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best waxing iron to fix snowboard

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So I just came back from snowboarding in Switzerland (needless to say, a heavenly experience!) but on a 3000 meter glacier I f**ked up my snowboard on some rocks sticking out from the snow... I have some deep scratches (so deep that you can see the squared material (I guess the resin)...
I am considering buying a waxing iron to fix it myself and be able to do maintanence in the future on all my boards and I was wondering if any of you have had good luck with diy fixing of scratched boards and what waxing iron you have bought, have been happy with, did the job or just know about and can recommend.
Thanks a lot for your thoughts
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A waxing iron will not fix your board - you will need p-tex candles and a metal scraper for this. Your base is made of p-tex (a type of plastic), and therefore must be repaired with p-tex - wax is melted into the board to help it run faster over the snow, not to repair gouges. Do a search on google for "p-tex repairs" or something like that and you should be able to find all of the inforamtion rather quickly. Alternately you could just bring it into a shop and they'll repair it for you - doing a proper p-tex repair that actually stays is somewhat of an art, and easy to screw up the first time, especially for such a deep gouge that you are describing.
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yep what he said ^^^^^

Also if you pick up this months method magazine, theres a section on the DVD on repairing "Core shots" with ptex candles, I redid mine this weekend ready for next weeks trip.

as far as irons are concerned, a non steam iron with solid base will be fine, look in the local electrical repair place, or charity shops for old irons. Very Happy

good luck
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Good old Marks and Spencer are doing a mini travel iron which is crap for clothes but great for snowboards - only £6. Cool
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Thanks a lot for the good point!
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take it to the shop.. you are wasting valuable booze time Cool
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ponder wrote:
A waxing iron will not fix your board - you will need p-tex candles and a metal scraper for this. Your base is made of p-tex (a type of plastic), and therefore must be repaired with p-tex - wax is melted into the board to help it run faster over the snow, not to repair gouges. Do a search on google for "p-tex repairs" or something like that and you should be able to find all of the inforamtion rather quickly. Alternately you could just bring it into a shop and they'll repair it for you - doing a proper p-tex repair that actually stays is somewhat of an art, and easy to screw up the first time, especially for such a deep gouge that you are describing.


The candles are a bit of a faff and I found it quite hard to get a totally clean repair. In my experience, it requires a lot of practice to get a quality repair with candles.

I've heard good things about powdered p-tex. It seems you pour the powder into the gouge, put some foil over it and heat with an iron. Haven't used it myself, but it sounds like it might be worth a try.
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I'd be sceptical about powdered p-tex. In my experience, the p-tex needs to be flaming as it dribbles into the gouge. It is then hot enough to bond with the existing base. I doubt that ironing powder would get it hot enough to properly bond and make a permanent repair. I've seen too many diy repairs get ripped out after a few runs. If in doubt, and especially if it is through to the core, save your time and spend some cash getting a trusted shop to do it.

For waxing, I use an old clothes iron which was a steam iron. Obviously I don't use the steam function but it waxes my board just fine.
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Helps if you cut into the ptex around the gouge with a razor blade, gives it a rough edge to adhere too.
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