Re-Gluing Ski Skins

[Mer]

On a scale of difficulty: easy being opening a bottle of champgne, difficult being re-soling climbing shoes, where does the re-glue process fit? Any tips? Pitfalls to avoid? Handy tools? This will be a complete glue removal and re-application not just a touch up.

Abundant thanks.

[rbw1966]

I did it and found it to be pretty painless. And remember. . .

[erik]

look in the freshiez zone...i think snoboy and some others offered a few handy tips earlier this month!

 

 

[cj001f]

It's really not that painful - easier than mounting 3 pin bindings. I used - paper bags, wax iron, and the brush that came with the skin glue. For wider skins you might want to use a wider brush to apply the glue.

[mattp]

To get off old wax, I hang them up against a board and hit 'em with the plumbing torch and a broad knife. The stuff comes right off, real quick and clean. I haven't lit them on fire yet.

[jaee]

For easiest gluing get a couple pieces of glue from a good ski shop. The glue comes already rolled out between two paper or plastic release layers. Once you've got the old glue off, peel it, stick it, trim it.

 

Last I checked, The Mountain Shop did the whole deed for $25. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. Probably gone up by now.

 

How to w/ sources: Couloir Reglue How-To

[Beck]

using a piece of 2x8 long enough to clamp the skins to helps wonders, and both the torch and the paper bag method work pretty good, the bags are a bit slower to use to remove the glue. you can now buy glue in sheets to put a new glue layer to the skins, that's a nifty improvement, but multiple thin coats of ascension gold works just about as good as skins right out of the factory..