them