Grip Tape

Shuvit720 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 144 City: Stokesdale

WTF? went for a session this morning, nothing unusual. Then when I got home my grip tape had started to peel off, I put the tape on last night and it sat for about 8 hours. Can anyone tell my why this happend. (Integrity board) Rolling Eyes

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

mine started to come off to but I rode it right after I put the grip tape which was like 30 min I just put some glue on it and now it is good. But it will definitely be a beach to get off.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Apr 02, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject:

after you apply the grip you need to put pressure on it, such as walking on it or rolling a truck with wheel on it, something to help set the glue. I usually just walk around on it for a few minutes, trying to get all of the grip down real good.

Shuvit720 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 144 City: Stokesdale

I used a damn rolling pen on it for like 30 min straight Smash

and it still came off, I just called some1 at a skate shop and the said heat the tape with a hairdryer after you apply the grip tape, does that make sense???

RUSSIAN · Posted: Apr 02, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:

I've never had to do that. I gripped 2 wakeskates late last season and botht of them held up. Maybe its the weight of standing on it that helps....

stompin9s · Posted: Apr 02, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject:

Shuvit720, yea the skateshop by my house has a hairdryer for when they grip their decks. it melts the glue down onto the board.

erikn · Posted: Apr 02, 2005 4:10 pm Post subject:

just put it i the sun for a couple of hours, that should do it!

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

Shuvit720, originally, you should have taken a small roller, like the size of a skaeboard wheel and rolled it out especially at the edges, but now that its come up it will be a biatch to re-stick, I would reccomend buying a can of 3M super77 adhesive, and carefully applying that and resticking the grip, and the hair dryer thing may or may not work better idk, but I managed/worked a skate shop for 2 years, and we never once hairdryed grip on, and never had any problems with our grip jobs at least, (one kid installed somebodies trucks backwards, but that was pretty funny shizzle), so I doubt that is neccicary. . . just my .02

seven11dmd · Posted: Apr 02, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject:

kento911, careful with that super77 shizzle its nuts! but its the best.

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

seven11dmd, ha ha I know notice I said "carefully apply" lol

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

Shuvit720, yea heating the tape melts the glue and when it dries it sticks better.

small town skater · Faceplant Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 15 City: McMinnville

does the griptape on a wakeskate last as long as griptape on a skateboard?

Grouch · Kickflip Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 3146 City: The OC

small town skater,
Most likely it will last longer because your not hitting curbs, concrete, etc with it.

kento911,
At the skate shop that I worked at, we would use a heat gun to peel up the grip tape when we had to re-grip a board. You know liken when these douche bag kids want flameboy or wet willy grip. Rolling Eyes