The Definitive Slide Gloves Thread

**b_parker** · 04-04-2009 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by SLiC Runnings

Tiles? if they're stone BAD Idea. Anything stone or ceramic will chip, and could cause some problems. Stick to Plastics.

Corian tiles work GREAT for me! They chip every once and a while but its no big deal! I've been using mine for 4 months and they're still going strong! I would def recommend using them...screw plastics!

-B

**arodgers92** · 04-04-2009 11:55 PM

I couldn't find any road turtles and lowes doesn't have corian so i had to buck up and spend the two dollars on a cutting board.

Anyway i get the gloves and everything and i super stoked to get them made until i realize there is no way to cut them.

To solve this problem i just gave my friend half the cutting board if he would help me cut mine. ( He has every tool imaginable.)

Well, thats my story ill post up pics when im finished.

**Daniel M.** · 04-05-2009 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by b_parker

Corian tiles work GREAT for me! They chip every once and a while but its no big deal! I've been using mine for 4 months and they're still going strong! I would def recommend using them...screw plastics!

-B

Corian IS plastic.

**RonnieVegas** · 04-09-2009 06:12 AM

I posted this elsewhere, but...this thread being definitive and all...

oil filled UHMW, hand sanded & routed for perfectly rounded edges. custom apple design(lol). leather gloves. silky smooth. I love em

The white one is a corian prototype.
And yeah, corian is technically a plastic, but it's more like synthetic granite. I prefer uhmw, it's lighter in weight, less noisy & less drag IMO.

**SLiC Runnings** · 04-09-2009 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by RonnieVegas

I posted this elsewhere, but...this thread being definitive and all...

oil filled UHMW, hand sanded & routed for perfectly rounded edges. custom apple design(lol). leather gloves. silky smooth. I love em

The white one is a corian prototype.
And yeah, corian is technically a plastic, but it's more like synthetic granite. I prefer uhmw, it's lighter in weight, less noisy & less drag IMO.

I like how you did individual grip on each finger, seems like you can try any shape or orientation you would want with your materials. How did you route it with such small pieces? did you just flip it over and work it like a surfacer (routing table essentially)?

**RonnieVegas** · 04-10-2009 01:24 PM

I honestly don't know exactly how it was accomplished. My friend hooked them up for me, he used to do a lot of wood work & still has all the tool/bits & what-not. He did say that it was far easier to do with the corian though, apparently the uhmw is a lot harder to sand & form. The industrial velcro with adhesive backing sticks really well to leather, no gorilla or shoe goo needed, and yeah... with the individual fingers, you can really position your fingers & pucks in a position that's most comfortable & stable for your preference/style. sha-weeet.

**Kevin in Edmonton** · 04-10-2009 01:50 PM

...........
I like my Darkspeeds, no need for Corian

**wtUBsmokin** · 04-10-2009 10:02 PM

I've personally purchased some black velvet slide pucks, awesome pucks for cheap. However I will support the use of corian tiles...they last forever, great ware, slide smooth, but are a bit loud. Home depot has them in sample drawer in the floor tiling section...five-finger discount anyone?

**luftywaffles** · 04-11-2009 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by arodgers92

I couldn't find any road turtles and lowes doesn't have corian so i had to buck up and spend the two dollars on a cutting board.

Anyway i get the gloves and everything and i super stoked to get them made until i realize there is no way to cut them.

To solve this problem i just gave my friend half the cutting board if he would help me cut mine. ( He has every tool imaginable.)

Well, thats my story ill post up pics when im finished.

I also had trouble finding these "round road turtles".
I might have seen a few trapezoid-ish shaped "road turtles" (I'm not sure if they were or not)...
I got some at Lowes I like them alot they have all different colors to choose from. They aren't in the drawers though, they had a small box thing on a table where they displayed 1 tile for every color.

**stanleyelnats** · 04-18-2009 01:30 AM

Here are my slide gloves.

New ones (Left) // Old ones (Right).

The old ones work fine except I wanted a more secure wrist area so I actually went out to buy some better, more comfortable gloves and used the leftover materials I had from the first one. Now I have one to lend out to my buds when we go sliding

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If you guys are wondering how it's made all you need are:
-Industrial Velcro
-Gorilla Glue
-Free Corian Tile Samples
-Any Glove you want

I got all my supplies from Home Depot so it's a quick and easy run, well for me at least since there's at least 3 of those nearby.

**enrique60033** · 04-20-2009 06:54 PM

Corian gloves,they look shinny coz I epoxy them and let set before velcro,I used a khiro riser as template for palm puck and use left over for fingers .

I used a jig saw with a fine wood blade,and re-rounded edges with a palm sander,flexible epoxy on glove to have a better adhesion surface so velcro don't comes off.

**joefresh** · 04-21-2009 07:44 AM

prosthetics plastic is awesome idk what it is but my frieend works with it and gets me it
in whatever shape i want for free only problem is its kinda thin

**kjc6** · 04-21-2009 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by joefresh

prosthetics plastic is awesome idk what it is but my frieend works with it and gets me it
in whatever shape i want for free only problem is its kinda thin

lol. All I can picture is someone dragging a prosthetic hand down the hill at 30 mph...

**joefresh** · 04-21-2009 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by kjc6

lol. All I can picture is someone dragging a prosthetic hand down the hill at 30 mph...

LOL now im gonna have to look into getting one!!!
that would be sweet

**speedster** · 04-23-2009 03:48 AM

mmm well all i did was get choping board from big w for what 10 15 bucks then velcro strips for 8 bucks and cut out finger pucks and a palm puck and velcroed it on to a pair of unused bike gloves and they have not failed me yet i have used them going down a very unsmoothed road and i was going about 20 to 30 kph and i used them and they did not break

**CharlieDeft** · 04-24-2009 01:45 PM

i just got back from home depot and i got 8 or so 2x2 corian tile samples, paired in different colors. i also bought some harbinger classic lifting gloves, which cost about 23$, but it has some decent wrist wrap supports, which i was looking for. i bought industrial strength velcro and i'm about to put my glove together, but i can't decide if i'm going to just use 1 corian tile per glove, or 2. i'm not much into sliding, so i'm not going to be getting down on the ground much. probably just gonna use them for protection and doing the occasional slide to slow down. do you guys think 1 puck would be enough for this?

**stanleyelnats** · 04-24-2009 01:56 PM

I think the minimum should be 3 if you're using corian samples. I use 4 for mine because I feel like I have more coverage, since the 2x2 is kind of small. But the reason for that is sometimes when you put the hand down the fingers have a tendency to drag down as well and that's why I think you should have one piece for every two fingers (excluding the thumb) and one more piece on the center of your palm.

**CharlieDeft** · 04-24-2009 02:12 PM

hm, well, i got half gloves, cus my goal was more to have protection for my palms(i already shredded my left one nastily twice) and have decent wrist protection. i'm not really planning on doing much sliding or any crazy downhill(nothing past 30, maybe 40). anyway, i decided to put two tiles on the palm.

another question though, does it matter which part of the velcro i put on which? on the pictures i've seen, the fuzzy part is attached to the glove. does it matter?

**olilem** · 04-26-2009 12:18 PM

I made my 1st gloves

I used shoe goo to put the corian pieces on the gloves, i'm not sure its the best, but it works for now.

Im still proud of my 1st gloves, very sketchy, but i think they'll work

**stanleyelnats** · 04-26-2009 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by CharlieDeft

hm, well, i got half gloves, cus my goal was more to have protection for my palms(i already shredded my left one nastily twice) and have decent wrist protection. i'm not really planning on doing much sliding or any crazy downhill(nothing past 30, maybe 40). anyway, i decided to put two tiles on the palm.

another question though, does it matter which part of the velcro i put on which? on the pictures i've seen, the fuzzy part is attached to the glove. does it matter?

I would put the fuzzy part on the corian piece or whatever piece you're using. that way, when and IF the fuzzy part of the velcro starts wearing out you can just replace it. but if the fuzzy part was on the glove and it wears out, it's pretty hard to get off unless you didn't use the right glue.