right or wrong way to handle climbing skins

[Montana St Alum]

Maybe it's just the heat. I would be surprised if glue is coming off.
Do they stick well to your skis?

[bauerb]

they stick well enough to stay on, but there are definitely parts of the skins that are much stickier than others. it almost like some of the glue came off on the savers.

[Genoah77]

I recently got skins that came with skin savers, and I noticed that they don't adhere to the skin savers at all really. Could it be that the skins just don't stick to them very much?

[wooley12]

That's how skin savers are supposed supposed to work. Easy-off. It maintains the stickiness when storing the skins glue side to glue side. Leave skin savers home when you tour. Or look like a gaper.

[Musk Ox]

Long-term storage (dried and put away)-
I store them directly skin to skin to preserve adhesive and prevent it from drying out.

Do you mean that you stick them to each other, head to head and tail to tail, and lay them flat somewhere?

[Andinista]

when I hang them up, they don't stay stuck together and instead of remaining doubled over stuck together, they come unstuck and hang full vertical.

Moisture does that, it's completely normal. I let them dry all night with the glue uncovered. I'm sure it takes less hours but as I usually get back home in the evening, it's a routine. Before that I used to hang them covering the glue as you do, with similar results, or horizontal to keep the glue covered, them I read somewhere what I'm suggesting and it has worked fine for a few years now.
About storing the skins glue to glue, yes, probably it will extend the lifetime of the glue, but today it lasts many years, not the same as a few decades ago. Personally I'm not afraid of storing them glue to glue, but I think a good compromise is to leave the protecting material on the car to make it simple on the mountain.

[lilcliffy]

Long-term storage (dried and put away)-
I store them directly skin to skin to preserve adhesive and prevent it from drying out.

Do you mean that you stick them to each other, head to head and tail to tail, and lay them flat somewhere?

Yes- I stick them together- head-to-head/tail-to-tail.

I have clothes line that I hang them on.
I also have abox that I can lay them on their side.

I use "skin savers" when I am out on a tur.

[lilcliffy]

Whatever you do- don't try and pull them apart if the adhesive is frozen- warm them up first.

This us the reason to use skin-savers out on a tur- don't need to worry about whether the adhesive is warm/frozen.

[Musk Ox]

I have just discovered that vacuum-sealing bags with a textured surface like this make perfect skin savers. They're identical to those stippled plastic sheets. You will need a pair of scissors.



(While there are probably many cheaper and more convenient alternatives and this is probably not economical for long skins, I just made some for my wee skins and I am very happy).

[bauerb]

haha. thats awesome. a while back I bought a cheap vacuum sealer that is terrible, but I have 50 yards of bag material. thanks for the tip.