What would you use to seal this crack in a homemade manzanita walking stick?

Mayayana wrote, on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 08:50:15 -0400:

But that's the whole point!

"Mike Marlow" wrote in news:mffojr$3vi$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Soft rubber grips good, but wears quickly. Hard rubber will wear better, but will not grip as well. A lot depends on how and where you use it - if you tend to drag the stick over rough concrete or twist it when you put weight on it, it won't last very long. etc.

That said, different brands of cane and crutch tips wear differently - and there's no readily disernable differences in the tips themselves.

chipseal

It may be rough immediately after application, but within a few days, it's as smooth as any other asphalt. I've generally not had problems with tar on the car, either; at least in San Jose.

"Danny D." wrote in news:mfgs70$h2m$1@dont- email.me:

Maybe put a tennis ball over the end when going for a long walk on rough surfaces? Then it can be removed for indoor use, or other situations where appearance is important.

John

Scott Lurndal wrote, on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:13:15 +0000:

Yeah, I'm in the Santa Cruz mountains. Chip-and-seal is what they call it, you're right. The airport & roads crew comes out every few years to chip-and-seal it.

It is a bit rougher I'd say, than the asphalt on the main roads.

Danny D.-

I found rubber stoppers at Ace Hardware next to their O-Rings.

Fred

Macadam is an east coast name.

Do the same thing you do to seal your wife's crack :)

Sorry, I could not resist the urge to reply to this....

Markem wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

And it's a street name in Portland, OR

We did the same in Santa Cruz mountains - we tried it ONCE with the oil on top and went back to oil on the bottom! Our area was all private roads as was Hwy 9 in the 50's.

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Martin Eastburn wrote, on Wed, 01 Apr 2015 22:51:54 -0500:

What they seem to do here, in the Santa Cruz mountains, today, anyway, is spread the gloop first, and then put the rocks on top, and then sweep the loose rocks away.

The rocks ping against the cars for weeks thereafter, sometimes months, depending on the road use.

Martin Eastburn wrote in news:s43Tw.145571 $ snipped-for-privacy@fx21.iad:

Technically, "macadam" is just a crushed rock surface. If tar is added then it's "tarmac".

In modern usage, tho, "macadam" and "tarmac" have become synonomous, since no-one uses plain crushed rock any more (pneumatic tires tend to pull crushed rock apart, whereas steel wheels and horseshoes compacted it further; hence the replacement of macadam with tarmac following the advent of the automobile).

John

I have crushed rock in my long driveway. All limestone. It flattens out as the weight of tires crush it into place. The small chunks and dust glue the mass together.

I can eat it up with my tractor tires, to much weight on thin ridges that are designed to fit into the ground/mud.

I had granite in the front 600' - it was never put in correctly and is just sinking into the mud. If a pre-mix of fine dust and crushed granite is laid down first - sinks in and forms a solid base, then the rock is added to that stable base.

My driveway is 1400' to the house. Another 12-14 around two buildings and back out the the main driveway. That second section is slowly taking place.

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