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Pvc wear down

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Jared.
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i don't know if anyone else has had this happen but yesterday i went to hit my pvc shotgun rail and it barely slide and felt like sliding on sandpaper--not good---i think my pvc has worn down so much that its got a rough top...this happen to anyone else???
Nov 16 2007 1:02PM
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SMELLTHESTEEZE
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well i have a box with 3 pvc pipes on it and ive had nothing like that happen to me but then again i havn't had my box for very long either.

Nov 16 2007 1:19PM
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Jared.
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i've had this rail for about 3 months and have used it 3/4 of the time with a 30 min session each time..at least
Nov 16 2007 2:48PM
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SMELLTHESTEEZE
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wierd. well is the top of the pvc flat like does it look warn down?
Nov 16 2007 4:18PM
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Jared.
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a little bit---maybe i need to just put more soap on it--i don't remember putting alot of soap on it

Nov 16 2007 4:25PM
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SMELLTHESTEEZE
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prolly ive never but soap on mine. should i? and what kind of soap? like bar soap or dish soap?
Nov 16 2007 4:58PM
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Jared.
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dish soap and water...waters the key--or was the key i guess
Nov 16 2007 6:08PM
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skiwoj
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If its really being a problem unscrew your pipes and flip them so a smooth side is exposed, and did you us SCH 40 or SCH 80 pvc, i believe 40 is harder so it might not do that as fast, because my pvc has lasted me over a year of long sheshes and it slides fine
Nov 17 2007 12:31AM
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seider
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it shouldnt wear down like that. what i think your problem was that you hadnt hit it in a while and there may of been a bit or dirt on it or you were sliding on your edge. what i normally do if that happens is just wipe the rail down with a tiny bit of snow, but if you didnt have snow water would work too as well as soap.
Nov 17 2007 6:23PM
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Jared.
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yeah i think the dirt is what did it then..cuz my set up gets muddy sometimes and i'm too lazy mot of the time to wipe it down--but i wash it every so often and it still is like that even on the first hit...i think i got some shitty pvc or something
Nov 17 2007 9:40PM
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tBatt
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ive never put soap on my pvc rails and they are still really slick. so maybe having soap/water on the pvc is making the dirt adhere to it, which is whats slowing you dow

try getting a hose, spraying off and dirt/soap you may have on there, let it dry or wipe it down with a rag, then hit it dry and see if that helps

Nov 18 2007 6:58PM
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seider
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ya, as someone said earlier you may of bought the cheap kind of pvc, but that shouldnt make that much of a difference, (the only difference i think would be it is easyer to crack the cheaper one), and as the guy before me said, just use water, not soap, or just use snow if there is any
Nov 18 2007 8:13PM
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Jared.
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its workin fine now for some reasson--i guess the snow helped a lot
Nov 19 2007 10:34AM
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