any ideas to make this job quick and painless ???

peel off as much as you can with one hand while slicing against the board with a safety back razor blade...you will end up with glue deposits...the best way I have found to remove this is automotive paint thinners....do little bits at a time by painting it on quite liberally with a small brush....the thinners will thin the glue to a point where you can scrape it off...I found that the plastic scrapers work best, good luck

I'm with Legion here... Don't get precious about it, rip the damn thing off! I personally rip as much as I can with fingers then wax right over it. To quote occy 'one board, one wax job... that's the way it goes'.

Personally, I'm not a fan of deck grips. It is simply one more variable that can go wrong at the worst given time. I rip them off at the first sign of trouble and wax here up.

Elbow grease

^^^
Also Mineral Turpentine (turps) will take the glue off without harming the board.

I also use turps for removing stuff.

Let the Tailpad dry right out and hit the glue with a can of WD-40 with one of thos straw extender nozzles.

Deck pad absorbs the oil, the glue breaks down and the pad should peel of a bit at a time.

WD-40 will make your board slippery and may attract sharks so remember to remove all of it before surfing again, unless of course its your mates board.

3m is a brand used in car car repairs fom a lot of the trim work ,there is cheaper ones out there but i would no use them ,the hot water works very well if you want to reuse the pad ,

Legion said...

Or just liberal Kwik Grip. Then it'll never come off again .

+1 for Kwik Grip... $6 or so from Bunnings etc

never had any probs with epoxy and hot water.?