Re: [A/S] Tambour Replacement

[Daisy Welch <jtdjtd@xxxxxxxx>]

The company's name is Winonah, you will have to buy through a local 
dealer, mine shipped it right to me in a giant tube.

As I talk to people about tambours, it sounds as though it would be a 
good idea to spring for the kind that has a fabric backing instead of 
just paper. For short pieces and for horizontal places, like overhead 
cabinets, the paper ones I got were fine. The big one under the sink has 
been a pain.

Some things I have tried:

Smooth the plastic parts of the ends of the tambour after cutting it (I 
used a saber saw) with fine sandpaper.

Make sure that the coils and tracks are straight and parallel, I mean 
you have to be obsessive about this.

I painted the ends of them with hard enamel marine paint to keep the 
ends from wearing to a fuzz of cardboard.

I put silicone spray in the tracks.

I put talcum power in the tracks. ( Hum, didn't try graphite power....)

Thinking about looking into teflon somehow.

Right now, my under the sink one will open and close with coaxing, but 
not easily enough to live with, so I only close it for open house.

Other words?

Daisy in Ravenna OH (WIFI)