katie8770
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Ok great to hear!! I am literally slathered head to toe in arnica gel and just hurting like no tomorrow.
I’ve been working hard these 2 weeks to put together a Halloween video and I’ve now decided to take 3 days off completely otherwise I won’t be filming it at all. Yesterday was just so brutally painful I can barely touch my skin! 🙁
But it’s wonderful to not have any sliding issues at all. I put on some Dry Hands once at the beginning and never again, what a difference! Thanks for letting me know my skin will adjust. I was literally thinking, damn should I have just saved up for awhile and gotten brass? Am I just not meant to pole?!!?! hahhaha 🙂
Thanks Veena 🙂 xx
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Ok thank you. I did and he responded with:
“It is possible that just the powder coat itself is sticky. I can get a pick up and delivery scheduled for you for an additional cost.”
Having zero experience getting this done I am at a loss whether or not I should proceed with them. They have good Google reviews (do mostly car parts I think).
I am going to go with black (I see most powder coated poles come in white, pink or black) in hopes that the paint would be similar.
In your expert opinion does his answers sound OK to proceed?
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Ok so I should tell them glossy and smooth? I have no way of getting to their shop to see samples because I don’t have a car, and it’s impossible to get to by public transit…ugh.
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Ok great! Thanks! For some reason I had this horrible image of it coming crashing down in the middle of the night LOL. It’s in the way of my kitchen table but at least during quarantine it’ll make setup a bit faster if it stays up a few days here and there 🙂 Thanks for the replies!
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Ok makes sense! I didn’t know clothes were a must haha. The only places I’m finding around here seem to all be car/motorcycle related. I guess as long as I show them where to stop and to avoid the holes it should be ok? I might have to wait until this pandemic is over.
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Hello! Its been awhile, I ordered the grip wrap and WOW. Sticky x10000000000000 Absolutely impossible to slip off. It’s great. Except it tears my skin and I was bleeding yesterday lol :/
I think I’d still like to powder coat my pole (and then use the stunt grip when trying something I’m really not comfortable with so I KNOW grip won’t be an issue)
Are all powder coatings the same? The place in Montreal like I mentioned hasn’t ever done dance poles but AFAIK powder coating is powder coating??
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Thanks for your replies! So I’m wondering if it could be a combination. I tried practising again yesterday. For the first couple of minutes my grip is great (using a bit of dry hands as well) but then it’s like once my hands are warmed up that’s when they feel super slippery. The longer I pole the worse it seems to get and I’m putting dry hands on constantly. I’m able to do some “harder” spins but eventually I had to put on my gloves.
I also slipped while trying the Superman and fell but thankfully I had put a pillow down 🙁 I just can’t trust my grip on this chrome pole.
The wrap looks super interesting – I think I’d rather try this before powder coating it. I will measure my pole and see if I can still order it given the Covid issues at the moment.
Thanks for your continued help it’s really appreciated. I want to be able to practise!
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If I decide to try the wrap, do I measure the entire pole or where do I stop? (I know powder coating for instance doesn’t go right to the bottom)
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Hi Veena,
Thanks for your reply. I’ve been using carpe lotion nightly since we last spoke in the other thread and its helped tremendously. I still have a bit of sweat when poling but I haven’t had to wear my gloves once at class again (on the brass). Maybe I should try warming my pole longer at home, I have it on the highest heat for about 20-30 min. It’s like as SOON as my hands start grabbing the pole and I have one or two climbs in it’s already slippery. I just don’t get it.
Do you have to re-wrap with Stunt Grip every time or does it last a few sessions? I’d be interested to try that first over the powder coating.
When I was looking at X-Pole’s site again, they mention powder coating is for max grip so I’m definitely curious but realize it’s a permanent thing.
Thank you for your help
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I would take too much of a loss I think if I were to try that. Just the exchange rate kills me. I was quoted about $125 from one place, so I’m more interested to hear about people who have done it to their poles ideally. I did a quick search already but hopefully some girls who have done it can answer. Cheers!
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I live in Montreal, Canada. But I’ve had the pole over a year and I’ve had the same issues the entire time. I even got an xpole pole warmer, still the same.
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I’m actually about to make a new thread about it – I still can’t use my chrome pole. It’s dangerous because I feel myself sliding down but I was having much better luck on the brass poles at class after using the carpe lotion daily (and still adding some dry hands during class).
My chrome pole is just completely unusable and I’ve spent a couple hundred dollars on grip aids as you know and a pole warmer. I’m going to make a new thread about getting it powder coated at this point.
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Hey guys! I wanted to make sure I posted an update here when I found a solution, so if anyone else comes along at some point it might help them.
@StrangeFox you have saved me! Haha
I have been using Carpe daily (just a little bit each night) and it has done WONDERS at pole class. I haven’t had to wear my gloves ONCE since starting the Carpe lotion. I still apply some dry hands but not very much. I have had SO much grip when I went to slide my hand down it wasn’t going anywhere hahaa
Now I haven’t tried my chrome pole at home in awhile (shameful, I need to get practicing at home again) so I can’t comment on that but once I do I can post another update.
But yes. For very sweaty hands while you’re on the pole, Carpe is it. 🙂 🙂
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It’s nice to know I’m not the only one struggling with this, but I still wish there was a common fix! I feel like I’m the only one at pole class struggling. I wore my gloves the last two classes (which feels a tad embarrassing tbh) and I of course stuck no problem. But I don’t want to have to use them forever.
The carpe lotion and lupit pad are on their way so I’ll give those a try and I’ll let you know my results!
Maybe someone else can benefit from finding all these posts at some point 🙂
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@amelia – Thanks for the ideas 🙂
@tielz – Ok that’s good to know, thank you. They seemed to have mixed reviews so I was hesitant.
Do you find when you wipe the chrome down with alcohol/water it makes it more slippery?