Have no fear, removing and regluing skins is a doable and not so messy DIY project. We cannot hold your hand, but here’s a somewhat simple guide for the reglue process.
Not such a long time ago, a skin glue reboot went down. You can read about that here.
Nearly a year later, the postscript includes some failures and successes. The upside to the skin glue reboot was that it got me through the season. My 95mm underfoot skis are my workhorse skis during mid-winter high pressure and most of my spring skiing. As a result, the skins received a ton of use last season. The sad part of all this is that the glue became unwieldy.
For some background, I had a several-year-old pair of G3 skins (I know…the glue) needing a glue refresh. I added some Black Diamond Gold Label glue here and there. I’m no chemist. But something about mixing the glues, heating the glues, and then sticking to and pulling from ski bases did a number. Ultimately, the skin reboot rendered gummy, sticky, stick-to-anything-and-everything glue. It was a total mess.
It’s time for a skin glue reboot 2.0. I knew this was on the table for months. I put it off. I feared a mess. My fears, however, were irrational. It turns out that beyond the fumes inhaled during the glue removal process, it’s a rather simple and clean process. Have no fear. This is a doable DIY process if you can access a heat gun, a metal scraper, parchment paper (or this masking paper from ACE), an iron, and a clamp to secure the skin tip in place.
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