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Sticking shit to skis

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murdo
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so i have a pair of 2010 volkl walls and I've tried sticking stickers onto it and it just won't stay on. they came off on the first day. so i tried again but got a blow drier and heated them on and it still didn't work....

any advice!

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Feb 24 2012 8:20PM
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NinetyFour
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Rough up the area you want them to stick. I wouldn't though, not worth the sticker (and they clutter up this ski) you could also
Feb 24 2012 8:22PM
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NinetyFour
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Fuck mobile. Clean the area with soap and water real well before you stick them to your skis
Feb 24 2012 8:23PM
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danderson.
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Poop always seemed pretty sticky to me. Not sure what your problem might be. Have you been eating anything odd lately?
Feb 24 2012 8:26PM
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Lucas
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Thread did not deliver
Feb 24 2012 8:34PM
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R.Fahey
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make sure it's clean, and after you put the sticker on take a hair dryer to it, or put it in front of a vent or space heater for a few minutes. The heat helps it bond better.
Feb 24 2012 8:51PM
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ThundaKilla
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Don't put them where the ski flexes the most, that will just make it worse. What kind of stickers are we talkin here? Diecuts? Printed?
Feb 24 2012 8:58PM
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ForeverYung
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put the stickers near the bindings
Feb 24 2012 9:58PM
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rareison
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I heard whale semen makes anything stick
Feb 24 2012 10:28PM
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hot.pocket
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Shot glasses stick pretty well with some super glue, plus they get bitches, bitches love shot skis.
Feb 24 2012 10:33PM
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Queen_Selassie
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thats affirmative!!
Feb 24 2012 11:12PM
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joshua
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Mine always slowly gets washed off the ski tho, by lunch my ski is usually dry and I have to put a new batch on, what can I doooooo!?
Feb 24 2012 11:35PM
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loomis
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Apply rubbing alcohol before your put them on.
Feb 25 2012 12:11AM
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murdo
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die cuts
Feb 25 2012 12:56AM
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Dr.Dickless
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what kind of topsheet?
Feb 25 2012 1:25AM
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.skiwi.
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Treads
Feb 25 2012 2:58AM
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jerm
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this. some topsheets dont allow stickers to stay very well or at all. best example are the burton LTR boards that rental shops use. they have special top sheets that are nearly impossible to get stickers to stick to.

only advice i would say if nothing can get them to stick is get some spray on adhesive and use that adhere/cover the sticker with.

if that doesnt work youre SOL
Feb 25 2012 3:23AM
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EasyEast
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run a lighter of the stickered area a few times maing sure it melts on but doesn't set on fire that normally helps them stay on for good
Feb 25 2012 3:59PM
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BITS
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No one mentioned this yet:

Just put a thin layer of nail polish/epoxy/whatever over the sticker after you have applied it to the skis.
Feb 25 2012 5:43PM
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