How to Repair a Gouged Ski or Snowboard
Dec 25, 2006 · 03:22 PM · permalink
On Saturday, we skied at Keystone, and apart from being a pretty good day and finding some excellent powder stashes, I also managed to find some rocks and ice and gouged up my skies. This seemed like an excellent opportunity to try a repair, which I have never done before. A little searching gave me just what I needed to make the task easy. Here now, the results (with a hat tip to the Amateur Gourmet).
Visit eHow’s How to Repair a Gouged Ski to see the full article.
Text Version for the Cartoon-impaired
Yesterday we went skiing at Keystone!
We skied in the trees off “Oh Bob” and when I popped out I hit the world’s biggest rock and gouged my ski but good.
“N000000O! My beautiful salomon powder skis ruined! destroyed! wrecked! Woe is….Me?….I? What am i to do? Please god*, send me an answer….”
*There are no atheists in the trees.
“Google!!”
“Uh, oh yeah.”
In a flash, results from Google….http://www.ehow.com/how_118076_repair-gouged-ski.html
1. clean the gouge and trim away any rough edges…
2. Ignite a P-Tex candle. When the candle is hot, molten P-Tex drips from the end of the candle.
3. Now drip P-Tex into the gouge. Don’t worry about errant drips.
4. When the P-Tex cools, use a metal ski scraper* to shave down the repair until it’s level with the original ski base.
*Easy with the scraper, cowboy—don’t ruin the original ski base.
Now, just wax them up, and you’re ready to show those rocks who’s boss!
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