Earlier this week, I ran across a business closing sale in northeast Austin where some materials of potential interest to cavers were being sold at low prices. It is a company called Sano Sports International, which used to manufacture wake boards and other items, mostly related to boating. Their website for the business closing sale is
http://www.sanosports.com/ The website gives their location and the phone number to call to make sure there is someone there when you go. It also lists some of the very large equipment items they have for sale, but most of the small stuff and materials of interest to cavers are not listed. For that, you'd have to go there in person and see what kind of deal you can negotiate. When I was there last Tuesday, they had large quantities of foam padding material, which appeared to be closed cell foam similar to that used in ensolite sleeping pads. This material was available in different colors and thicknesses (mostly 1/4" to 1/2" I would estimate) and in different degrees of softness/firmness. I bought three 4' by 8' sheets of it for $1.00 each. They also had some smaller sheets (approximately 52" by 33" each) of neoprene material similar to that used in wetsuits except that there was no cloth backing on either side. Other materials there included non-slip material similar to that used on boat decks and, also, some kind of padding material which I did not recognize but which looked like it might be useful for floor mats or carpeting in wet areas, such as around a hot tub. Many small miscellaneous items and tools were piled on tables. Almost everything there was for sale. Nothing had price tags. You just had to talk with them to see how much they wanted for what, but it seemed to me that they were offering good deals on most of what I discussed with them. Rod --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
