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General Angling Topics => DIY Forum => Topic started by: Milo Man on June 05, 2011, 05:37:35 PM
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Check this out custom made
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I want!!! Explain please...? What are they made of?
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They are your plan plastic tubes with your Design on them and can be personalised.
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They can also be made for Drop shot rods.
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(clap) .... :shre: ...... :win:
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Please do a tutorial. I'm very keen on the process.
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:welc: Milo Man those tubes look awesome!!!!
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@ Bennie, you already know the prosess. DIY. Easy peasy!
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@ Bennie, you already know the prosess. DIY. Easy peasy!
I suppose you are right! But for everyone else! w;k
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Don't think for everyone else it will be so simple. Definitely not a do it at home project.
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Hi Bennie
It's easy as
1. Clean the rod tube with thinners
2. Spray it with plastic primer (Rust-oleum) Price is heavy for the primer!
3. Spray your color of your liking.
4. Add your name (Sticker).
5. Spray the final coat with clear lacquer.
and there it is all done.
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Hi Bennie
It's easy as
1. Clean the rod tube with thinners
2. Spray it with plastic primer (Rust-oleum) Price is heavy for the primer!
3. Spray your color of your liking.
4. Add your name (Sticker).
5. Spray the final coat with clear lacquer.
and there it is all done.
Would have thought so! Thanks!
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Cool
:bow:
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For those wanting to give it a bash... I have a vinyl cutter and can help out with names etc!
Thanks again Milo Man!
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For those in Jozi Contact me.
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For those in Jozi Contact me.
Is it possible for you to do a DIY TuT ???
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Hi Kumz
It's easy as
1. Clean the rod tube with thinners
2. Spray it with plastic primer (Rust-oleum) Price is heavy for the primer!
3. Spray your color of your liking.
4. Add your name (Sticker).
5. Spray the final coat with clear lacquer.
and there it is all done. :tkx:
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Milo Man,
Think you understood kumz incorrectly! What we need for the less experience members that do not understand the principal, is a step by step picture tutorial to help them out.
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Will Do
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can anyone help please, Where can one get these tubes in johannesburg
thanks
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Kp... the guys normally use the straightfoward PVC Plumbing pipes. Tackle stores cover them with material and zippers. I think you can buy lids that screw on top of the pipe to seal them off.
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Thanks Reefman
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Bennie... your Vinyl cutter... does it make stickers? I've done the paint job for my new rod holder, but now I need some nice stickers made...!
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Bennie... your Vinyl cutter... does it make stickers? I've done the paint job for my new rod holder, but now I need some nice stickers made...!
It does! I'm not artistic but yes, will cut out what ever. Not printing though.
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Could always try some carbon fibre print on it.
Or wood grain
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Great idea... Those would look awesome @ the beach! :udman:
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It does! I'm not artistic but yes, will cut out what ever. Not printing though.
Not sure if I understand you...? So if I send you graphics of what I want printed, can you make a sticker from that? Or are you not able to print the sticker?
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Not sure if I understand you...? So if I send you graphics of what I want printed, can you make a sticker from that? Or are you not able to print the sticker?
I have a vinyl cutter. My machine cuts vinyl not print on it.
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Question for Milo Man or anyone who thinks out the box... done my new customized toilet pipe rod tube... whats the best way of putting a carrying strap/handle on? Don't want to put rivets through as they might scratch the rods on the inside? Maybe glue velcro straps on?? Any thoughts?
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Reefz, what diameter pipes did you get and where? Here Builders Warehouse only sell the wide (sanitary) and smaller diameter (run-off) types, and what do you use for caps/ends?
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I used the big ones... must be 10-12cm in diameter? Builders Whouse... have end pieces that you glue on with a screwtop cap.
I should be able to get a Blade and a Medium Assassin in at the same time...
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Reefz, you could wrap whatever straps (fabric, SS, etc) with old fishing line... it takes a while but it's very strong...
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Hi Reefman
Mega mica sell a velcro strip that you can stick to the pipe.
Photo Attached
Regards
Milo Man
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The strip is 50 mm wide and comes in the male and female in one box.
Hope this helps
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I used the big ones... must be 10-12cm in diameter? Builders Whouse... have end pieces that you glue on with a screwtop cap.
I should be able to get a Blade and a Medium Assassin in at the same time...
I was thinking of making one for my rods when flying up for the Vidal Bash. :yipee:
:topic: What happened to our count down clock?
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The strip is 50 mm wide and comes in the male and female in one box.
Hope this helps
Awesome! Thanks Milo! +cred
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I was thinking of making one for my rods when flying up for the Vidal Bash. :yipee:
:topic: What happened to our count down clock?
Sheesh you're quite sharp chynha... we changed it about 3 weeks ago!!! Have a look on the Home page on the RHS, underneath the Vidal advert!!
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:shre: :hehe:
Can I blame it on the Outeniqua roes? :hehe:
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121 days to go! :hnthnt: w;k
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Question for Milo Man or anyone who thinks out the box... done my new customized toilet pipe rod tube... whats the best way of putting a carrying strap/handle on? Don't want to put rivets through as they might scratch the rods on the inside? Maybe glue velcro straps on?? Any thoughts?
My experience has been that Velcro collects sand over time, but the edhesive type sticks like crazy.
Alternatively one could pop rivet the straps to a section of pipe off-cut using small stainless steel pop rivets and then glue that section onto the pipe with PVC Weld. Small holes would probable have to be made in the pipe to accomodate the sharp heads of the rivets which should not protrude on the inside of the pipe. One would probably also need to use small pop rivet washers to prevent the "head side" of the pop rivet from pulling through the PVC when tighting the rivet.
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Would it not be better to create a thickening at the end of the strap or a loop and then take the off cut over that and glue it on the pipe with PVC weld? :dunno:
I will do a test run tonight and see if it will work.
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Would it not be better to create a thickening at the end of the strap or a loop and then take the off cut over that and glue it on the pipe with PVC weld? :dunno:
I will do a test run tonight and see if it will work.
You are right, and another option: push the off-cut through a loop in the end of the strap and then glue the off-cut to the pipe.
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That is the idea and PVC weld will hold it there forever!
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Will PVC weld stick a nylon type strap nicely? Must try it out on some offcut pipes...
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Reefz, The nylon trap does not have to the adhere to the the PVC at all (it won't)
Stitch a loop at the end of the nylon strap. Insert the the PVC pipe off-cut through the loop.The off-cut must be longer than the width of the strap.
Glue both ends of the PVC off-cut either side of the strap to the pipe with PVC weld.
Repeat at other end of strap.
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Homie is delivering my new laptop in 10 minutes then I can go wild with illustrations, etc. on my OWN computer.
:happ:
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PH, I think we have a winner here. I just got home from work and wanted to try out the concept but I can't find my PVC weld. :-(
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Today was a public holiday Safish??
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:-( No public holidays for the rest of the year for me. :-(
The guys at my work thought it would be a good idea if we take the whole week off between the Easter weekends. We had to trade in our other holidays. I complained and refused to sign the memo but majority ruled and we took the week off. The weather that week was the $&^&*% so far for the winter. Today they were all long faced because they had to work but I just gave them the "I told you so" laugh. It was not all bad and I got a lot of work done! :hehe:
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Ok here's my new bling bling :ult: rod tube!!
Got some 20cm Plumbing pipe... cleaned it with Thinners. Spray Painted it with a few coats of Rustoleum "Hammered paint for plastic" - no primer necessary. Gave it a gun metal finish. Then I got some vinyls made, stuck them on and woopie doo!
If anyone needs beautiful Vinyl stickers made for any purpose... cars, windows etc... I can readily recommend ET on this site... it's what he does professionally. Koos' vinyl's that he made are absolutely brilliant!! Thanks Koos!
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Used some spare strapping and rivetted a carry handle on, making sure the rivets were short enough not to protrude too far into the tube...
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That is nice Reefer - Cred to you!
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looks cool :shre:
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(clap) ..Reefer ... :win: ... +cred
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for added bling, spray chrome or gold..... :hnthnt: imagine walking down to the beach with 1 lyk that....yoh!
nice looking pipe reefz :-)
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for added bling, spray chrome or gold..... :hnthnt: imagine walking down to the beach with 1 lyk that....yoh!
nice looking pipe reefz :-)
:hehe:
Very easy. You could wrap it with mirror vinyl. R60 per meter from Maizy plastics.
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:shk ... now thats a "bling" rod tube.. :appr:
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That is nice Reefer - Cred to you!
Shot thanx! Don't forget to click the thumbs UP sign now! :hnthnt:
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(clap)
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Very, very neat & professional !!!
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Ok here's my new bling bling :ult: rod tube!!
Hey man you a laarnie on the beach now man!!
Looks good Reefz!
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Reefer u gonna do a Tut ??? :clwn
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I just did! What do you need to know?
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I just did! What do you need to know?
Will i see it tom ??
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K will bring it with
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K will bring it with
:tkx:
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Awesome tube! (clap) + cred for the bling. :hehe:
I have my end caps, just waiting for the pipe. I want to do my avatar but I can't get hold of the guy that did the original. :-(
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can it double up as a pension pipe?
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Ok here's my new bling bling :ult: rod tube!!
Got some 20cm Plumbing pipe... cleaned it with Thinners. Spray Painted it with a few coats of Rustoleum "Hammered paint for plastic" - no primer necessary. Gave it a gun metal finish. Then I got some vinyls made, stuck them on and woopie doo!
If anyone needs beautiful Vinyl stickers made for any purpose... cars, windows etc... I can readily recommend ET on this site... it's what he does professionally. Koos' vinyl's that he made are absolutely brilliant!! Thanks Koos!
Nice rod tubes Reefz... Looks great. (clap)
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Reefs, what's next, customised and personalised pension pipes.
Nice job Tony, when you are done I need a few of these!
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can it double up as a pension pipe?
Ziggy, it's almost 6ft tall and 20cm diameter?!
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Man , that is going to be difficult to push into the sand... :shk ... :hehe: :hehe:
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Reefz, some people have bigger rods than others. :creep: :hehe: :hyst:
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Does anyone know if you get the end caps for an 80mm PVC pipe? I can only find for 50mm which is too narrow for anything but my ultra light dropshot rod, and for a 110mm pipe but that is too big for just one rod. I have tried builders warehouse but none of their branches keep the caps
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:shre: (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap)
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Just made one for my ultra light dropshot rod (yes I do have light tackle) now as soon as I can track down the end caps for 80mm tubing I'll make some for my proper rods w;k
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(clap) ..Nice one Half Pint !!! :win:
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Looking good Brad... explain what you did?
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Almost exactly the same as yours. Cleaned everything with thinners sprayed a couple of coats of grey onto the tube and sprayed the end caps red patience is a virtue here if you don't let it dry it will run. Then on the tube I sprayed the tips red and let it sort of fade down to the grey. Then I put some pvc weld onto the screw adaptors and pushed them down onto the tube. Let that dry for the day. I also added one of the clear UA stickers which looks really great almost like the words of been sprayed onto the tube not stuck on. Finally once everything was dry I sprayed a few coats of clear lacquer on to it all. I hope its not going to scratch easily because I didn't use the fancy rustoleum paint. I figured for this small tube I'd experiment with the cheaper paints if it works then great if not well lesson learnt
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Awesome tube, Half-Pint! (clap) + cred
Mine is assembled and only needs a nice coat of paint. I am also worried about scratching :-( My tube is 2.1m long and it is a bit bulky but I can fit my 14ft Beach Master, Exage 110H and my 7ft one piece light tackle rod in it. I just hope they don't give my flack at the airport because of the length. :dunno:
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Herman I doubt they will I used to fly to durban quite a lot a few years ago and always took almost exactly the same setup as yours with me and never had problems. The only thing I would do is sellotape a piece of paper on to it then you can stick some fragile stickers on it without ruining your paint job. I would actually consider taking a plain tube on the plane somehow those luggae handlers manage to hurl everything around. Just a little tip pack your reels in your hand luggage my sl50 has never been the same since it went on a plane
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Thanks for the advice. :win: I will wait until after the trip before painting the tube.
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Guys if you're worried about scratching them, then I've got bad news for you... the tubes scratch easily... mine already has a few nicks, scuffs and scratches... On an aeroplane, I guarantee that the tube will get scratched... to prevent it scratching, you'll need to cover them in bubble wrap before sending... not sure it's worth all that!!
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Isn't that the point? The tube gets scratched and not the rods?
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indeed.
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Its not a few scuffs and nicks I'm worried about I'm just worried that the paint doesn't bond properly and peels off in sheets!
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Isn't that the point? The tube gets scratched and not the rods?
If I go through all the effort of painting it etc. I would want it to last at least a couple of trips. I think for now I am just going to put the UA logo on it.
Proudly :ult:
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I thought the the objective of a tube is to protect your rod in transit - so if the tube gets scratched etc...its doing its job....right? I made two tubes about 20 years ago - never painted them...and they are both covered in airline tickets, scuffed, scratched etc....looks better than a paint job to me! Shows that my rods move around and dont hang out in my study on a pretty tube
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here is my well used rod tube....shows that if you travel, any paint job is going to get messed up badly
See also the top end, I use a bolt and a wing nut and (not shown here) a hole drilled through the bolt that takes a small lock
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here is my well used rod tube....shows that if you travel, any paint job is going to get messed up badly
See also the top end, I use a bolt and a wing nut and (not shown here) a hole drilled through the bolt that takes a small lock
That is a good idea, I like the lock!
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I recently took 2 7ft boat rods in a very cheap tube overseas. Got some funny looks but the airlines never questioned the length. I went on 5 different airlines from very Beeg to tinyish...
The paintworks look awesome but last mere minutes thanks to the attention of the exceptionally diligent baggage handlers... Airline stickers are the heat!!
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Thanks for the info super_daav.
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If you guys want something to travel with and not worry about the contents, then this is what you need....
Its called Jet Tube and is available from Mudhole.
Here is the link....
http://www.mudhole.com/Shop-Our-Catalog/Rod-Cases_2/Jet-Tube-Rod-Tube-Kit (http://www.mudhole.com/Shop-Our-Catalog/Rod-Cases_2/Jet-Tube-Rod-Tube-Kit)
And attached is a SBS
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E.T. :shre:
That is a brilliant product and I like the idea that you can lock it with no hassles. The strap loops will also come in handy. Do we get 3" pipe here in SA?
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I believe we do.
A good place to start would be a place like Saplastikor or even Maizey Plastics or one of those places that sells water pumps, pipes, etc.
I have a set of these caps at home, ordered it some time ago and just never used it, cause I want to build aluminium tubes with aluminium screw in end caps like the ones you get with premium fly rods.
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Do you have an idea how much the postage will be for a set?
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Nice one E.T. I'm going to order a few of those.
Thank you for the link!
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Nice one E.T. I'm going to order a few of those.
Thank you for the link!
How about making them from PVC with a nice Carbon finish and coated with 2K? The ends can be custom PU castings? Feasible?
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How about making them from PVC with a nice Carbon finish and coated with 2K? The ends can be custom PU castings? Feasible?
Very feasible... I like that idea, will look cool!
Are you still coming round to collect your wrapping machines?
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Are you at home tomorrow 10 am?
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Are you at home tomorrow 10 am?
I will be - Got some sorting to do, my new shipment arrives next week.
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Thanks I will see you then. I also have your UA stickers with me - which I will bring.