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How To Renew An Old Dry Sintered Base or Repair Base Burn

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DominatorJacques
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As the title says, here I take you through the entire process I use to renew an old dry sintered base.  Same process for fixing base burn as well.  If you have a beat up extruded base this will get it back in shape as well, just it's not about wax absorption for an extruded base.

Jul 23 2013 7:12PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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you're such a real dude. I've never met you, but i've watched a lot of your videos and you seem like you'd be a nice guy to chat with
Jul 23 2013 7:14PM
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Mag
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While it's great to see people uploading ski tuning/repair videos, this really belongs in gear talk in future.
Jul 23 2013 7:14PM
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Skibumsmith
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yeah but i don't look in gear talk because I'm not interested in reviews of saga jackets and full tilt boots so i'm actually glad it was posted here.
Jul 23 2013 7:19PM
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Mag
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While GT has it's range of "junk" threads, ski gabber has far more, and more of the people who actually care for their skis would check GT more frequently than somebody who checks SG, during the time it takes for a thread to reach page 2 of each respective subforum.


Jul 23 2013 7:21PM
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DominatorJacques
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Yes, I thought about where to post these type of videos.  It seemed to me it wasn't really "gear talk".  This is rather an instructional video.  So it could be any gear. 

Also it's funny when people comment just after I post a 34 minute video.  I know those above could not have even watched the whole thing.  Again, if one wants to learn anything, one must watch and listen to the entire video.

My goal as far as these instructional videos goes here on NS is to help out all the youngers and others who have not had the years of expierance that I have had.  I often wished that I knew more a long time ago.  Now a begining tuner can learn way ahead of the curve.  I try to make it easy to understand evey time I make one.  A good tune will make sure that your skis are not holding you back.  Trust me, it makes all the differeance.

Thanks for the comments reguardless.

Jul 23 2013 7:33PM
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Mag
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I'm 21 minutes in ATM, Definitely interesting to watch, what I was commenting on was definite regardless of the content based, assuming it was titled correctly.
Jul 23 2013 7:36PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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I know I didn't watch it. I just was wanting to say that anyway
Jul 23 2013 7:36PM
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SFBv420.0
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I watched the whole thing 34 min to scrape and brush a shitty ski
whats a full tune run ya 8 hours?
you should share your shizz with the gapic ski barkin bears
right up their alley
Jul 23 2013 7:46PM
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DominatorJacques
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I might post this to "Gapic Ski " one day.  I have made post there in the past.  I have found many there to be a bit stuffy, but some really good folks too.  The fact is, I feel more "at home" here on NS.  I am young at heart and freeskiing parksters are my type of people.  Therefore I would rather help them by statring this here.

A full on tune can take hours for sure.  It can take longer for a used pair of skis.  I like to make my tuning videos "real".  That means showing the whole deal with talk to help one understand.  One can't learn much from a 2.5 min. tuning video. 

Good luck to all.  Once again I will answer any questions anyone has as I check back from time to time.  One may feel free to ask questions on my YT channel as well.

Jul 23 2013 9:14PM
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robotdna
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Have you tried TGR Forums? Filled with super legit skiers, not just 10 year old park rats.
Jul 23 2013 10:13PM
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aoberoi
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you kiddos could just take this video in and try to learn something from it, its far too often that i hear kids at the mtn who can not clear the jumps because of "conditions" could be solved by proper ski prep. jacques tunes my skis and i have never had any trouble with speed. wish more people would do work like this on skis.
Jul 23 2013 10:40PM
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DominatorJacques
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Yea, I think I have an account there.  Anyway when one does a search on the net they can find the video easy enough.  They might find it from the conversation here and be directed here, or go directly to my YT channel.  If someone from there likes it enough, they can embed it themselves there at TGR.

Again, my heart is with the PRS infected "kids" who ride park.  That why I wanted to share it here.  Everyone has to start somewhere.  Then the next thing you know they are at some huge comp. or The X-Games.   If I can help a few Parksters then I have done my pay back.

Thanks for the comment, Jacques

Jul 24 2013 12:01AM
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DominatorJacques
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Thanks A-Man.  It was a pleasure to help you out with those two pairs of skis last season.  You know the proof is in the pudding now.  I felt so good when you told me that Tashi said he could not believe how fast your skis were running,  We all know that Tashi is a killer for real too!  

I will miss you as a neighbor when you move, but hope to see you ski again at Bachelor this coming season.     Be good, Jacques

Jul 24 2013 12:07AM
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DominatorJacques
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BTW Whacker, those skis are so killer, that if I put you on them, you would need to sign a release because you would frickin' kill yourself!

Those are "Power S-9's"   I got them for $60.00.   Put $80.00 of work into them.  They were like $800.00 without bindings years ago.

Where are the Bachelor Skyliner folks?  They can vouch for me.  Those bitches will lay down a turn and hold an edge like eagles talons on a fish!


Jul 24 2013 1:11AM
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DominatorJacques
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Humm, I thought people would want to learn about tuning here.  Everything goes by pretty fast here.  Be good all!
Jul 25 2013 1:33PM
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MLB
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Sick.
Jul 25 2013 1:54PM
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DominatorJacques
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I will assume that "sick" means good!   Thanks.  I just want to help all those who are wanting to progress.  This can really help one who has some skis that have been neglected.

When it comes to ski maintenance I am a bit sick about it.  Maybe even a bit anal!  ;-)

Jul 25 2013 3:26PM
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DrZoidberg
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We should just embed/link to that one thread in gear talk that's all about maintenance.
Jul 25 2013 10:02PM
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robotdna
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A ski maintenance thread, good idea. Mods could keep it locked and add relevant videos and posts.
Jul 26 2013 1:22PM
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robotdna
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Lol my bad hahaha




I forgot there already was one hahaha
Jul 26 2013 1:23PM
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snakerton
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so many tools required!
Jul 26 2013 8:35PM
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DominatorJacques
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I guess you can pay for a machine tune.  True there is money to be spent.  I never put crappy tires on my sports car.  One also don't usually run a Lambo through an automatic car wash!

If you really want to ski a lot for years, it's a good investment.

Then again so many bases are extruded these days like Dynastar and Rossi just to name a few.  Who cares about extruded bases. 

Then again if one has a sintered base, it's good to know how to do this.  Can end up better than a grind many times over.

Jul 26 2013 10:07PM
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Mag
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Jacques could you post all your ski tuning vids? You have ~400 YouTube uploads and it'd take ages to find them all without knowing
Jul 26 2013 10:17PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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i wish i had sintered bases. will watch anyway though.
Jul 26 2013 11:03PM
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DominatorJacques
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Most of them are on a playlist so they should be easy to find.  Let me see....I can post just some links here.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1479FD12BBD494E2

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCE6EC3798FC72CF1

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLADABC267A2F54961

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7726E76AA2EDD1AD

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0CC7E0534EE70ADB

Okay, I think that covers all I have now.  It's gonna' take a long time to see them all!

Jul 27 2013 10:40AM
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DominatorJacques
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Although one can't make an extruded base take up wax, it is a good way to remove the high spots around any deeper scratches.  Brushing or sanding in some structure is still the same.  So this method can help an extruded base too.  When you get some skis with a quality sintered base, be sure to keep them well waxed.  With sintered it is the wax IN the ski that makes it go good, not wax ON the ski.  Be sure after waxing to scrape and brush off all surface wax.
Jul 27 2013 10:50AM
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