The Definitive Slide Gloves Thread

**Wags** · 12-30-2011 08:51 AM

$15 Bilt motorcycle gloves.
$18 Advanced Slide Labs Super Atoms.

the ASL pucks came with velcro. Loop side went on the gloves, hook side on pucks.

Done.

**KRice37** · 12-30-2011 09:27 AM

I took my old Fox Dirtpaws (Motocross gloves) And put some ASLs on them. I also had to patch them up with some hockey tape.

DSC_0594 by KRice37, on Flickr

DSC_0595 by KRice37, on Flickr

**maxearing** · 12-30-2011 12:29 PM

ya ASL ftw

**JoelW** · 12-30-2011 10:24 PM

**KRice37** · 12-30-2011 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by JoelW

How to make your gloves throw sparks (adding lighter flints). With Pictures. I did that with zippo lighter flints a while ago.

**JoelW** · 12-30-2011 10:33 PM

sweet man! did it melt your pucks at all?

**KRice37** · 12-30-2011 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by JoelW

sweet man! did it melt your pucks at all?

Nah, the flints didn't get near hot enough to ignite or melt anything. I could imagine magnesium creating much more sparks, but I would be careful with even though it ignites at 880*F, I think? (which friction from glove slide won't cause)... But when it does ignite...**** gets real. Also hot glue kinda creates drag, epoxy might work better.

**JoelW** · 12-30-2011 10:58 PM

Well i know what my next project is. Thank you kindly!

**KRice37** · 12-30-2011 11:03 PM

No problem! Post pictures when you finish them.

**buzzboy** · 01-02-2012 07:15 PM

Does magnesium spark? I'm pretty sure it doesn't.

**Alex95** · 01-03-2012 04:29 AM

hae guys...im not sure whether to have finger, thumb and wrist pucks....mainly want to do coleman slides....can anyone please tell me the pros and cons of these puck placements and whether or not you think i need them.....at the moment i cannot really slide at all....thanks...........also, what is an easily accessable and cheap material to make into pucks that doesnt take alot of work to get into shape or need powertools...thanks

**buzzboy** · 01-03-2012 04:43 AM

I went for all three placements. I do a lot of slides on skatelite with my full hand so I thought that having all the pucks would be nice.

When I was making my cutting board gloves I cut it with a hand saw and it cut fine. Actually most plastics cut fine with a hand saw.

**Tony09** · 01-04-2012 11:51 PM

I've made 5 pair so far. The first ones had pucks everywhere. Now I'm down to just a palm puck ( makes grabbing and carrying the board easier as well as opening water bottles)-with that said my glove fingers have holes and have been plasti-dipped more than once. 1/2" cutting boards work nice. The pucks outlast the gloves for me, as I like the breatheable mechanic style. I also started out with a torch and hot glue, now I just use Velcro.

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**maxearing** · 01-05-2012 08:25 AM

I got so fed up, withmaking gloves and glue and re glueing, i just bought loaded freeride gloves

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**JoelW** · 01-05-2012 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by maxearing

I got so fed up, withmaking gloves and glue and re glueing, i just bought loaded freeride gloves.

same here. I love the mesh.

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**Cann0n** · 01-10-2012 03:00 AM

Dip yer fangers

**kiwiboarder666** · 01-19-2012 07:41 PM

why not just buy second hand motox gloves off ebay for $1?

**Anarchytect** · 01-22-2012 12:29 PM

I dipped my gloves with plasti dip and then took a paint brush and put a really thick coating of it on the pads of the fingers. Using a paint brush seems Superior to dipping because you can put a thicker coating on, be more precise, and be less messy.

**Darrick** · 01-26-2012 08:15 PM

I've used my Landyachtz gloves for a while now, and they were looking a bit old, dirty, and chewed up, and I was tired of the construction worker/carpenter look.
Decided on a more superhero look.

Started with old gloves

Fiebings Leather Dye/crime scene

to this+ re-plastidipped fingers.

After two weeks of use still looking good.

**ProphetM5** · 02-03-2012 11:38 PM

I just finished making some gloves the other day. I decided to make mine with the hook side of the velcro on the glove, and the loop side of the velcro on the pucks. I know this goes against "popular" belief about how to make slide gloves, but hey...who cares what's popular anyways? The gloves are still very flexible with the hook side of the velcro on them, and the pucks held beautifully to it today when I tested 'em for the first time. So far so good! I'll make sure to post pictures soon. I'm new to silverfish (i.e. I don't troll it everyday), so we'll see how long it is before I get the pics up.