Any Way To Renew Push Pad Stickiness?

[Derek Arita]

I've got a bunch of push pads that I've collected. They originally came with machines. I've noticed that they've lost their original stickiness. Is there any way to renew the surface stick?

[Bryan Cramer]

I removed the sticky material and replaced it with sandpaper. Try cutting and using a solevent to disolve the glue to remove the material. I just sprayed adheasive 100 or 120 grit paper to the botttom of my pad.

[Phil Thien]

Those push pads Rockler sells sure grip like a gorilla. They're reported not to lose their tackiness, either.

[Derek Arita]

Those push pads Rockler sells sure grip like a gorilla. They're reported not to lose their tackiness, either.
Phil, can you be more specific about which pads these are?

[Joe Scharle]

I have some 30+ year old push pads from Shopsmith that I renew occasionally by wiping with DNA. YMMV

[Dan Bowman]

spray adhesive and coarse sandpaper

[Rich Engelhardt]

I use platen cleaner.
I have a bottle of it left over from when I serviced/worked on dot matrix printers, which is why I use it.

Back when I did that sort of work, if we ran out of platen cleaner, we'd just use alcohol.
Alcohol works ok.

[Phil Thien]

Phil, can you be more specific about which pads these are?

These:

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=30571&site=ROCKLER

[Derek Arita]

These:

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=30571&site=ROCKLER

Thanks. Just ordered two.

[Grant Wilkinson]

I used to use sandpaper, but went to this

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32184&cat=1,110,43466,32184

A couple of strips on my push blocks and they work like a charm. I've been using them for a couple of years only, so long term results may vary.

[Bob Wingard]

I have a pile of old mouse pads that were left over advertising ... cut them up & glue them to the bottoms of those orange thingies.

[Leo Graywacz]

Blow off with air and wipe down with water. If they have become glazed then they are gone. Remove the padding and replace with sandpaper or new padding.

[Alan Schwabacher]

Lee Valley sells a high friction padded material with a self-adhesive back, in disks and sheets. Look for it under "bench pucks" on their website. It works very well.

[Clint Olver]

I bought new push blocks when mine started to slip, but the new ones slipped too. Turns out my jointer blades were dull. Sharpened the blades and my push blocks didn't slip anymore.

C

[Derek Arita]

Lee Valley sells a high friction padded material with a self-adhesive back, in disks and sheets. Look for it under "bench pucks" on their website. It works very well.

Just bought some of this stuff. I hope it works well and is sticky.

[Marc Burt]

I bought new push blocks when mine started to slip, but the new ones slipped too. Turns out my jointer blades were dull. Sharpened the blades and my push blocks didn't slip anymore.

C

This is a very good point that is often overlooked!

[Roger Feeley]

Look for a product called Rubber Rejuvenator. We used it on the rubber rollers on our printing presses and now I guess they use the same stuff on printer rollers. I keep a bottle around to renew the rubber rollers on my Delta planer. Works like a charm on the rollers. I don't see why it wouldn't work on your push pads.