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- From: tgent@dale.ksc.nasa.gov (Tom Gent)
- Subject: Re: homebrew truck ramps?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.194041.4654@dale.ksc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: NASA
- References: <C1Fn76.2HB@cmptrc.lonestar.org> <C1GuE1.815@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:40:41 GMT
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- In article <C1GuE1.815@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
- >
- > [...]
- >ramps are at a rather steep angle. Then again, it could be the stain
- >that I slapped on the ramps (just some all-weather stuff that was laying
- >around) to keep them from weathering made them slicker than normal.
- >
-
- Regarding slipperiness, there is a much simpler solution than all this I've
- been hearing(reading) about various ways to tack on slats and such to give
- traction - just mix some sand in the paint/varnish and paint it on.
-
- Tom Gent
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