GDammit! Skin glue all over the plush

**daviski** · 01-08-2019, 10:12 AM

Well I'm looking at my skins for the first time this season, and they have been stored glue to plush (bd ascent)

not a ton of glue but how do I clean it , solvent, got to be done today.

shit, I must have been very cold or very drunk

**XXX-er** · 01-08-2019, 11:24 AM

I have seen this question asked several times with no answers

you could try freezing them which might make the glue easier to physically remove, you could try ski base cleaner which is orange based now days or solvent but whatever you use

look out for the glue side

let us know how it turns out

**swissiphic** · 01-08-2019, 11:29 AM

white gas? strips gunk off ski bases pretty good.

**daviski** · 01-08-2019, 11:34 AM

Found it -- maybe ether/carb cleaner

**daviski** · 01-08-2019, 11:51 AM

mass airflow cleaner (ether) dissolves the crap out of it, going to take a lot of rags

**PNWbrit** · 01-08-2019, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by daviski

glue to plush

You don't want to ever do that.

**swissiphic** · 01-08-2019, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

You don't want to ever do that.

no biggie in subzero temps rolling skins and throw em into pack if yer into that but yeah, above freezing, 'specially summer storage...no beuno.

**swissiphic** · 01-08-2019, 12:26 PM

While i'm here and thinkin' about it...did a split skin project two days ago and figured out something kinda important. Had to trim skins narrower AND cut off about 10cms per skin to fit shorter skis. Keep the cut off bits and use em as farms for spare skin glue for future 'skin glue refresh' and touch ups. Used the hot air gun/spatula and scraped glue off of the 'junker' bits and applied to/touched up the new leading edges of the skins. Bomber grip when tested yesterday; no snow build up under lateral/leading edge front area of skin...a common problematic area.

You think about the fact that a lot of useful skin glue gets chucked in the garbage at ski shops after they cut/trim skins....reduce, reuse, reskiycle.

**XXX-er** · 01-08-2019, 12:49 PM

a tube of gold label is 15$, it will last for years unopened so I always stock a couple

Try folding skins glue to glue once as normal and then rolling them up, IME it saves a lot of room

you go from trying to cram all the skins in the bag to the bag being only 2/3rds full

**swissiphic** · 01-08-2019, 12:54 PM

Another spot to harvest spare skin glue from is from under the center strip of fabric meant to reduce the effort of pulling skins apart when stored glue to glue. Use hot air gun to slightly warm, then pull off the strip. Heat the metal spatula with hot air gun and scrape what u need for touch ups. If u gots long skins, prolly half a tube of gold label, $7ish bux worth of glue stored right there on the skins, XXX'er.

**XXX-er** · 01-08-2019, 01:06 PM

You should go for it then but personaly I am a boring do it once do it right type who wants the solution

and I want it the first time, I am not into half baked ideas

**PNWbrit** · 01-08-2019, 01:19 PM

Foldem flat and put them in shovel pocket.

**XXX-er** · 01-08-2019, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Foldem flat and put them in shovel pocket.

well sure but if you use the bag and a lot of people do, rolling them takes up noticeably less room in the bag

**CaliBrit** · 01-08-2019, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

You don't want to ever do that.

Touring I roll my skins glue to plush. Seems to work great. Wouldn’t store them like that.

**daviski** · 01-08-2019, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

You don't want to ever do that.

thus this thread

**PNWbrit** · 01-08-2019, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

well sure but if you use the bag and a lot of people do, rolling them takes up noticeably less room in the bag

Not using the bag removes this as an issue.

**daviski** · 01-08-2019, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

You don't want to ever do that.

thus this thread

**XXX-er** · 01-08-2019, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Not using the bag removes this as an issue.

I'm not saying you have to use a bag or roll them

its ^^ just another option

are you not still taking up extra room in a pack?

what if you wana put skins in yer pocket for whatever reason ?

**swissiphic** · 01-08-2019, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

You should go for it then but personaly I am a boring do it once do it right type who wants the solution

and I want it the first time, I am not into half baked ideas

I guess if yer a guy that ski tours < 50 days a year in the ideal winter climate of the B.V. or sumthin'. Crank that numbr up to >100 in a transitional climate zone with lots of warm/hot days in the spring and summer and yer lookin' at creative solutions to extreme end of the bell curve issues. Put that in yer half baked ideas pipe and smoke it, pal. There is no 'doing it right the first time', 'cause half way through the season, the 'first time' measures' end, and ya gotta touch up. Come april, may and june with the infiltration of forest gunk, tree branch needles and old man's beard yer gonna wanna refresh the skinz. No need to waste prime $ gold label if u don't need to. IMHO.

**swissiphic** · 01-08-2019, 02:29 PM

General question: Who puts their skins in a bag for day tours...aside from maybe the deep freezer for summer storage? Just stuff 'em in da pack, willy nilly, who gives a.f. ? Don't know about u, but i'm not storing loose toilet paper at top of pack to contaminate skins....it's jacket, h2o bottle, or gloves or sumthin'....nuthin there to contaminate the glue. Just stuff 'em in! Jacket pockets, pack, looped around hip belt of pack, flappin' in the wind like a flag of freedom.

**XXX-er** · 01-08-2019, 02:35 PM

I didnt ask you, it was YOU are telling ME to do something

which I then told you I consider to be half baked

SO like I said if you wana color outside the lines then go for it

**swissiphic** · 01-08-2019, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

I didnt ask you, it was YOU are telling ME to do something

which I then told you I consider to be half baked

SO like I said if you wana color outside the lines then go for it

That's sum semantics, sumantics.

(warning; continuing thread drift) lol. teeheehee. Come to Bear Pass and ski "color outside the lines couloir" with me XXX'er, I'll show u a few more half baked ghettowerx gear mod trix besides the basix like skin glue issue mitigation measures to make the ascents and descents even moar great again.

**PNWbrit** · 01-08-2019, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

what if you wana put skins in yer pocket for whatever reason ?

I still don't use the bag.

**XXX-er** · 01-08-2019, 03:03 PM

forget the bag then,

even if you don't use the bag rolling your skins will still take up less room

the extra amount of room in the bag was just a way to measure volume

**XXX-er** · 01-08-2019, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by swissiphic

That's sum semantics, sumantics.

(warning; continuing thread drift) lol. teeheehee. Come to Bear Pass and ski "color outside the lines couloir" with me Al, I'll show u a few more half baked ghettowerx gear mod trix besides the basix like skin glue issue mitigation measures to make the ascents and descents even moar great again.

awesume i will get in touch with you !

hjey you know some guy acused me of doxing him last year, frankly i thot it was a half baked accusation