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Holes in my ski

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P@.
Posts: 28 - Karma: 10
so i kinda screwed up a pair of cheap skis the other day. the toepiece pulled out during a fall, and i just screwed it back on so i could ski down (3 miles is a shitty walk). but little did i know, i screwed 2 of the screws straight through the base... so i'm wondering if its worth it to get some epoxy, shorter screws, and p-tex the hell out of the base. these skis need to last me another 3 weeks until my new ones come in, thats all.
Nov 29 2006 10:09PM
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fouldsys
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ha. that sucks tho. i donno. it might work
Nov 29 2006 10:11PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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eh it wont hurt to try
Nov 29 2006 10:47PM
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Love_Wins.
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Yeah dude, fuckin' go for it, you already put 2 screws through the base, not a whole lot of damage you could cause by P-Texing and whatnot.
Nov 29 2006 11:00PM
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Rajna
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kid at my mountain when salomon gave him a sponsorship, they sent him 720's with a hole drilled through them for his first pair of skis from them.
Nov 29 2006 11:01PM
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P@.
Posts: 28 - Karma: 10
i'll try it out and post pictures if they explode.
Nov 29 2006 11:21PM
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Love_Wins.
Posts: 5536 - Karma: -1
Sweet. I wanna see.
Nov 29 2006 11:31PM
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tjski
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exactly
Nov 30 2006 12:32AM
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NoTeefa
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I don't get it, did you try to screw the toepiece back in and forget to put a lifter plate on that was on there before?
Nov 30 2006 12:44AM
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Silence
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yeah i was wondering how the screws managed to grow like that?
Nov 30 2006 12:58AM
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uni-corn
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Post a pic, i want to see that
Nov 30 2006 8:23AM
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P@.
Posts: 28 - Karma: 10
i think the first time i mounted them i didn't screw those two screws in all the way or something... the whole deal is pretty ghetto.
Nov 30 2006 10:23AM
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Love_Wins.
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AHAHAHA! Dude, no wonder it ripped out...
Nov 30 2006 2:50PM
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tBatt
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hahah
Nov 30 2006 8:11PM
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skipocketrockets
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the ptex will totally work just make sure u let it cool all the way b4 re drilling anything
Nov 30 2006 8:12PM
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KillerMonkey
Posts: 6436 - Karma: 109
i was mounting my own bindings on urbans without the lifters and i almost screwed through the bottom, they were like poking out and making a bulge on the bottom and i was like ooo shit. But its all good now.
Nov 30 2006 8:18PM
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livetheride514
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use malible (sp?) epoxy first. let it dry over night. then use p-tex. the ptex with just crack out otherwise...

Nov 30 2006 9:39PM
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*powsnwbird*
Posts: 108 - Karma: 10
i dunno, you should probably just pound in like two pluggs then re mount them and base weld them
Nov 30 2006 11:39PM
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cobra_commander
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no, you have revolutionized ski tech. you have found a way to make your skis lighter. do it up and down the intire ski.
Dec 1 2006 12:31AM
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uni-corn
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same for me
Dec 3 2006 4:07PM
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P@.
Posts: 28 - Karma: 10
so i went to town with a tube of 2-ton epoxy and a stick of ptex. skied a day on them, just training for work but so far so good.
Dec 3 2006 10:46PM
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Love_Wins.
Posts: 5536 - Karma: -1
Pics?
Dec 4 2006 4:10AM
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P@.
Posts: 28 - Karma: 10
soon.
Dec 4 2006 7:32AM
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