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5.REPLACING THE RUBBER COATING
THE RUBBER COATING IS THE
ONLY WEAR PART ON DAILY HOOK.
It also is the only part which is not circular. We have
tried many solutions when developing DAILY HOOK,
but none of the circular ones were feasible for serial
production. But here are two perfectly functional
and circular solutions for you to do, once the rubber
has worn through. Of course, you could go to any
DIY shop and buy liquid rubber, to recoat it yourself,
but we recommend doing it as shown here below.
Because more circular, more better.
CORD
Wrap a piece of cord (about
105cm/42inches) around the hook.
This length gives you a bit of overlap
on each side (about 5cm/2inches)
which you can use to overwrap/knot
the cord. Start at the thin section,
working towards the thicker section.
We have had great success with 100%
hemp cords, they can just go into your
home compost once they have worn.
But hemp is really tough.
BUTYL
Cut a stripe of butyl from an old tube.
It should be roughly 32cm long and
5mm wide (12.6 X 0.2inch).
This length gives you a bit of extra
length at the end, to lock the end to
the hook with a thin brass/stainless
wire. Start at the thin section, working
towards the thicker section. Wrap just
like you would wrap a bartape. Stretch
the butyl strip a fair amount while do-
ing so. At the end, use a clamp to hold
the tensioned butyl stripe while you
wrap the wire around the end of the
strip. As with the tube used on
DAILY HOOK, try to bring back any bu-
tyl scraps to a dealer participating in
the Schwalbe butyl recycling program.
DAILY HOOK CARGO STRAPS PRODUCT MANUAL
