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 #1 Advice with a damaged board please.... Posted 22/08/2010 @ 17:28 |
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I bought a lib tec board a few years ago and went to do a season in Austria but had a bit of a bad stack about 3 weeks in, damaging the board and breaking my leg in the process.
The leg has since healed, the board hasn't!
Basically the edge had bent inwards after i hit a snow covered tree stump off piste, creating a sort of bubble out of the wax on the bottom of the board, between me and the shop in resort we managed to bend the edge back into place, cut out the damaged piece of wax and replace it with some filler stuff used to fix bad scratches etc.
The filler has fallen out over the last few years, so i am guessing i need the whole base re-doing (meaning i shall lose the nice lib-tec logo but never mind).
Any ideas? I live in the North West...
Thanks
Stu |
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| #2 Re: Advice with a damaged board please.... Posted 22/08/2010 @ 18:11 |
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You need to cut a geometric shape out of the Ptex and replace it with a p-tex patch. In fact, I'd guess more like that that's what you need to get a shop to do for you. DIY repairs like this often go tits-up. Perhaps someone can recommend a good skiman near where you live. Otherwise just wait til you get out to the Alps and book it in somewhere good for a service. |
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| #3 Re: Advice with a damaged board please.... Posted 22/08/2010 @ 18:59 |
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Thanks mate
I am not planning on doing this myself, but just out of interest, do they cut the p-tex down to the core? I assume it is just one layer?
Oh and does anyone know of anywhere near manchester that can do this? If not i can easily try Snow and Rock or the Chill Factore but don't want to get ripped off. |
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| #4 Re: Advice with a damaged board please.... Posted 22/08/2010 @ 22:09 |
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depends really. what's happened is that the metal 'teeth' of the edge have been pushed into the ptex, which have pushed the ptex up into the bubble you can see.
The issue is bending back the caved-in edge so it's flush with the undamaged edge. This is a pain since the steel will have stretched when it was impacted, so it may have to have a bit removed before it's reset.
Of course if the impact is small then you can just bend it back and the rider won't be able to feel it. |
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