Poster: A snowHead
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I ski quite regularly on a dry slope and find that my ski bases are being damaged by the surface. Gouges are developing in the base next to the edges particularly under the bindings. I guess this type of damage is difficult to repair but is there anything I can do to prevent it? I wax the skis quite regularly but the dendix seems to strip it straight off?
Any advice would be appreciated, 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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Try Using hard wax that the racers use e.g Swix CH4, iron very flat don't scrape, apply back to black over for more speed keeps bases going for longer. Sounds if you are at a slope without sprinklers? When dry, use a small piece of carpet and spray with Mr Sheen the king of plastic racing, run over it before each run. The harder Ptex based skis last longer (?Ptex3) Salomon slalom lasted 5 years of plastic, still lend to people base ground twice still not railed.
Gouges can happen from hitting mat ties (twisters) check that they are all lower than the mat and facing down hill and that the toe track has the ties the other way around. Counter slopes are also a challenge for ties and for ski damage from rotating to a stop in the same area..
But as the saying goes if you can ski well on plastic, you can ski well, good luck hope above helps and your car will always smell really clean.
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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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Gouges adjacent to the edges is were the base material has melted away due to excessive heat, particularly under the bindings 'cause that's were the pressure is.
It can be repaired but you need a proper welded repair as, as you've found, a basic candle repair won't hold. You'll need either a Skimender RP100 repair pistol or Kunzmann Base Doc II tool to do a welded repair. Might also need to weld in some metalgrip as a foundation layer is the damage is down to the metal/core.
+1 to Cynic's advise. Datawax PolarX is a good alternative to CH4 & is easier to apply. Also recommended is Zardoz Notwax teflon overlay.
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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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Thanks for all the advice everyone-very useful
The slope has sprinklers but as spyderjon says the problem is 16 stone of pressure on the edges causing excessive heat!
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sledger, Possibly use the front of the ski ?
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Cynic,
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Possibly use the front of the ski
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You would know all about the damage done by not doing this
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ski, Risks the curse of the commentators.
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Cynic,
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I use graphite wax on my skis for dry slope. Does me a good 3 sessions of about an hour and a half before they need doing again
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