new hockey stick too "sticky"

[jukeboxhero 0]

Hi everyone,

I just bought a new hockey stick, and the shaft feels almost like a very smooth sandpaper, so that my gloves stick to the shaft instead of moving freely. Is there any recommendations on how to get this nice and smooth?

The stick is a Fury Payback OPS - upgrading from an old easton cyclone shaft. I'm not sure if the stickiness I'm referring to might just be because its still new, and something that could wear off after a few games.

Thanks!

[Tailboard Jockey 25]

I've heard that spraying it with a really light coat of flat spray paint helps alot.

[flyweightphantom 1]

I bought an XXX lite and felt the same thing. What I did was take a low grit piece of sand paper and lightly used it. Took a few times of doing this before it felt less sticky but none the less worked. Mind you it did take a small amount of the graphics off which didnt bother me.

[Rustpot 1]

Hi everyone,

I just bought a new hockey stick, and the shaft feels almost like a very smooth sandpaper, so that my gloves stick to the shaft instead of moving freely. Is there any recommendations on how to get this nice and smooth?

The stick is a Fury Payback OPS - upgrading from an old easton cyclone shaft. I'm not sure if the stickiness I'm referring to might just be because its still new, and something that could wear off after a few games.

Thanks!

A textured grip like Polarfibre will not come off or be covered, but one like the One90 texture can be sanded off. I don't know what Fury sticks use for grip though.

What kind of glove palms do you have? If you're using certain palms, certain grip styles will be enhanced. Nash with a soft grip is a lot less sticky than digital with soft.

[ncbrock 0]

have you tried rubbing alcohol or goof-off?

[jukeboxhero 0]

Thanks for the tips guys! I'll try some of the methods out and let you know what works. As far as I can tell, its just a painted stick with some stickers on it - doesn't seem to have a special grip wrap or anything on it.