Removing a superclip from a stick clip

So I’m doing a little painting around the house and want to use my stick clip as a painters pole but I’m having a hard time unscrewing the superclip. Any tips? 

nowhere wrote:

So I’m doing a little painting around the house and want to use my stick clip as a painters pole but I’m having a hard time unscrewing the superclip. Any tips? 

I ended up cutting plastic wrap/sheath/tape off. Superclip is a bit looser now, but still works just fine. Side benefit - much easier to pull loop of rope above 1st draw since the exposed wire loop creates a really convenient hook.

The easiest way to do it is to use two pairs of slip joint pliers to apply opposing forces to the thread on the Superclip device, which 'opens' it up a little, and then get a second person to unscrew the pole.

wivanoff wrote:

The easiest way to do it is to use two pairs of slip joint pliers to apply opposing forces to the thread on the Superclip device, which 'opens' it up a little, and then get a second person to unscrew the pole.

You only need one pair of pliers.  You can hold the stick in one hand, pliers in the other.  Place the pliers so the jaws grab the very end "thread" on the superclip and unscrew it.  Don't screw it on so tight next time.

I think I ended up hammering the end of the thread with a punch when taking mine off. If it wasn't near ropes I would honestly put some antiseize on it for the future. 

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/120368279/gear-announcement-a-stick-clip-that-doesnt-suck?page=5#ForumMessage-121657940

suwar sadda wrote:

I've refused a stick clip on a bouldery start before that could use one. Its not machismo, its just that for all of us, climbing is challenge by choice. If you want to pull on gear, you aid climb, if you wanna crank you sport climb, if you like to get the fear going its trad, and if you are a lunatic you take up ice climbing. For me, personally, stick clipping that first bolt takes something away from my experience. I appreciate and respect that others feel differently about their own climbing, and I just wish they would respect my choices instead of bugging me repeatedly about "are you sure you don't want to borrow ours??" or thinking I'm some macho prick.

Now this is a weird bot post. 

Lifted from Reddit.

Edited to add- the Skyhook tip linked above (Stick clip that doesn’t suck thread) worked for me

This is ironic because I used a paint pole to make my stick-clip, so yeah.

Thanks for all the tips everybody. I wound up getting it off as per John Byrnes by cutting away the shrink wrap, grabbing the bottom “thread” of the superclip with a small pair of vise grips and the shaft of the pole with a pair of channel locks. Probably could have done it with just the visegrips had I not cranked the thing on their trying to unscrew from the top  

Now I’m wondering about how important that shrink wrap is, anybody have thoughts?

Was thinking about giving a tight wrap with some electrical tape or something but wondering if it actually does anything or just cosmetic. 

nowhere wrote:

Thanks for all the tips everybody. I wound up getting it off as per John Byrnes by cutting away the shrink wrap, grabbing the bottom “thread” of the superclip with a small pair of vise grips and the shaft of the pole with a pair of channel locks. Probably could have done it with just the visegrips had I not cranked the thing on their trying to unscrew from the top  

Now I’m wondering about how important that shrink wrap is, anybody have thoughts?

Was thinking about giving a tight wrap with some electrical tape or something but wondering if it actually does anything or just cosmetic. 

The shrink wrap makes the clip tighter so it'll work for small biners.  Electrical tape gets all gummy and dirt sticks to it.  

I use an old O-ring that I wrapped around the arms of the clip several times.  Anything on that order would work.  You don't need to cover the threads.

nowhere wrote:

Thanks for all the tips everybody. I wound up getting it off as per John Byrnes by cutting away the shrink wrap, grabbing the bottom “thread” of the superclip with a small pair of vise grips and the shaft of the pole with a pair of channel locks. Probably could have done it with just the visegrips had I not cranked the thing on their trying to unscrew from the top  

Now I’m wondering about how important that shrink wrap is, anybody have thoughts?

Was thinking about giving a tight wrap with some electrical tape or something but wondering if it actually does anything or just cosmetic. 

Don’t use tape, if you need the heatshrink to fit your quickdraws, you can get a roll for $2 or so from hazard fraught and shrink it with a hairdryer if you don’t have a heatgun.