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Is there a way to protect my new 04/05 PE's top sheet before use
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Hi everyone!
I just purchased brand new 04/05 PE's for $200 and just want to know if I can do anything to protect the top sheets from chipping (as I hear that will happen sooner or later).
If possible I want to protect the top sheets before I use them for the first time.
Thanks for all your help.
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man dont worry about the tops they will chip a bit but so will any ski you buy, just ride them and have fun , plus its the base that really counts.
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Oh yeah and another thing I find interesting is:
If I compare the recommended mounting point between my PE's and my Foil's, on the PE's it is SO WAY back!
I know that as a fact from other threads that K2 puts the point a lot more back than others, but still.
I have my PE's mounted with adjustable bindings so I can move the point from +3 to +7.5 and even if I move them to +7.5 (which is marked as core center) the tail is a lot shorter than the tip and it almost compares to the recomm. point on the Foils?!
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yeh man...those skis are gay like that...they are mounted like hella far back and i think its kindof sketchy thast why i have never been that much of a fan of the PEs...but a sick ski noone the less
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exactly why i was so confused when i got my foils, They i swore the mounting point was messed up on them, cuz like u said. im + 3 on my PE's and its still way far back compared to the foils reccomended...
But dont worry about the top sheet, 99% of the time its gunna be cosmetic, and it wont even matter
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there is one thing you can do. Try filing the edge of the top sheet so that it rounds into the sidewall. I heard this helps prevent some damage on the sides.
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to prevent the topsheets from chipping BEFORE USE??!?!?!?
what will you be doing with them BEFORE YOU USE THEM?
how about just placing them delicately under your bed or something
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1) File the edges of the topsheet at a 45 degrees.
2) Generously apply womans nail hardner on the filed area.
3) Blowdry the harder dry.
4) Repeat this whenever the edges start chipping.
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Waste of time...just ski.
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Seriously...you buy the skis to use them, not stare at them. A few war wounds on them are things to be proud of.
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exactly it adds character
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just wait till they start chipping and cut off the excess with a razor blade. i wouldn't even go thru that much trouble.
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it takes a grand total of 10 minutes...
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just dont ski them...give them to me..i will make sure nothing happens to them
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