Skins are made of tips, tails, glue, and fur. Except the fur, these can all be replaced. Here is our current lineup of parts from Colltex, the makers of Colltex skins.
Ace Tip Attachments - Combining the security of a standard tip attachment with the speed and efficiency of a race-notch. The Ace installs like a normal tip attachment without having to adjust your tail strap. Pull on the red tab to pop the metal clip off the tip of the ski and then rip the skins from the tip without taking off your skis. Simpler and faster. Two tips included, rivets not included.
Adjustable Tip Brackets – Inner and outer metal brackets that you can hammer together to acheive the right width for your ski tips. 70+ mm.
Camlock+ Tail Kit – Two adjustable tail straps with Camlock+ clips and rivets to hold 'em on.
Camlock+ Tail Clips – Two plastic and metal clips that hold Camlock+ tail straps onto a ski. Straps not included.
Adhesive Tube – Have your magic carpets lost their magic? Not to worry. Refresh with a new layer of glue. 75ml.
Acrylic Tape – A refresher coating of the acrylic non-glue formula formerly known as Whizzz and now called Clariden.
Protective Netting – Keep your climbing skin glue fresh and clean with protective netting. Sometimes called 'cheat sheets'. Two 95cm strips fit skins up to 140mm wide.
Carry Bag – Nice bag for storage and transport of climbing skin kits. Emblazened with Colltex logo.
Skin Clips - These handy little things fix to the end of the skin to secure on your skis. The skin clips include tip loop and tip attachment fabric with x6 rivets.
Hi there - I lost the clips off the tail of my skins when manoeuvring under fallen trees yesterday (I didn’t realise until it was too late). What’s my best option to order replacements for these with shipping to Australia? Pic of my skins with clips before I lost them!
Hey Josie, I'm sorry those tail clips disappeared! While we don't have that part (Camlock+ Tail Clips x2) in stock currently, I just set up an inventory notification for you, so you'll get an email as soon as we receive them. While this may not help much at the moment, I have heard of some folks adding a hammer rivet to the end of the tail strap to prevent runaway clips!
Jason- I am assuming your plush on your skins is wearing out and you were looking for a replacement. Unfortunately, skins need to be replaced when the plush wears out.
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1/15/2019
Question from
Steve
Is the transfer tape ok for 10+ year old colltex mohair skins?
How long are the tail straps? Have a 192cm ski and skins that were cut for a 186cm ski (and have one non-functional talk strap, which I will probably have to cut off); wondering if these will give me enough length. Thanks!
Hi toddball, the Camlock kit does have enough parts for a pair of skis. I'm skeptical it has the length you need if you're cutting off existing tail clips and trying to extend it another 6cm.
Hi toddball, the only "extra long" tail clip kit I can think of is the now-discontinued Voile kit which you could put 15" Voile straps into. You may still be able to find one, but note the tail clips are designed for very rounded tails and don't fit well on flatter tails.
The BD kit isn't super long, but you may be able to get it to work depending on how far you are from the tails currently.
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2/19/2018
Question from
Ginger
how do I use the transfer tape. do I iron off the old glue?
Hi Ginger, it's best to start with a clean layer of glue, so you want to at least do the paper-bag & iron method of removing the top layer of dirty glue. Then you can apply the tape. It comes with instructions as well!
This review is only for the "Camlock+ Tail Clip" -- and it came already affixed to some Colltex skins, so I can't speak to the ease of retrofit.
With that caveat aside though, Five Stars for: - Cam attaches very easily and securely to the ski tail. - Cam then allows for nice grab when ripping. - Length adjustment is easy indoors when warm, less so when cold in the field, but given that the tail attachment is there for backup anyway, not like you need to be removing every little bit of excess slack on subsequent laps.
Overall, a great choice if you want the extra security of a tail attachment (combined with a basic bar-style tip attachment) yet want to buy skin material from a roll.
