While digging through my garage this week, sorting through boxes and filing cabinets full of the detritus of many years of ski touring, I came across an old pair of Atomic-branded Contour hybrid “glueless” skins. I’m not sure that was the exact model name, but these were the type that didn’t use traditional glue. Instead,…
The “Hybrid” Glueless Skin Reglue Experiment
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Responses
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I’ve just done this with some older black crows Contour skins and Pomoca glue. It didn’t work – the old glue came off, but there’s no more stick than before. Sounds like the BD glue is the way to go.
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Hey Pete, I have used Pomoca and BD glue interchangeably for most of my skin reglues. There seems to be very littler difference between the two in my experience, but fingers crossed the BD formula works better for you!
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