Slippery Butt Pad

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SilentSquirrel

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It seems like I am posting quite a bit lately.
Must be cabin fever
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The butt pad on my FX Tarantula is quite slippery
Resulting in extra effort to keep it from dropping low while shouldered
It is the original walnut stock and OEM brown( plastic?/rubber?) butt pad.
I have not applied any oil, wax, or other substance to it

Course abrasives (20 through 60 grit) are not something I'd like to try unless the method is tried and true.

Thoughts please
Edward
 
Just pulled this up on Google, I have an older Huntsman Regal with the same issue. The soaking method spoken of here may have some merit, when I was a kid in the mid sixties, I raced " slot cars" at a local track and "wintergreen oil" was what we used to soften up the rear tires...worked too...the track always smelled like wintergreen...maybe something to it...if you can remove the pad would be easy to try...my Regals pad is glued on still doable though....Mines reailly slick especially in colder weather, worth a try...good luck!

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RM100GUY said:
Just pulled this up on Google, I have an older Huntsman Regal with the same issue. The soaking method spoken of here may have some merit, when I was a kid in the mid sixties, I raced " slot cars" at a local track and "wintergreen oil" was what we used to soften up the rear tires...worked too...the track always smelled like wintergreen...maybe something to it...if you can remove the pad would be easy to try...my Regals pad is glued on still doable though....Mines reailly slick especially in colder weather, worth a try...good luck!

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In a different esoteric hobby known as goped brand scooters, we used to soak our airless tires in simple green to soften them.

My genuine suggestion is don't mess with the old one, take the time to fit an adjustable shotgun butt pad that has deep concave shape to it to wrap into your shoulder. It's a little work but it's doable with a tradeoff. It's either have a lot of tools and it doesn't cost much time, or use basic tools and spend some time. I'd almost suggest the latter because you have time to think thru choices and techniques to perfect it.
 
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so, why would i know anything about skateboard top material

well years ago my wife had a phone cover that was slippery and i bought a piece, she loved purple and that what i got and this stuff has grab, too much really but a piece on her cover made the phone not slippery any more
the stuff is cheap and self-adhesive and a few coin size pieces would do the job
 
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