How to Re-Glue Climbing Skins

[@philosopherprince1]

Awesome! If I'd seen this video 20 years ago it would have saved me from days' worth of mistakes.

[@darcos7535]

Got stuck on the side of a steep slope because I left my skins too long. I finally walked up as I was close to the top. I now know how apply the colltex stuff that I ordered.

[@habitualflipper5640]

Thanks for the video! Do you have any experience regluing Montana skins? I have a couple sets and was wondering if Gold Label would work.

[@skiuphill-runuphill5805]

Gold Label seems to work ok on most skins. If your Montana are classic sticky skins with visible thread textile backer then a transfer tape from Contour should work too. Non-sticky skins (hybrids) need to be refreshed with a proprietary system, and lots of ‘em can’t actually be re-glued

[@NicoTripcevich]

It's strange that a pair of skins takes 1.5 tubes of glue. Why not make the tube the right size? Perhaps because narrow 70mm wide skins for 20 years ago took less glue?

[@finnmanktelow2270]

when letting the glue cure could I hang them or should they stay horizontal to prevent glue from moving around? living in my van so there are some space considerations.

[@skiuphill-runuphill5805]

Usually the glue gains cohesion after only a few minutes and it becomes very quickly difficult to "move" glue on the skins. I don't think there's any issue hanging the skins once the glue has been on the skins for 10-15 minutes.