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Flattening gouged PTEX ski base
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Just come back from a great week in Meribel, a large portion of which i spent off piste.

My first experience of proper powder skiing, and it was amazing! The only downside is that i hit a rock or two along the way.

No serious edge of base damage, mostly just a few gouges in the bases and a few burrs on the edges.

What i do have is one more significant gouge in the PTEX base of one ski. Its not gone through the ptex to the base of the ski and is probably no more than 2-3mm wide and 75mm long but the PTEX has deformed around the gouge and stands slightly proud of the base of the ski.

Obviously this doesn't seem right and i want to make the base of the ski flat again before edging and waxing.

How best can i do this? Razor blade to the raised edges of the ptex? File?

I'm sure a full base grind would fix the problem but as the rest of the base is fine it seems a bit of an overkill.

All advice appreciated.
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Metal scraper is good, or a stanley blade, you might as well fill it while you are there.
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In such circumstances I take a knife to the proud base the same day - doesn't matter if you take a bit much off as you are going to repair it properly later anyhow. Once I do get back, then just fill we ptex in the normal manner (ptex gun if you have one - or access to one).
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Couple of photos to show the damage





is this damage significant enough to require filling? I don't have access to a ptex gun so i'd be using a candle unless anyone can suggest a better method.
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Not an expert at this sort of thing but if it were my ski, I'd just fill and wax. In fact I have similar gouges on skis that I've accumulated over the last 10 skiing days or so that I've lazily ignored for too long but intended filling tonight.

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is this damage significant enough to require filling?

It'll be marginally more difficult to wax that ski efficiently but other than a tiny bit more friction, it's not really going to hurt the performance. Just fill it with ptex, scrape and rewax.

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I don't have access to a ptex gun so i'd be using a candle unless anyone can suggest a better method.

2 or 3 applications and scrapes using less than 1/2 a stick will fill it nicely. Confused by 'candle' ... the flame of a ptex stick is self sustaining once lit with a lighter.

My damage Embarassed ... ski early season in Scotland and you learn to ignore it Smile ...



Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Sun 14-02-10 20:55; edited 1 time in total
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lower, tbh I wouldn't bother filling that, just scrape it flat with a metal blade. If, at some point, you get a base grind the you could fill it before that but it's not that deep.

Others will disagree but if I filled every hole like that on my boards I'd probably halve my snow days.
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I agree, once the raised edges are taken down level with the base the remaining score mark probably won't be too deep.

Ptex candle material is quite weak and will probably pull out after a short time so will be a waste of time if you tried that and a base grind is just shortening your skis life no real gain at this stage.
Repairs don't absorb wax either so best kept to a minimum.

I'd wait till you've got a few more deeper scars before worrying.
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Thanks for all of the above. I've got a stanley knife scraper tool so i'll use that to flatten the base and then see how bad the damage is. I don't think the score will be that deep once the raised edges are removed and the base is other wise in good condition.

Certainly a lot better than moffatross's bases!
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