The down side of used pedals

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The down side of used pedals

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So I have received a few used pedals this week form all over the world and there is one thing that is in common that I hate. When I get a pedal that has velcro with a mix of animal hair, pubes, grass, drugs and what looked like white gum... there is such a thing as white gun right? Please tell me that's all it is.

I always have to give my used pedal buys what I call "The Cleansing" before they hit my board.

Anyone else have this issues or is it just my luck?
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I've never gotten anything but Clean Mean Fuzzin Machines from my ILF Bros... :group:

I always clean my shizzz for it goes out so maybe it was just a fluke... :idk:
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sonidero wrote:I've never gotten anything but Clean Mean Fuzzin Machines from my ILF Bros... :group:


I've definitely left the velcro on, but I let the homies know in advance.
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D.o.S. wrote:
sonidero wrote:I've never gotten anything but Clean Mean Fuzzin Machines from my ILF Bros... :group:


I've definitely left the velcro on, but I let the homies know in advance.


I feel my pedals are a reflection of myself so I like to put the good foot forward and nice face toward the World... :thumb:
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Sometimes when I'm rushed in the mornings when I pack pedals I forget to take the velcro off. But I don't leave the bushy side on the pedals so usually they don't collect anything. I kind of like gross looking pedals?
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sonidero wrote:
D.o.S. wrote:
sonidero wrote:I've never gotten anything but Clean Mean Fuzzin Machines from my ILF Bros... :group:


I've definitely left the velcro on, but I let the homies know in advance.


I feel my pedals are a reflection of myself so I like to put the good foot forward and nice face toward the World... :thumb:


I totally agree. I always clean up my stuff before I ship it out. I want it to be revived like I would want it received.

To be clear, I never got anything from ILF members yet. Most stuff I got was private party or eBay.
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selfdestroyer wrote:To be clear, I never got anything from ILF members yet. Most stuff I got was private party or eBay.


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the downy side of used pedals? :poke: :lol:
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I give mine a cleaning when they come in so I don't have to put someone else's pubes on my board, but I've only had a couple bad ones (not from here). What is the preferred method for de-wooking pedal velcro? I use a knife or needle. I use tape when the nastiness is laid on thick, but it's probably faster to just re-velcro at that point.

Looking back at a pic of the last pedal I sent out, I saw a couple of hairs (non-pube) and 2 fuzz balls in the velcro. I really thought I was a better person than that :facepalm:
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skullservant wrote:Sometimes when I'm rushed in the mornings when I pack pedals I forget to take the velcro off. But I don't leave the bushy side on the pedals so usually they don't collect anything. I kind of like gross looking pedals?

I always leave the velcro on because I like pedals having velcro and so I figure most other people do, but I use the hook-y side on the pedals too so they never get too dirty, I hope. Thinking about it now, I've never actually checked for it specifically (though I give stuff a decent general clean to be polite), so I hope I've never sent anything totes grody to anyone here!

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Guilty...one time I sent someone a wah with a spider living in it (I think it was nieh). I didn't know at the time. Still feel crappy.

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sonidero wrote:
selfdestroyer wrote:To be clear, I never got anything from ILF members yet. Most stuff I got was private party or eBay.


You've Delt With The Rest, Now Deal With The Best...

Can this be the offical ilf b/s/t slogan? :lol:
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velcro usually comes off pretty easily.....it sucks when it is apply over a sticker....like earthquaker devices or dr scientist....
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