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I was using a KIWI shoe shine sponge with clear polish. before the game, about 2 hours, i would rub on contact areas, eg. landing pad,inside of toe, where skate contacts underside of pad. When it ran out i forgot to get more before next game. I took armour-all Ultimate tire shine gel and soaked some into the sponge, applyed to pads put cover over sponge and put in bag. pads felt weird and sticky. In the lockerroom I noticed that where i had put the tire shine was very slick and even slid a little on the rubber floor mats. I took out the sponge and made a second swipe on the toe and landing pad. the first two ore three warm-up b-fly slides were way too long and no control but after that it was perfect, even with crappy ice. I dont do the face with anything. Armour-all gives no rebound controll, pucks go everywhere in a hurry and sno-seal seems to make puck marks harder to remove, IMO.
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