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Best pole for hot hands?
My hands get hot quickly so it makes my grip really bad on my chrome pole after a while. I have tried hand grip powders etc but they make spins impossible as my hands stick to the pole.
Will a brass or titanium gold xpole would give me a good grip?
Thanks so much 🙂 -
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Not sure why hotness makes your grip worse, I’m assuming sweat? My TG heats up much faster than the the chrome, maybe stainless steel would be a good option? I have no experience with that one tho
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Yea they get hot and and very slightly damp, the rest of my body is so dry, I don’t know why my hands get like that!
I just can’t grip the pole unless it has candle wax on it, that’s the only thing that gives me 100% perfect grip and gives me perfect spins, inverts etc. a tip I got from my old pole instructor.
I will look into the stainless steel poles, thanks so much for the reply 🙂 -
Hmmm you might look into a powder coated pole then? I’ve never heard of the candle wax thing, that’s such a cool idea!
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I use tea light candles, plain white candle wax. Coloured and scented candles don’t work as well.
Most dancers at the studio I go to use it when practising new and difficult tricks, it makes your grip really good 🙂 -
I have a boatload of plain white tea candles! Trying this asap >_< thank you!
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Hope it works with your skin and humidity where you live, I use it for my aerial hoop too. Works so well with that!
good luck and thanks for the replies, I will look into powder coated poles 😀 -
Ooh! Do you rub the pole with unlit tea light or your hands, or do you light it and use hot melted wax on hands?
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Just rub an unlit tea light all over the pole. Just do a thin layer first to see how you get on.
It takes a while to get used to though!
You might find it far too grippy but once you are using the pole for a few minutes the wax softens and gives you a good grip but perfect freedom to smoothly spin, hold positions, drop down the pole etc
but it depends on your skin, might work great or might be bad. Its a miracle for me 🙂 -
Thanks for this! I will try the tea lights! Not only are my hands hot but they sweat like crazy as do my feet, I hate it! Hopefully this will work for me!
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Just remember youl get some blisters on your palms but your skin gets used to the friction really quick.
I hated candle wax the first couple of times but once my skin toughened up I couldn’t live without it!
And the wax will warm and soften after a few minutes letting you spin etc, first few minutes is a bit rough 🙂 -
I would try Stunt-grip and RipFix to look after your hands Sue
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The candle wax idea is MAD ! I am definitely trying that =] haha I’m glad u asked tropicalpole I didn’t even think of using an unlit candle, I would have been rubbing hot melted wax all over my pole !! =$
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Oh good lord this candle wax idea is looking AWESOME
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Just rubbed the pole down and gave a quick split grip and CAR just to see and it seems pretty damn good so far! CAR is my nemesis even on warm poles, so if CAR can happen…that’s a pretty great sign
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That’s awesome 😀 it’s just a hassle to clean the wax off again haha but so worth it! Your hands might blister up tho, but your skin gets used to the friction after a short while.
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