bjbj Applying grip tape is really simple to do. Now, there s a lot of different methods
out there, but there s usually a step missed here or there or it s not very thorough. So
what I m going to do is show you the way I ve been doing for many years, and it includes:
how to lay down the grip tape really good without getting any air bubbles, how to score
it correctly, and how to cut it really easily. So, check it out! Peel off the paper backing
and grab both ends. Hold the grip tape square over the board and make sure you re going
to cover it from side to side and all the way down. Your other fingers will let you
know if you re going to cover it from end to end. Put one end down pretty good so it
doesn t accidentally go to one side. With your opposite hand, rest the fingers that
are not holding the grip tape on the edge of the deck to hold the grip tape up high.
When first applying, you might need to hold the grip tape up higher. Now, here s the trick
to not getting air bubbles: peel or angle the grip tape towards you and then pat or
slide your hand across. Angling the grip tape allows you to apply it from one side to the
other as you go end-to-end. The reason for doing this is that the deck has concave. If
you were to lay the grip tape down square or flat, it would create a big air pocket
in the center, and then when you pat the grip tape down, it would create air-bubbles all
over. Perfect! I ve got no air bubbles. The next step is scoring the grip tape. Some people
use a file; I ve never once used a file out of the hundreds, probably over a thousand
boards that I have grip-taped. Now, all you want to do is just use whatever an old screw
driver, a file you can use or just something with a blunt edge (an old butter knife, if
you wanted) or even just the backside of a razor blade (I ve used that before.) Now,
you just want to score it giving a quick and hard line. You don t want to go over it a
bunch of times. The reason is you re just going to give it that thick, white line which
is just going to give more space for the razor blade to move on and you re just going to
get a wavy edge. The thinner the line, the straighter the edge is going to be, so it
s all you want to do. So here, this is how I did it Simple enough. Didn t do a whole
bunch of scoring, didn t have to file it all the way down to the board, just a really quick,
thin line that s all you need. When scoring where the nose or the tail meets the concave,
the grip tape will have resistance. Take a razor blade and slice from the edge of the
deck to the edge of the grip tape and then rescore. I like to lift the grip tape up around
the edges, that way my hands don t stick and it makes it a lot easier to cut. Take a close
look at how I m holding the blade s not moving side to side because I ve got my finger rested
on the blade and the edge of the board. That way it s going to have a nice clean cut on
the edge of the grip tape. Now, just hold that blade nice and steadily as you come around
that turn and just go straight down the side. What I m going to do now is take the scraps
of the grip tape and just fold over the corners (that way it won t stick to my hand) and what
I m going to do is roughen up the edge of the grip tape that s on the board. That way,
the grip tape won t peel up for any reason and it ll just make the whole thing look really
nice and clean. Now, that was pretty easy, wasn t it? If you still have air bubbles underneath
the grip tape, just take your razor blade, poke a hole through the center to squeeze
out the air it should flatten it right out. The next thing I m going to do is take a nail
(you can use whatever you ve got) and poke holes through the grip tape. That way I can
mount my trucks and go skate. The last thing I like to do is take a screwdriver and poke
it into the truck-mounting holes to get rid of the grip tape that s in there, that way
it ll make it easier to put hardware in later. Now you know how to grip tape a board in just
three easy steps. It s just how you lay it down without getting air-bubbles, scoring
it and just getting that nice thin line and then holding the razor blade really still
so you get a nice, clean edge. Now all I have to do is put trucks and wheels on this board
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