 Poster: A snowHead
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It appears my two year old Volkl Energy 380's had a row with a stone in the snow in Andorra last season and lost....it's left a tasty gouge and some of the wood appears to be exposed.
Can this be fixed with resin/lacquer when I get them serviced for this season or is curtains for them??
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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dazman, a good tech will be able to fix them...
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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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dazman, is it on the base or topsheet?
If on the top, then resin and lacquer may work so long as they're flexable and waterproof.
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dazman, I hope for your sake that no moisture got in, this may lead to other problems.
Otherwise welcome to your first core shot, it happens. And generally easily fixable. If it happens again try to dry the area ASAP and have the repair done as quick as possible.
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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 like David Murdochs advice...throw money at the problem. I bet I know what you got your degree in.
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Mosha - The base
Parlor - I'm pretty sure it didn't penetrate that much as it was the last day and I keep them in a v dry cupboard (purpose built ski locker....get me??) so they'll have stayed dry.
Thanks for all the other advice dudes.
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dazman, even easier to sort out.
But resin and lacquer is a big no-no. You need a bit of base weld then perhaps a p-tex candle or powder. A patch if it's pretty big.
It's not a proper ski if it hasn't had at least one core shot.
Have a go at fixing it yourself, it isn't too hard and it's difficult to screw up the entire ski by having a go.
Do you have any tuning/repair kit at all?
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dazman, Really simple, start with some metal grip wire melted into the cleaned groove and then follow that with some ptex wire melted in over that until just proud of the surface, file and scrape till level and smooth then wax, Plenty of advice on the web on how to do all this, alternatively give "Spyderjon" a PM. BTW you should have stored your skis waxed after last season 
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What is the maximum level of damage to the base you would accept without repairing it?
I have a shallow groove in the base of one of my skis, and I'm not sure whether it is worth doing anything about, or better to just leave it.
I wax my own skis, and have filed the edges, but have never yet carried out any base repairs.
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I normally don't bother with scratches or grooves unless there is a bit of ptex sticking up, in which case I will file it down flush to the base. If the scratch is very deep, close to being a core shot, I'll fill it with ptex ribbon.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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spyderjon, just read your page. I must confess to using a soldering iron for the base weld/metal grip 
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You know it makes sense.
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Mosha Marc, a soldering iron will do the job nicely - you just have to be careful as they tend to run a lot hotter than required for ski bases so could easily cook the area.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Folks,
Firstly : Can I upload a photo this page?
Secondly: If I can, I'll take a photo of said "core shot" and you can all tell me what extent of repairs I need to do.
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Poster: A snowHead
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