BINDING SLIME

So...how many of you out there have to use the binding slime? If not what type of bindings do you have?

i did with my old board that was actually my dad's. he had his bindings custom fitted at some place i dont know where but he wears a 9 and i wear a 13. but then i got xxl hyperlite byerlys with the boa system and i dont need slime, it takes 30 seconds in whole to be ready to ride with those sweet bindings.

Is binding slime really any different than dish soap?? i use dish soap because i was told it's the same thing but I'm wondering it the "Slime" is designed to with stand more exposure to water. Meaning the slime adheres to the bindings longer for loner runs?? Anybody know? Otherwise why wouldn't everybody just use dish soap....it's cheaper.. ???

it's all about the cheap colgate shaving cream w/ aloe.

(Message edited by chrisn on July 30, 2003)

ya...binding slime is safe for your bindings...It has alchihol so it will evaporate and not soak in and rot crap. Soap is terrable

If you dont want to buy the slime, just make sure you use waterbased product. My friend uses tanning lotion and it never washes off the bindings.

I recently bought a gallon of that Newt Juice stuff only because it was on sale ($12) - which works great! Otherwise I use few drops of Dawn in a spray bottle.

Colgate foam is the best:
1- Cheap
2- Washes away
3- very slippery

We used to use Newt Juice and it was great. But now its shaving cream. Works just as good and rinses clean.

Save your money and buy a bottle of dish soap. I use dawn because it's biodegradable and doesn't have phosphates in it. I heard shaving cream was pretty crappy for polluting our waterways. So please take that into consideration.

And don't belive that soap is much much worse than binding slimes. Yeah sure, maybe the soap will eat away at the rubber in the bindings slowly; but honestly, if you get a new pair of bindings every 2-3 years, it doesn't matter. You won't notice the difference.

The only advantage of slimes or shaving cream is that they wash away faster. You want your lube to wash away before you start riding. If they don't, you may slip out of your binding when you don't want to.

I met a guy in Stella N.C. last year that tried an invert before his slime washed away. His foot slipped out & he shattered his calf somehow. The moral of the story: Make sure the goo has left before you try anything big.

You can dilute binding slime with about half water, makes it cost half as much, and still does the trick.

Shaving cream is good, plus if your in a hurry to the lake and you forget to shave, all you need is a razor to get the job done, or you can use your fin on your wakeboard, instead of a razor. Either way you will have the shaving cream with you.