Equipment needed to replace pole baskets:
- Replacement basket
- 1.5 inches of 1 inch diameter shrink wrap – electrical supply store
- Razor blade
- Heat gun
Instructions to replace the baskets on your poles:
When replacing basket, first cut protective shrink wrap with razor blade.
Side cutters or pliers might be needed to pull off hardened shrink wrap.
Remove old protective shrink wrap and old basket.
Slide new basket on bamboo shaft. Heat up with heat gun if needed.
Slide a piece of 1″ diameter shrink wrap over the bamboo tip, so it covers collar of basket and about half of metal screw tip.
Apply heat to shrink wrap with heat gun, rotate pole until plastic shrinks tightly to pole tip.
Shrink wrap should cool and harden to protect the end of the pole tip from water and bamboo splintering.
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