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What Glue for Mounting Bindings

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Skrier
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It seems no one can agree on what is the correct glue to use. It is either waterproof wood glue or epoxy. Anyone have any comments/recommendations?
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Ghost_BLandzV2
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I always had trouble with bindings ripping out so this past season I decided to mount them myself and I used 48 hour epoxy and let me tell ya man you can just tell those fuckers are not coming out ever. If I wanna reuse those bindings on another pair of skis im gonna need new screws lol
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weastcoat
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Epoxy works way better
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No.Quarter
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Epoxy is overkill. If you ever want to get your bindings off without damaging the holes or even the bindings, don’t use expoxy. When a mount fails it is usually due to the construction of the ski or not sealing the threads properly causing water ingress, not due to the strength of the adhesive. Wood glue is perfectly adequate as long as it seals the hole well. I have telemark bindings which put more force on the ski in holes that have been re-used 3 times with wood glue
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backyardcracker
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if you plan on remounting at ANY point, wood glue. if you know that your bindings are staying on those skis in the same exact place forever, epoxy. both work just fine, but epoxy is stronger and could wreck your screws.
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JAlps
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Every shop I've ever worked at has used wood glue, and absolutely hates it when someone walks through the door asking for a remount on bindings that were mounted with epoxy.
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Poikenz
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If you use wood glue it needs to be waterproof or it will dissolve, something like titebond III. If you go for epoxy most 24h brands will be fine, I've used some expensive shit and non-expensive stuff without issues. People here are complaining about epoxy ruining holes but I have never had an issue. When you take your binding off the epoxy stays with the ski and less so with the screw, any that comes off with the screw can be removed with a knife or wire brush. Screws come coated so epoxy doesn't bond well to the screw. Like others have said it's mostly to keep water out to prevent rot and doesn't add much to screw retention, four 9mm screws can only do so much.
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TRVP_ANGEL
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BLandzI always had trouble with bindings ripping out so this past season I decided to mount them myself and I used 48 hour epoxy and let me tell ya man you can just tell those fuckers are not coming out ever. If I wanna reuse those bindings on another pair of skis im gonna need new screws lol


yeah well i rebinded my entire skis with 72 hours epoxy and theyve never delamonated ever again after 15 seasons on them
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Ghost_BLandzV2
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Dogfartyeah well i rebinded my entire skis with 72 hours epoxy and theyve never delamonated ever again after 15 seasons on them


Oh ya well I just took 5000 sheets of paper, cut them into the shape of a ski and used 120 hour epoxy and I bet you one million trillion dollars my skis are better.
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Skrier
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Okay, thanks. I’m gonna go with waterproof wood glue. What about mounting bindings back into the same holes they were already in?
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steezbox
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Two week epoxy at a minimum. Anything else and you're risking skis delaming.
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shin-bang
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Tite bond III, the green bottle, is what most people recommend. I used that most recently but only time will tell if its good.
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Poikenz
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SkrierOkay, thanks. I’m gonna go with waterproof wood glue. What about mounting bindings back into the same holes they were already in?


If the hole isn't wrecked it's fine to mount a second time. If the hole is wrecked you could helicoil/ used threaded inserts. I'd recommend epoxy on the second mount as the core will already be saturated with wood glue so more wood glue wouldn't hold as well.
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dwt802
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One of my My heal pieces is ripping out of my ski and I was going to try to remount it in the same holes. I know it might not hold great but I’d rather try before remounting the bindings in a new spot. My question is would marine epoxy be good and super strong to hold the binding in place again? Will not be remounting the skis again if the heal piece stays in.
3 years ago
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cyphers
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marine epoxy if you're 10000% sure you're not remounting or selling. any other situation use wood glue
3 years ago
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corona
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I was hoping OP played it safe and went with 2 year epoxy and is now reporting back.
3 years ago
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Skrier
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Nah I went with wood glue. But volcanoed the holes and my binding ripped out earlier this season. Never mounting my own skis again. Well worth $50 haha
coronaI was hoping OP played it safe and went with 2 year epoxy and is now reporting back.
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