Dear colleagues,
I write to ask about a problem we are experiencing in Hawaii with some of our Iowa canes. I am referring specifically to the green-handled textured canes which were once produced in Iowa. I'm not sure if they are produced in Iowa anymore.
We keep a cane bank, which includes some canes dating back a few decades. They still appear to be good products, and I think we do well to give people good canes, whether they like the most recently-produced ones or the older ones.
Eventually, the green handles on the Iowa canes can become sticky in a way that we cannot figure out how to clean. It appears that it might be a deterioration of the material of the handle itself.
The salt air does amazing things to a lot of materials here, so the problem may just be isolated to us. Has anyone experienced this before? Has anyone been able to come up with a solution to restore the cane?
Thanks so much!
Justin
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Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB
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National Federation of the Blind
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