baby oil on bindings........?

liquidforce12 · Outlaw Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 179 City: Columbia

does baby oil hurt bindings i used the slime when i first used my bindings i couldnt get foot in i used baby oil n went in easy still use it now on my 03 exos does this hurt them?

Nick Broadwell · Outlaw Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 146

i dont know

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

liquidforce12, Baby oil will take forever to wash off. It could prove to be dangerous - you bindnngs could release unintentionally. Just buy some lube.

colefooter · Posted: Oct 21, 2004 3:32 pm Post subject:

get your binding and foot wet then put the slime in and it should work fine

redrocket · Criminal Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 53 City: Great Falls

baby oil doesn't wash away very easily. Your feet will slide out tens min into your session Confused

markymarc · Posted: Oct 21, 2004 4:32 pm Post subject:

try some KY

colefooter · Posted: Oct 21, 2004 4:37 pm Post subject:

use whatever you want but good ole dish soap+h2o works fine for me

mustang_2146 · Newbie Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Posts: 31 City: Murfreesboro

I used baby oil on my feet the first couple of times cause i when the slime washed off i couldn't get my feet out. After they got broken it they were fine.

colefooter · Posted: Oct 21, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject:

i wouldnt want my feet coming out when im riding though Shocked

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

u would thin baby oil would be kinda dangerous to ur boots...would that dry up the rubber? even if its wet it could mess is up...
my frind used ky jelly on his CD and now his rubber is really hard and slippery...not comfortable at all.

882001 · Posted: Oct 21, 2004 7:00 pm Post subject:

shaving cream washes away easy/very slick.

DavidHoff · Posted: Oct 21, 2004 7:27 pm Post subject:

I don't think Baby Oil is good for the bindings, or atleast I heard it wasn't. I just stick to a Soap+Water Mix or just go out and buy some slime.

kingjaycee · Posted: Oct 22, 2004 8:02 am Post subject:

soap wouold be the your best bet... Biodegradable too...

kingjaycee · Posted: Oct 22, 2004 8:03 am Post subject:

soap wouold be the your best bet... Biodegradable too...

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

just buy the real stuff. Soap dries out your bindings. Shaving cream is bad for the environment. KY is expensive. Baby oil won't come off when you're riding.

89 skier · Addict Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 729 City: Dallas

Baby oil stays slick for a while after you put your feet in. So don't use it. It doesn't wash away fast enough.

Buy the real stuff and dilute it 2parts lube 1 part water and it will last a lot longer.

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

T-Star · Newbie Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 40 City: Harrisburg

We all lookin' to slide in easy, but oil sounds a little nuts to me?!

I've used everything else in this post at one time or another and it all works, and haven't noticed any binding breakdown other than normal wear & tear.

Note, however that having a tube of KY on the boat when you take an 18 year old girl along for her first time that answered a 'need a third' post can tends to make her a little nervous... Very Happy

jbjboc · Criminal Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 69 City: Lake Forest

I wonder how the handle feels in your hands after putting on the board with baby oil....................

boarditup · Addict Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 731 City: Allendale, MI

The biggest enemy of bindings is UV light. Most bindings are neoprene. Neoprene can be broken down by acids (phosphorus in soaps), oils (skin and baby oil), and sulfates (soaps and some binding lubes). It does take a while, so if you are normal and replace the bindings every 2-3 years, you are ok. Slalom skiers that keep the same bindigs for longer periods of time have noticed the break-down. It ususally starts in the glued-together pieces and eats away at the contact cement.

Soaps that contain phosphates and sulfates are bad for the lakes and rivers. How bad is relative to the water condition to start with. Personally, I won't put soap into the lake or river. Oils are regulated and do not belong in the water for lots of reasons. Vegtable oil is regulated the same as baby oil and the same as crude oil. If it floats and sheens, or causes and emulsion, it is regulated and should not be in our water. Again, personally, I don't do it.

Most commercial binding lubes do not contain phosphates, sulfates, or oils. Most are based on the same ingredient as hand lotion and KY - glycerin. I prefer not to use glycerin - it is a food souce for lots of small stuff in the water and if enough gets in can cause a bloom and increase the oxygen demand upon the water.

So what to use? Personally I use Moose Juice. It is a surfactant. It simply makes water wetter and has no impact on the environment. I know there are a few other brands out there, but cannot come up with the brand names off the top of my head.

There is no definative right or wrong on this subject. Make your own decision as to what to use. In small or marginal water quality lakes, however, the surfactant is the obvious best choice.

dmac · Addict Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 728 City: 405 be-otch

suave shampoo. dosn't tear up the bindings are break the rubber down as meantioned, cheep, dosnt hurt anything, and if you ride delta...hey dude when you get done you can wash your hair!

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

boarditup, Good post, thanks for the info.

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

dmac, man u dont need to ride in the delta to do that!! i do it in our lake and ours is like a 30 ft deep mud hole lol.

UTexas_LBJ · Outlaw Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 196 City: Austin

I use suave shampoo/water mix as well. Works great.

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

i use my sercret lube recipe...i wont tell u the measurements or anything but ill tell u some of the ingredients...

1.water 2.mouth wash 3. flouride 4. hand soap 5.shampoo 6. conditioner 7. ( the most important ingredient...you will never know, unless cole tells u lol )

Hockeyplayer · Posted: Oct 22, 2004 2:23 pm Post subject:

boarditup, You a binding lube connoisseur? Nice post though

chriscut · Outlaw Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 200

boarditup knows his lubricants Laughing

wkbd · Criminal Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Posts: 96 City: houston

shaving cream is great but dont use dish soap
ask any canadian that nos his h2o and hell tell u that dish soap is bad for ur bindings

wakedad1 · Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 667 City: Discovery Bay

I use this natural stuff, my wife gets my all excited and stuff and I...... ooops nevermind Embarassed

DJew Jake · Posted: Oct 22, 2004 10:14 pm Post subject:

Dishsoap could be good for the enviroment it bonds with oils and greeses so if u used baby oil for awhile go use some palm olive to clean your lakeback up