 Poster: A snowHead
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I got a core shot in my 2021 Volkl Mantra M5s last season. This is not my area of expertise so I’m looking for some help. I took it to a shop repair with what was a small amount of metal showing in the base, less than the size of a pee. This was not an edge repair. The bases of Mantra M5s have a layer of titanal just below the base material. The repair just fell out. I see that they cut a significantly large portion of my base out, exposing a much larger section of metal, about the size of a postage stamp. They did what I’m guessing was just a ptex repair. Is it common practice to cut out that much more of the base?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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for a larger base repair then yes you will remove material around the damage to make a better area for repair but it sounds like that they've not fused the edges of the patch in place properly, hence it falling out.
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@JJPatterson,
small area can normally be fixed with metalgrip then p-tex, sounds like they have cut out a patch and not bonded it properly, either incorrect glue, incorrect curing, or some contaminant in there
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Thank you Richard! I appreciate the response. I've watched several videos of base repairs and none of them trimmed as much base material to make the patch so I was very curious to hear from people who have more experience with this than I do. I've researched a few possible next steps like a base weld using metal grip rather than just a ptex repair. I'm curious if you have any experience with how long term that fix might be vs just a ptext repair.
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Well, I punched the edge on a new board which ended up with a substantial repair including cutting in a new piece of edge and a base repair about the size of your one. That was in about 2009 and its still in place today. I would say that I did get it fixed professionally - so if you are able to get your ski/board to a professional who can do a proper job for you then I'd recommend it.
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@CEM, thank you very much for that reply.
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@JJPatterson, ptex won't bond to metal, as has been said you need to use metal grip first then weld ptex over the top of it. It's normal to cut out a bit more to get a good bond, if it's a patch then they would have cut out a piece of Ptex and glued that in with a glue such a Araldite / Hardman's Double Bubble Blue epoxy.
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@JJPatterson,
My kids seems to have no comprehension of the difference between rocks and snow so I get lots of base repair practice!
For pea-sized core shots (base damage but no core damage) I clean up the wound then use metalgrip, then ptex - doesn't look all that pretty, but seems to stay in there! If it was a really big hole, I'd get the shop to do it as described above with cutting out a section and epoxying it in.
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I really appreciate all of the advice here everyone! It’s helpful!
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