Snapped ski

Ricky420

Ricky420

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I know it's a dumb question but has anyone here aver fixed a ski that has snapped with some wizard knowledge, it's the second day of March break in Canada and of course I snapped a ski about halfway between the tail and the back binding. Any suggestions will help, thanks
 
How badly are they snapped?

Like if you put pressure on them does the tail just completely fold? You're probably out of luck, I can't think of anyway you could repair them and even if you did manage to repair them to some degree they'd have a weak point and the flex of the ski would be messed up.
 
13648479:Negromancer said:
How badly are they snapped?

Like if you put pressure on them does the tail just completely fold? You're probably out of luck, I can't think of anyway you could repair them and even if you did manage to repair them to some degree they'd have a weak point and the flex of the ski would be messed up.
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They do have some slight resistance but do fold, the bases & edges are not broken or cracked. I understand that they will always have a weak point and off flex but I was hoping to be able to salvage them for rock skis.
 
13648481:liamskis24 said:
They do have some slight resistance but do fold, the bases & edges are not broken or cracked. I understand that they will always have a weak point and off flex but I was hoping to be able to salvage them for rock skis.
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If the edges are still intact and you just want them as rock skis then I'd try do what shin-bang did in the thread he posted above seems like a pretty good option to try.

Make sure you get slow drying marine grade epoxy and don't use the fast drying stuff because the fast dry epoxy cures really stiff and brittle and will crack/shatter when the ski flexes. The slow dry marine grade epoxy will take probably a day to cure but will be much more flexible.
 
13648494:Negromancer said:
If the edges are still intact and you just want them as rock skis then I'd try do what shin-bang did in the thread he posted above seems like a pretty good option to try.

Make sure you get slow drying marine grade epoxy and don't use the fast drying stuff because the fast dry epoxy cures really stiff and brittle and will crack/shatter when the ski flexes. The slow dry marine grade epoxy will take probably a day to cure but will be much more flexible.
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Ok thanks for the advice on epoxy I never thought about how slow drying would preform compared to fast drying.
 
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