cleaning griptape

[lloyd]

ya well, snow is slowly melting and Im a very impatient kid, so I went riding. But my shoes were a little dirty and now so is my griptape. I need to clean it because I'm painting it so how can I clean it. This must sound retarded but theres salt all over the road and my shoes put some all over my deck and now whiteish brown spots on it. So ya, help?

 

[jeff26]

i dont really know of a way to clean it... id just put new grip on.. a sheet is 5 bucks and it covers 4 decks if you use it right. you could spray paint it black so it looks cleaner.

 

[lloyd]

I have black, but will it grip afterwards?

 

[tylerwhetstone]

yea, my griptape is still grippy its just very dirty and has stuff on/in it

 

[jakob-b]

well haha thats so ghetto
CCS has grip gum so you might wanna look into it



edit: here a link to it http://www.skatewarehouse.com/descpageWAXLUB-ASGRGUM.html

 

[Scooter Mcgee]

is that reuseable

 

[ADNpro]

that stuff works..but not really good. it will get most of the dirt off.

 

[whoopa]

use a little wd-40 and and then wipe your deck off works great everytime for me

 

[wutdahellbro]

wd-40 works great but i would recommend the grip gum itcan be reused yes

 

[lloyd]

I ll try wd 40 cuz I dont feel like ordering anything now

EDIT: tried it. Works random. Anything else except that goo thingy

 

[whoopa]

what does works random mean. anyway i have 1 of those grip gum things they arnt that great just use a little dub d fordy and wipe it off with a rag then let it dry

 

[lloyd]

thats what I did. Anyway thanks for advice

 

[dre]

Just get a sponge that is rough (the one's for cleaning frying pans) or just any old sponge that isn't too soft and doesn't rip easy, and dip it in water and then scrub your griptape until it's clean. Works everytime for me...

 

[lloyd]

scrubbing... Ya my rag just destroyed itself into pieces so Ill try that. Anything else?

 

[AX3D]

Once I got my grip really dirty and I accidently got it wet thanks to a fucked up water fountain then i just rubed my hand along the grip and all the shit just came off with plain water.

 

[Pete Pachota]

Shower+brush=there you go.

 

[odysseus]

yea I use grip gum because all my little skater friends have it so i use theirs

 

[Dustin Nooner]

Yea I've seen griptape cleaners so yea. lol buy some I guess lol.

 

[David N.]

haha just buy new griptape... its not that much money, all this griptape cleaner is rediculous... Plus a change on your griptape is good once and a while and you wont have to worry about the grip not catching... or somthing.

 

[Eric Magray]

fuck gripgum it cost more than new grip. so yea new grip is the way to go