White Correct Craft Step Pads
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Category: Buy and Sell
Forum Name: Boat Parts Wanted
Forum Discription: Parts wanted only
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Printed Date: May-06-2024 at 6:26pm
Topic: White Correct Craft Step Pads
Posted By: lumiecraft
Subject: White Correct Craft Step Pads
Date Posted: June-08-2007 at 12:16pm
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I am looking for original or re-manufactured white foot steps with the Correct Craft logo. Mine are not busted but all four are no longer smooth. I need four with crome holders.
Got some? Or where do I locate some? Prefer New not used. If used price must be right. Pete 
Link to a better view of the condition of the pads as well as photos of the boat. http://inertext.homeunix.com/correctcraft/Correct%20Craft/Step%20Pads.html - Photo Album Link -------------  If you don't get it, be patient, you will.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: June-09-2007 at 7:47am
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Pete, This is from a previous post I did. It doesn't help you much but does give you some background into the problem. If we could find the original mold it would be nice!!
From earlier post: The step pads are going to be a problem unless someone has NOS or has the mold and are making them. There used to be a guy who would cast a mold from a good pad and then duplicate new ones with pourable urethane rubber. He would however only do black because the white urethanes turn yellow very fast in the sun. He has also since retired and moved to Hawaii. I have been working on pads for my Dunphy X55 making a Devcon "plastic steel" mold and experimenting with white casting urethanes and it turned into a big mess and a long story. I'm now having a aluminum mold machined on our machining center here at work with the intention of injection molding them out of white Sanoprene. Some of the OEM's used the Sanoprene after the war. I'm lucky in that one of our divisions is a plastic injection job shop. To say the least, this hasn't been a easy project but is what some of the purest's like myself go through to restore boats! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: lumiecraft
Date Posted: June-09-2007 at 10:30am
I thought of just making a sand casting of a good one using very fine powder sand making aluminum steps. They would then only be good for looks and not really functional steps but it would work. Even thought of using bronze instead of aluminum. I thought of making a mold for rubber but never molded rubber, only aluminum and brass. Well I take that back, I did have one of those Creepy Crawler Thingmaker by Mattel. I guess it would be like that. Just gotta find the right mix and have a damn good mold.
  ------------- If you don't get it, be patient, you will.
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Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: June-09-2007 at 10:36am
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Pete, you do the grunt work ,and I will take 4 pads, they have to look as good as the OEM tho and last for 44 yrs. Not a big order HUH????boat dr ------------- boat dr /diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart /diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier |
Posted By: lumiecraft
Date Posted: June-09-2007 at 11:51am
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Seems to me that the material is a kind of natural rubber by the way the surface cracks. Some kind of vulcanized rubber and not plastic. Mmmmmm. I could try that. Let me toss that around.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: June-09-2007 at 12:56pm
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The white CC pads were made out of Sanoprene. Any rubber will degrade with time in the sun. I'll see how the ones I'm doing for my Dunphy turn out and then think about the CC pads.
Pete, Sanoprene is a soft rubber like plastic that is injection molded. It looks like and acts like rubber. It was developed during WWII as a synthetic rubber when the natural rubber was in short supply. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: lumiecraft
Date Posted: June-09-2007 at 3:47pm
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Well I guess injection molding is out for home made items. Don't really want to spend that kind of money on some equipment for only a few pads. ------------- If you don't get it, be patient, you will.
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Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: June-09-2007 at 4:07pm
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Just think of the happy faces on Christmas ,opening a presesent that contains a gift that you made and gave to all your C/C fans............boat dr
I will be on your list and checking it twice ------------- boat dr /diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart /diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier |
Posted By: The Lake
Date Posted: June-09-2007 at 6:48pm
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Boat Dr.
I bought four from this guy, http://http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2163&PN=2 - Link about two years ago. I'm not sure if he is still around or not. Chuck ------------- Walk on Water www.coldwater.me http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=775&sort=&pagenum=3&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970 - 69 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: lumiecraft
Date Posted: June-10-2007 at 7:52pm
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dead link, try again please ------------- If you don't get it, be patient, you will.
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Posted By: JoeinNY
Date Posted: June-13-2007 at 9:28am
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Not dead just really badly hurt, try http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2163&PN=2 - this . I believe thats the guy that pete said retired and moved to hawaii... ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1477 - 1983 Ski Nautique 2001 1967 Mustang 302 "Decoy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5MkcBXBBs - Holeshot Video |
Posted By: lumiecraft
Date Posted: June-13-2007 at 12:56pm
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Just got word back that he no longer has any available. Grrrrrr.
lumiecraft ------------- If you don't get it, be patient, you will.
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Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: June-13-2007 at 1:12pm
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lumie, sounds like a good way to make brownie points with some of the senior members on this site.
A person of your talents could come up with a way to produce these things ,and make a little profit to boot...... The Boat Doctor will order 2 pair now ,will pick them up at Green Lake. ------------- boat dr /diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart /diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: June-14-2007 at 5:58am
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Pete,Does he still have the mold?? The mold is the hard part. The injection molding is easy!! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: lumiecraft
Date Posted: June-14-2007 at 10:35am
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Don't know. I will ask. ------------- If you don't get it, be patient, you will.
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Posted By: The Lake
Date Posted: June-14-2007 at 10:57am
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I've got a friend who says that Midwest Correct Craft in Angola, Indiana is making the white rubber step pads at $25.00 per.
Their site is nautique.com Chuck ------------- Walk on Water www.coldwater.me http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=775&sort=&pagenum=3&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970 - 69 Ski Nautique |