How to Make Gloves Out of Synthetic Flint

Downhill longboarding is a dangerous sport that requires skill and courage. Once you have become adept at controlling your longboard at speed, you can move onto slide gloves. These thick, leather gloves provide protection for your hands as you place them down on the road surface to make sharp turns or do tricks. Adding synthetic flints to the gloves will add spark to your sport. The gloves have thick pads on the fingers, palms and wrists to protect your hands from the rough asphalt surface.

Things You'll Need

  • Pair of thick, leather, work gloves
  • Permanent marker
  • Plastic kitchen cutting board
  • 2 spring clamps
  • Jigsaw or hacksaw
  • Heat gun
  • Flint chips
  • Glue sticks
  • Scissors
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place your hand, palm down, on the plastic kitchen cutting board. Hold your fingers together with your thumb sticking out for a solid slide glove or you can separate the index and middle finger from the other two to form a 'V' shape lobster glove. Trace around your hand.

    • 2

      Draw the pucks (protective padding) on the tips of the fingers, the thumb, the palm of your hand and your wrist. These are all the parts of your hand that will touch the ground and each one needs to be protected. Draw rounded squares over the finger and thumb, and oval shapes for the palm and wrist. Draw the pucks slightly bigger than your fingers so they are sure to protect them.

    • 3

      Repeat the design process for the second hand. Clamp the cutting board to your work surface. Use the jigsaw or hacksaw to cut out the pucks. As you cut the pieces out of the plastic cutting board, mark them as "L" for left hand and "R" for right.

    • 4

      Sand the edges of the pucks smooth. Use a sidewalk or concrete stair to sand the edges. Anything coarse enough and hard enough to sand the pucks down will work.

    • 5

      Heat one side of the puck with the heat gun. The surface will become tacky and glossy as it starts to melt. Sprinkle the flint chips on the surface and leave the puck to cool. Repeat with all the pucks. Leave the pucks to cool completely before proceeding

    • 6

      Cut the glue sticks into 1 inch rounds. Arrange four glue stick pieces evenly on the side of the puck that is flint-free. Use the glue gun to heat the glue sticks to melting point. The puck will also start to become tacky as the plastic heats. Move the heat gun around so the whole puck heats evenly.

    • 7

      Put on one of the leather work gloves. Press the area of the glove where you want the puck to stick onto the back of the puck. Apply pressure.