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line extensions - how to remove

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Created by n8balls > 9 months ago, 30 Oct 2017
n8balls
WA, 9 posts
30 Oct 2017 11:16AM
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Hi guys,

I have a secondhand Cabrinha Varial that has line extensions and I want to remove them but they seem pretty tightly locked on.

Does anyone know a technique or trick to loosen them up so they can be removed?

cheers

NickT
WA, 1094 posts
30 Oct 2017 11:20AM
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Chew on them. Really, it works!

Adam'KiteRepair
NSW, 331 posts
30 Oct 2017 10:39PM
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try tapping them at a few angles with the backside of a spoon on a smooth surface before trying to get them undone.

cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
30 Oct 2017 8:59PM
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Pretend they are your dream girls bra strap

n8balls
WA, 9 posts
31 Oct 2017 1:03PM
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cauncy said..
Pretend they are your dream girls bra strap


that sounds awkward

DEECEE
NSW, 45 posts
1 Nov 2017 10:03AM
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Had the same sort of problem with having a knot in one of my lines a while back. I did the spit and gentle chewing technique and it worked quite easily.

Here's the link to the thread with all the suggestions when I asked the same question...

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/To-knot-or-not-to-knot

Cheers

n8balls
WA, 9 posts
2 Nov 2017 12:02PM
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thanks guys, I'll do some line chewing tonight

Fly on da wall
SA, 725 posts
3 Nov 2017 2:21PM
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Soften them up in hot water then hit with a rubber mallet. That will loosen them up. .

snalberski
WA, 857 posts
7 Nov 2017 11:04AM
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In addition to tapping the knot a pointed but not sharp pick of some sort can help to loosen. Wifey has a manicure nail cleaner pick thingy which worked really well

Swavek
WA, 393 posts
8 Nov 2017 10:48PM
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Bit of dishwashing liquid and then GENTLY tap the knot from different angles on a smooth surface with a blunt object (back end of knife handle, or rounded bottom of a glass jar) trying to undo every few taps.



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