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our latest winning tips from Marty Hornick of Bishop, California...
I have an old pair of “sticky blocks” (two elevated blocks used in lieu of a pair of vises that have sticky pads on top…you place skis or snowboards face down atop these to hold ‘em securely when waxing or tuning), which work well until they lose their stickiness. Then they can release at the most inopportune times…like when you’re scraping wax off a ski tail, and the tip springs skyward and smacks you upside the head!
I was bummed when I discovered that replacement sticky pads for these weren’t available anymore, at least until I stumbled upon a tube of climbing skin glue…which I smeared on the pads after first cleaning off the old residue with base cleaner. Voila, sticky blocks are now good as new again!
Another cheapskate option is to make sticky blocks from scratch, using two vertical wood supports to which you nail or screw a short length of climbing skin on top so their sticky side faces up.
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