Now I'm Baked

[prjwebb]

Hey Aurf,

I picked up some clear grip, it's not the XM stuff, but another company. I imagine it's pretty similar. Feeling it off the board it doesn't feel particularly grippy though. Does it get better when wet?
Also Have you ever stuck it over a paint job? I'm a little worried about it just pulling the paint off and not staying on the board...
Thanks mate.

[aurfalien]

Hi prj,

Well, the XM stuff I use is pretty gripy, so much so that I must were a rash guard or risk serious nip damage.

I also ever so lightly sand it every few sessions as ocean type residue does build on it a tad even after rinsing off my boards.

I have some extra to share but you are on the other side of the pond.

My EF has a yellow deck from a previous customer order that went bad. So I swooped in and got it, yup yup. At any rate, I have never thought to peel it off so I don't know.

HTH man.

[prjwebb]

Hmm the stuff I have doesn't feel overly grippy. Just a finely dimpled, clear plastic/rubber sheeting. Definitely not grippy like wax. Probably bad stuff.

I tried sticking it over the painted board but I didn't prep the board that well before spraying so it just pulled a lot of paint off and ruined the clear grip too.
I've ended up scraping the old paint off now and respraying the board. Not sure whether to try the clear grip again or just go back to wax. I don't have enough yet to do the whole board now any how.
Doh!

[aurfalien]

I would just do wax on this painted board and try the XM stuff on a diff one.

Bummer about the paint bro. I hate wasting time on stuff like that. I mean you never know how much time you got.

[prjwebb]

The new paint job came out much better so it's not a big deal. I enjoy killing time with that kind of thing anyway.


Yeah I may stick to wax on this one, but my thinking was it would be handle to not have to worry about wax on a board like the SP that could potentially be in the car all the time.

[iggy]

Really like it!. Gonna maybe do something on orange grey and black following the same concept

[prjwebb]

I was going to just go black orange yellow but ran out of orange so had to improvise with what I had.

[pagey]

XM deck grip: rough it up with coarse sandpaper for better grip. Use fine sandpaper to smooth it off. I have used nothing else for many years.

[Chris]

pricey likes the deck grip...I am not there yet though...I find wax to be better for me. I slide of pads more than I do wax...

[pagey]

My boards have to live in the back of my truck, so there would be a lot of dripping wax otherwise.