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Slippy new 40mm x-pole!
I have just bought the 40mm chrome x-pert and it is very slippy! Is it because it's new?
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i have a newer chrome as well,and have had similar issues.apart from body chemistry ive found chrome likes to be warm and have humid air..hope that helps!
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I’ve had my 40 for almost a year and its still slippery. Chrome works best in warmer weather I found.I’m considering getting it coated in hopes it makes it a bit more grippy. Let me know if you find any remedies!
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Oh no jojodanzer 🙁 I'm wondering if it is all chrome pole sizes or just the 40mm?
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I had a chrome and it was slick, so I ended up sanding it. It helped a bit, bit then I spray painted it and it was perfect grip. BUT LOOKING BACK, I wish I had just bucked it up and learned to work with it. Now, as you know, I bought another chrome so I can learn it from the start……
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It is totally because it is new. Give it a lot of use, steam it, clean the heck out of it. Eventually it will get as grabby as your other chrome.
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Chrome is pretty slippery in general but even more so when new…however, it is alot easier to work with when warmed up well, it likes to be babied.
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I have a 40mm x-pole too and I'm very much in love with it! I think the thing with it is that you need to get it REALLY warmed up. I use Dry Hands too and as the pole gets warmer, it sometimes is even a bit too grippy. Not sure if it's the chrome+new pole+40mm combo that makes it more silppery though. I've never tried a brand new chrome 45mm.
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X-Pole has a new polishing machine which has very much improved the finish on all our pole surfaces. However, after polishing any metal residue can be left which may need cleaning/working off.
X-Pole has developed a new pole cleaner X-Clean – only in the USA at present – which is superb at getting all Grips off (even Stickum) – and it will also properly deep clean your pole getting any residue off, leaving a great finish.
Tested recently here in the UK at a competition with 40 performances – and the poles being cleaned after every performance – everyone commented on how grippy the Chome poles were after cleaning with X-Clean even at the very end of the comp. And they used every type of grip aid known!!!
X-Clean will work on all metal surfaced poles, Chrome, T-Gold, Stainless, Brass etc. but do not use it on Powder Coated poles. – it will effect the surface.
Please contact our US office for further info on X-Clean.
X-Pole Tech Support
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Sorry we have just re-read the first paragraph again and it reads like there is a metal residue left on the pole.THat is not teh case. It should have said……
X-Pole has a new polishing machine which has very much improved the finish on all our pole surfaces. However, after polishing, a residue can be left which may need cleaning/working off.
X-Pole Tech Team
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It should be fine after you use it a while. How do you like the 40? I am hoping to get one real soon!
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mine is fairly slick also..but if i use mighty grip chalk on my hands and itac on my body contact points, i dont have any problems, as of right now that is!
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i will be ordering x clean soon most def!! thnx xpole tech
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Any idea when this may be availble to Canadians??? 🙂
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Should be available in Canada now we believe, Please call the US office to confirm.
1-888-976-5387
X-Pole Tech Support
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I’ve had my x 40 for a few days now…at first I only cleaned it with alcohol…still sloppy..then I used acetone and after I took a hot wet towel and rubbed the dickens out it. Now it grips great, and I’m old, cold, and a little rusty…( just a joke, but I’ve always had grip issue with my legs..very dry)
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