NEW!! Can Contactacoat Rubber Slats be used on Competition Equipment?
Terence Murphy of Oriole DTC in Baltimore, MD, successfully beveled his club’s Contactacoat Rubber Slats to bring them in to alignment with AKC Agility Obstacle Specifications! Here’s how: “The edges of the rubber slats can be beveled if required using a dremel with the stock drum sander attachment. A belt sander may also work, but random orbit and orbital sanders are ineffective and trying to angle the edge with a table saw blade at 45 degrees is dangerous and ineffective. It takes about an hour to dremel the A-frame kit, and a dog walk kit should take about half that time. The slats glue on extremely well and seem likely to last better than a conventional wood slat since they won’t rot or warp. I haven’t seen any evidence of wear after 4 days of competition usage, but if something does happen to make a gouge that could catch a dog’s nail, it should be easy enough to grind out with a dremel.” ~Terence Murphy We are putting together video and pictures of dogs using rubberized equipment
