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Blown sidewall

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90053
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so i just finished shoving a shitload of araldite/epoxy into a blown sidewall/edge, will post pics when cured tomorrow, kind of an experiment into home repairing as this is the 4th blown edge this nz winter!
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k2andcannoli
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edge still intact?
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Pipe_Munky
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might hold for a short time but probably not
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LC.
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Better to glue wood in there than just use epoxy. I bought some Super 7s last year that had 3 blown sidewalls that the previous guy had tried to fix with epoxy and half of it has cracked out. I glued birch sections in to replace all the damage and they held solid all winter.
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RudyGarmisch
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Pics please.
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LC.
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My friend has the skis now, and I didn't get any photos of the finished job, but here is a before shot of one of the blowouts:

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90053
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forgot to take a photo before but trust me it looks a whole lot better

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k2andcannoli
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Why'd you remove the binding?
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Parks.
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sounds like this is a good idea
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90053
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still intact!! midway through my instructor level 2 so relieved! been a bout 3 weeks now still holding strong
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razors-chaz
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if it does come out again it might be worth buying a new stick of sidewall material and cutting it into shape and epoxying it into the gap or you could tear up an old pair of sidewalled skis and epoxy a piece of sidewall from them in. this is probably just overkill though and its more likely to just ski on them till you're done with them and get a new pair.
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90053
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thanks
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NinetyFour
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Good god man, are those the prices your having to deal with? Those are insane!

If you're located in North America OP, heres the place to go for sidewall material:

http://www.store.skilab.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12
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