Not tuning skis?

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bob.marley

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Hi,

I have one pair of skis that I use for everything and I have gotten a few coreshots early season and got those fixed and bases waxed. I haven't done anything since and my skis feel fine, I never feel like the skis are "slow." I have recently gotten another gash that went through the ptex whatever you call it, and I still don't notice any difference. What do you think if I just never wax the skis or sharpen edges (I could care less about sharp edges I ski in Utah) or get the goudges repaired when rock skiing season rolls around? All I care about is that my skis go forward and as long as they never cause a noticeable problem, why worry? I know they could get water damage and all that but I have already put in a number of days on my skis with this coreshot right along the bottom right now. The only reason I would take care of the bases is in the future if I wanted to sell them.

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i guess you could leave the edges and don't wax. i'd fix core shots though. just get a ptex candle and do it yourself, it's really easy.
 
Just make friends with a ski tech so you get your stuff done for free!! But if you're paying for it, I would wait as well and not worry about it.
 
After your season is done, get the skis stoneground and tuned. They will fill all scratches in the bases, grind them to like new, sharpen your edges, and since its the summer, tell em not to scrape the wax off. It acts like a protective coat from keeping your bases from drying out.
 
Of course you can do nothing. However, waxing and ptex work is stupid easy and pretty cheap. Once spring hits and there is a lot of water in the snow you may feel slower
 
I think you don't notice how slow your skis are because they gradually got slower and slower to the point they are now and you are just used to it. I mean, they are your skis it doesnt bother me at all if you like them how they are.
 
If you can see the core, get it patched. Nothing is worse than water-damaged skis. You'll be skiing along, everything's fine, everything's good, and all of a sudden your heelpiece will just fall off the ski because the wood holding the screws in is like wet kleenex. Having doubt in your equipment sucks.
 
rozboon, I needed to hear that, I actually never thought of that thanks.

But the thing is, I have skied in the coreshot at least 6-8 times thus exposing it to water 6-8 times at least, I will look into the ptex candle thing, but what are the chances the core has water damage now? (Atomic Blogs if the ski matters)

 
Just because you scraped through your base doesn't always mean you've exposed the core. Being able to see the damage will help a lot. Even then having the core get wet is bad, it will dry out eventually which will usually result in some sort of warping of the ski.

To fix a core shot a base welder is usually used which is just a fancier way of filling it with P-tex. Just make sure you clean around the core shot with an exacto knife to get rid of any extra debris or wax to make sure the p-tex will hold.
 
I could run my finger along the core for about an inch, I have skied 6-8 days like that too.

So I just went and got 2 stix of ptex and I filled it up and scraped off the extra after it cooled, I scratched at it to see how easily it would come out and it came out esy, so I scratched it all out, cleaned it again and sanded it, then cleaned it with alchohol and filled it in again trying to keep the black flakes out with the flame low, and I smoothed it out better, but I don't know if it will stay. But I got it pretty smooth, I am just wondering if it is bad if I don't wax that part at least until the end of the season in about 5 ski days.
 
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