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Sticky skins trouble

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taylornicky
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Bought a pair of Montana skins during the 2018/2019 season and used them a handful of times. My first time using them during the 2019/2020 season I had the hardest time pulling them apart at the trailhead (stickier than I’ve ever dealt with). After transitioning at the top, my skis wouldn’t slide due to sticking to the snow assumingely from the skin glue on the bases. Thankfully my buddy had some sort of wax that I slabbed on the bases which somewhat helped.

My question is are these skins trashed? What should I do? recommendations for wax?

since these are fairly new skins, I really don’t want to buy new ones. Help!
May 3 2020 3:28PM
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amccahill93
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https://www.wildsnow.com/5302/skin-glue-redo/

I'd do this. And store them in a freezer over the summer. The glue gets too hot in the summer and like locks everything together. Also use one of the black mesh skin saver things for storage
May 3 2020 3:48PM
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taylornicky
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amccahill93https://www.wildsnow.com/5302/skin-glue-redo/

I'd do this. And store them in a freezer over the summer. The glue gets too hot in the summer and like locks everything together. Also use one of the black mesh skin saver things for storage


Thank you! I’ll definitely do that over summer. That must have been my problem. I’m planning on touring for the next monthish so any advice on what to do short term? (Or if anybody else sees this) thanks again
May 3 2020 3:56PM
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brogoldenhair
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I've had the whole skin glue on skis problem before, sucks. For me I can fix it by waxing my skis more often, likely stupidly often after every few tours. Glue that is already on the skis is a pain to scrape off. If it's real bad though yeah a reglue will likely be the only solution.
May 3 2020 5:31PM
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amccahill93
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If you wax your skis, make sure you get all the wax off completely. Id do the brown paper bag thing for sure. If you're at the top of a line and have glue stuck on your ski, use the edge of your other ski to scrape it off.
taylornickyThank you! I’ll definitely do that over summer. That must have been my problem. I’m planning on touring for the next monthish so any advice on what to do short term? (Or if anybody else sees this) thanks again
May 3 2020 6:58PM
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clorox
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I know people like to shit on the mesh sheets that skins come with (the black diamond ones are way nicer than the plastic g3 ones) but when I get a new set of skins I'll use the sheets for the first few tours while I break in the skins. Also with touring skis, I tend to wax regularly, but scrape more than normal skis since sticky skins can pull wax off your skis, fucking up the skin.
May 3 2020 8:50PM
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skiP.E.I.
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finderI know people like to shit on the mesh sheets that skins come with (the black diamond ones are way nicer than the plastic g3 ones) but when I get a new set of skins I'll use the sheets for the first few tours while I break in the skins. Also with touring skis, I tend to wax regularly, but scrape more than normal skis since sticky skins can pull wax off your skis, fucking up the skin.

I use the mesh cheat sheets every time I tour just because it makes it way easier to get the skins apart. I don't know why people complain about them. I've never had any issues.
May 5 2020 11:46AM
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clorox
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skiP.E.I.I use the mesh cheat sheets every time I tour just because it makes it way easier to get the skins apart. I don't know why people complain about them. I've never had any issues.

Yeah not sure. I have a set of G3's and BD Ascensions. The plastic G3 sheets are a bit annoying and the BD ones are rubbery and stretch so that you don't need to lay it on perfectly. I just figure people are used to one kind and decide they hate all of them.
May 6 2020 4:24PM
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