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I bought some new TMD climbing skins from Fey Bros in the Fall. I used them for the first time yesterday. when I was done, I just folded them back onto themselves, sticky to sticky, and put them in my pack. I guess apart from the obvious of not letting the glue touch a pile of dirt, or some kind of fabric that would gather lint, is there a right or wrong way to treat these skins between uses? thanks

I wouldn't stick them together, glue to glue. They should have come with a thin non-sticky strip of material to place between them.

yup, they came with that material. I just applied it. thanks

And I do hang them up individually to dry, after a day out before I store them in the bag with the material between skins.

Usually I get to the top, fold each skin in half glue to glue, and stuff them in my jacket. Can help prevent the skins from freezing so that you can get the skins back on if you need them again. I don't have any issues when going glue to glue, and only use skin savers (the mesh) when storing for a longer period of time.

Skins- my system-

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

Medium-term storage (a few hours to overnight)-
I use "skin-saver" fabric sheets so that it doesn't matter if the skins are very cold when I remove them.

In use, on a tour-
I fold them each separately and keep them inside my shirt/jacket/pant to keep the adhesive warm.
I have completely ruined the adhesive by pulling them apart when the adhesive is very cold.
Keeping them warm also makes them easier to pull open.

I don't store my skins folded over on themselves- even for the short-term- they will develop a crease.

I don't think it's easy to mess up using skins as long as they don't get dirty.
Here are some recommendations:

https://offpistemag.com/climbing-skin-care/

"Proper storage between runs means folded glue to glue and tucked into your pack or jacket."

I just use the sheet between skins to make it easier to pull them apart.

Before the days of skin savers that is how I stored my skins, glue to glue, never had an issue, I do use the skin saver now but really only because its there. When they are glue to glue it can be a little hard to seperate but otherwise I dont see why not.

I never glue them together, I cut a little sheet of this stuff to put in between, works great, makes them much easier to separate:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cheat-Sheets-S ... XQlgtS8W5W

I'm paranoid that after a few days of skinning, but skins are losing their glue. I've used them 4 times. at first, they were stuck like crazy to the saver material. now its a more mild stuck. 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. the save material even fell off onto the floor. it is warm in here. am I being paranoid, or this normal? thanks