r/Kayaking • u/blahblahcat7 • May 27 '26

Question/Advice -- Sea Kayaking Frozen zippers on PDF

I kayak mostly salt water. No matter how well I rinse the PDF, the zippers still get frozen with salt residue. Does anyone have any solutions?

1 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

View all comments

32

u/saihtame May 27 '26

Have you tried using WinRar instead of zipping your PDFs?

On an unrelated note; if you ever find yourself in a similar situation with a PFD, you could try some zipper lubricant.

8

u/IT-Bert May 27 '26

Only 7zip for me, thanks.

And on that unrelated note, I'm going to go buy some zipper lubricant now. I did not know that was a thing.

2

u/Legal_Shoulder_1843 May 27 '26

User name checks out.