Poster: A snowHead
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I've been offered a board very cheap that is my size etc but it has what looks to me, as a complete noob, to be really bad damage
Would you buy a board like this?
I've been told it can be repaired for 20€
But I've also been told if I do get it repaired that the repair will probably come apart within a few minutes of use
Anyone got experience with repaired boards?
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'd take it if freebie to use in the fridges, plastic or uk slush, but I don't think I'd pay more than a few quid for it - token gesture.
The scrapes mid board are repairable and as a nube, you'd not notice much, but the gauge by the edge looks real bad
though hard to tell without anything for scale. I had a board in similar condition, but not quite that bad, fixed up by
one of the highstreet majors and they did a belting job. Cost ~ £30 if I recall.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If the metal edge is not damaged then potentially the damage could be prepared.
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The edge looks OK, it looks like the damage is down to the core, depends on how its been repaired, you need metal grip to bind to the base and then Ptex over that. If its been repaired with just a Ptex candle it will come out as it won't bind to the core. A decent shop should be able to fix it, the secondary repair should be fine with Ptex.
The scratches are just wear and tear.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I've had worse repaired by Spyderjon; a whole section of missing edge. and exposed core.
How much is "very cheap" and how much is that board worth, in good nick, second hand?
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Thanks for everyones replies, all good info I'll beart in minf in the future.
He's just sent me another pic and there are more holes, so I'm not going to buy it, I wouldnt even want it for free haha
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Holes that size are easy to fix, it would worry more about any edge separation which is neigh on impossible to see from the photos. I've repaired much worse on my own skis but there was no edge damage, I've also binned skis with far smaller holes which had caused massive edge separation.
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As long as the only damage is that the base has ripped away and exposed the core/inside edges, then I wouldn't have an issue. Easily repairable, and if the repair does fail, easily repairable again.
In my experience, if there's any damage to the rail (bent, cracked), or any warping or delamination (coming apart) of the layers whether due to water or impact, no repair will hold for very long. Others will have different thoughts to mine there, but I'd never buy anything with any deformity.
Can't give you a value just by looking at that one pic though! What make/model/year for starters?
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