A secret on how to improve grip and on an arcade pad

Tyrgannus · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject:

Maybe I'm the n00blet, but wouldn't you slip less if the pad and your shoes were bone dry? I seem to do the best BY FAR when this is the case.

Unfortunately, I live in a rainy state, so wet pads are actual common place.
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nystargate · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject:

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Add just a little moisture and it should work. Use a damp cloth, then wipe your feet on a carpet. When you hear faint squeaking sounds while stepping on the pad, then you will know that it is just right.
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FOXX aka C-Unit · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject:

Sakano-san · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Location: Puerto Rico

Dudes, Dust in your shoes + Dusty Pad = Slippery
However, No dust in you shoes + Dusty Pad = Not so slippery (but still slippery)
BUT, No dusty shoes + no dusty pad = Not the best grip (lil slippery...).
What about, Dusty Shoes + no dusty pad = OMG slip
Bubble Gum shoes + clean pad = OMG grip (duh)

Remember that dust REDUCES friction between two objects, and when the friction is less, you have less grip. However, wet dust acts like mud, and INCREASES grip in a whoanelly-ish way... When you wet/sweat/lick your shoes, your making a microcospic way of what we call mud, making your shoes the pad cleaners... But that only works when you have DUST in your SHOES. If you wet/sweat/lick your shoes while clean, get ready for the one-way ticket to slippery... Because then you'll pickup ALL the dust in the pad, leave YOU with the dust in your shoes. and as I mentioned above:
Dusty Shoes + no dusty pad = OMG slip
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