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As you can see i've recently broken this board, I've just purchased another board that came without footpads, My question, can I take the footpads off of this board and put them on the other one? I.E. will I be able to get them off in 1 piece and will they still be in good enough condition to be glued back onto the new board?
With a hair dryer. Not too much heat and they will come off. Use contact adhesive to get them back on.
Dont stretch them when getting them off other wise they wont sit the same.
Thats if they come off like surfboard pads, they look the same 
I take them off with a sharp blade, but you have to be careful it's easy to cut into the rubber. (must try the hair dryer trick next time).
Interesting that board's broken in tension across the deck, most of the ones I've seen break in compression across the bottom. I'd still have a go at repairing it though if it were mine.
If you try to get them off and stuff up, you can make new pads very cheaply from foam pool tiles.
Here's some I made.
They were a bit slippery like this, so I now use a "V" cutter in my router to cut lines at 90deg in it like this.
I quite like thick pads, absorbs some of the shock, but these are also a bit soft so you sink in as well.
I've thinned them out through the centre (sanding disk on a small angle grinder) and left them thick at the rails, my feet don't like being on a very curved surface, this flattens it out a bit.
What did you do to have this happen?
^^^ There's your answer JanPaul999 - repair the board...
...or end up with a board that looks like decrepit's!
I've made my own pads in the past, but would avoid it if poss. Sharp filleting knife & hair-dryer (or heat-gun set on low) if you insist on removing them. The glue can be softened with chemicals, but I'd be worried that it would melt the pads.
. I wonder if it's from being in a hot car? My car would easily reach 35+ degrees.
What did you do to have this happen?
. I wonder if it's from being in a hot car? My car would easily reach 35+ degrees.
the following was one of the best tips given to me....
get some mineral turps and soak some cotton rags. lay the rags on the pads, then wrap the area with a garbage bag to seal in the moisture and fumes, and let it sit for a few hours. they virtually fall off, glue and all. if you take care, you can even re apply the pads with the existing glue.
u use the same technique for changing boom grip too
the few times ive done it, i've not had any problems with the board's paint, but they were production boards. not sure about other types of paint
The turps trick sounds awesome. Would it do any damage to the board? I've got an unbroken board with crappy after market pads I'd like to remove. I'm half wondering if the previous owner used them to conceal a ding...
