P-Tex Alternatives?

skodeo7

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Alrighty, I have 3 huge, deep fucking gashes in the bottom of my concepts, I need to save them but no way in hell do I have money to get them p-texed.

I've been thinking, is there any way you could use that calk (sp?) stuff that carpenters use, put it in and then just smooth it out all nice so it is perfectly smooth with the level of your regular base. Or if you could fill the whole with epoxy and do the same thing?

These ideas may sound retarded but I've never heard of anyone doing them so I figured I would see if its possible. Anyone have any other ideas?

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Yeah there is alternatives to p-text, the main problem with gashes, maybe the only problem is the lip or ridge around the gash that digs into the snow, take some sandpaper and smooth those ridges out so they dont interfere with your turns, the actualy pits in the base do little to effect turning and stuff.

 
take a razor and cut the rough shit off then buy a p tex stick for a dollar and fill it your self. cheez whiz is also an excetable product to use to fill it in

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p tex isnt that expensive if you do it your self but if you get a store to do it it could get to be pretty expensive. So just get a stick of p-tex and melt it in and sand it smooth with the base.

 
yeah your best bet is to get a stick of p-tex and light it with a lighter and fill in the gouges. make sure you fill it in layer by layer. put a layer, let it dry. put a layer let it dry. if you fill it in at once, the p-tex will crack.

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duncan, how much is ptex, i bought some ptex and my local shop for my dads skis, filled 2 core shots for $2.25

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you can get these p-tex strips that insteadof being round they are rectangular ish and you just melt them into your base and file them down, or you can use normal ptex it is cheap and isnt that hard my freind who is an idiot fixed his board without really having a clue and it worked out fine and doesnt look half bad, just go to your shop and ask how to do it.

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Ahhhhhh...I see, I didnt know you could get 'do it yourself' p-tex...Where can you get it from? I remember going to the ski shop and a little scratch was somewhere around $70 (thats why im doin it myself), ahhh the joys corporate american ski shops.

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'Jeez, he gets more excited over that than playboy'

-My dad talking to my mom after the new Freeze came

'Now I understand why you like skiing so much'

-My dad talking to me a few days later after 'reading' the new freeskier
 
im pretty sure you can just go toyour local shop and ask for a p-tex stick

-Chris

'you ski? oh wow no one skis anymore.'- my cousin's friend
 
like the people above me said you should just go around to local shops and ask for a stick of p-tex. If they want to charge you more than $4 just laugh at them and leave.

to apply it, just get a lighter and heat it until it drips into the holes in your base. let the p-tex dry and then get a sharp knife or something to smooth it out.

simple as that.

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$70!?!?! (sorry for the overuse of those signs) i ripped out a 5cm piece of edge and a large junk um my base right to the core and it was about $30 cnd

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well congrats freshie on your 2nd post, and myt wasn't it a good one.

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the calk that construction workers use would NOT work, becuase your base is designed to absorb wax, and retain that wax in order to let the ski slide over the snow...use p-tex, but heat up your base first with a hairdryer or heat gun, and then put on the ptex...that way the base will accept the ptex better becuase both will be hot, instead of the hot ptex being applied to a cold base...if you apply it to the base w/o heating it first, it'll just chip off.

 
There is a product called JB Weld that works instead of P-tex and will sort of re-build your edge if your edge got pulled out. You will find it in a harware store for 5-6 bucks. It is more durable than P-tex and will weld better to your core, but it does not hold wax.

 
clean up the wound, drown it in epoxy. cut the extra. voila repairs done for cheap.

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yeah I was thinking about epoxy as well...

but I picked up a few sticks of p-tex, its like $2 a stick. sweet. Thanks all.

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'Jeez, he gets more excited over that than playboy'

-My dad talking to my mom after the new Freeze came

'Now I understand why you like skiing so much'

-My dad talking to me a few days later after 'reading' the new freeskier
 
The best thing about ptex is you can buy it in crazy neon colors and then fill all the shots in your normally black or whatever color bases. It looks really cool when you have a bunch of fluorescant green filled scrapes on black based skis.

 
an epoxy base layer then p-tex will be better then just p-tex I never tried putting more then one shoit of p-tex tho

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i used milk jug.

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^haha what's up wth everyone on here saying to use milk jug. That's like bringing aknife to a gun fight. It woun't work. They use p-tex for a reason, it's fast on snow. If you use anything but p-tex, especailly calk, you'll have slow spots in you skis. You won't notice thn so much on icy days but for spring skiing they'll be hell. Imagine skiing on a sponge. Just buy p-tex and ascraper and do it yourself. If it's a really big gash down to the core you need to do a p-tex weld. See below.

And for anyone who wants to know how to do a base weld here's an old post I did.

Okay this is for all you kiddos with these nasty gashes in your skis. I'm going to tell you how to do a base weld so your skis don't end up with a rotten core. Okay first off you need to do a base weld whenever you cut all the way into your core. this type of damage cannot be fixed by drip ptex or duct tape as everyone keeps suggesting. Ptex dosen't flow well enough to get all the way down into a gash like this and it will eventually fall out if you try. So what you have to do is a ptex weld. I would suggest having a shop do it but if you have the rescources you can do it yourself. First off cut out, in a rectangular shape, all of the trashed base around the gouge plus a little extra to make sure you get it all using a razor. Also undercut what you are cutting the lip lip will keep the ptex from falling out. Remove the base that you have cut with a knife or chissle(sp). If the gash is by the edge which most are, clean our any rust on the edges because it will make it difficult for the new ptex to stick. Also it is a good idea to rough up the area where the new ptex is going to help it stick. Then get a hot glue gun type thing and put a stick of ptex in it. It is also good to have a heat gun to heat up the base but it isn't essential. Squirt a lot of ptex into the hole you have cut. As quickly as possible, using something flat, put pressure on the ptex. I use a metal scraper with my wax scraper over it to help insulate it. Apply as much pressure as you can for at least one minute preferably longer. After you are done with this let it set with the scrapers on top of it for insulation for about 15 minutes. after it has cooled down find someway to scrape off the excess ptex. I use a combination of a razor, file, and metal scraper. You can also run it over a grinder at your shop, I'm sure they will do it for free. Wax your skis and be on your way. I've just saved you thirty to fifty dollars so send me loads of props while a bask in the glory of my ski tuning knowledge. If you have any questions on that procedure just message me.

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^ Do u mind doing a copy paste of that into an article so I can remember??? I use to do the p-tex thing but I never got big gashes to he core but don't shops use a piece of base that they cut out?

Anyone no if its possible to buy any?

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^^ So do normal high temp glue guns work for p-tex? I had thought about trying this, but hadn't gotten around to blowing the money on one to trash with by shuving p-tex in it to try it.

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what the hell is the problem?

it doesnt get cheaper then a stick of p-tex (if its expensive i do believe there's faster stuff and fancy stuff etc but it doesnt matter cause you wax it) then clean the gash so nothings sticking out then light your stick drip it in leave it then lightly sand and there you go...

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hot glue gun manno with some clear glue! like a 20 cent repair that'll last until you hit another rock with teh spot....then just do it again..........if you wanna do it right tho dont use p tex........there is a another compund that the racers use........it comes in a coil....you can fint it at www.reliableracingsupply.com ...that stuff wil cling to your core if the scrathces go that deep, p tex wont cling to your core, only to base material

 
yeah, ptex won't stick to the core material. If you want to do it right and want the repair to last you have to use something different. Take a look at this catalog and the tips.



One cheap solution it mentions is filling partially with epoxy, let it slightly harden and then drip in ptex.

 
70 $ whaaa?? yeh u musta been lookin at ski wax cuz it's like 1$ for a stick of it n that will do the gashes for sure

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