Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge

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  Thread Started By:   cossie   On:   Monday 04/01/2010 @ 16:59 Show Newest First    
cossie
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West Midlands
  #1  Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 04/01/2010 @ 16:59
Does anyone know of anywhere in the Midlands area where I can get a decent repair for a nice big dent in one of my edges.

I may consider TSA but given the quality of their wax jobs in the past I'm a little worried that the repair will be a quality one.
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aubrisc
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Cheshire
  #2  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 05/01/2010 @ 00:01
In reply to post #1 ...
TSA did an excellent job of a couple of dents and scrawps in the second-hand board I bought last year. They gave it a stone grinding and wax (which seems good to me) for the sum of £35.

Check yell.com in your local area to see if there's anywhere else.
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cossie
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  #3  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 05/01/2010 @ 08:14
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It's going to need a new piece of edge putting in. I guess each TSA branch has their own good or just ok repairers. I dont mind paying a little extra for a quality repair.
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  #4  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 05/01/2010 @ 12:12
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Boardwise?
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cossie
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  #5  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 05/01/2010 @ 16:57
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Have you had any experience of using them for this kind of stuff Pete ?
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  #6  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 05/01/2010 @ 20:50
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Nope but I've heard many a good thing about them.......just don't come to me if it goes wrong!
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cossie
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  #7  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 06/01/2010 @ 08:30
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Isn't there a Ski/Board workshop somewhere in Nottingham that does repairs or runs maintenance techie courses ? I could have swear I read something on here in or in a Whitelines maggo about tthis but I cant find it now ?
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  #8  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 06/01/2010 @ 21:17
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Think Noahs Ark in Stroud used to do Cider, Sausages and waxing nights.
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cossie
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  #9  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 07/01/2010 @ 09:26
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Heh,heh,heh ! thanks for that Pete, I like the sound of the Cider and Sausages !

I think I may have found the place in Notts, its Jons Ski Tuning. It doesn't say on there website if they do repairs so I dropped them a mail. The reply says "gone skiing - back in after 10th Jan" - no suprise there then.

I'll keep looking but I might pay Boardwise Cannock a visit this weekend to see what they say.
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fatbob
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  #10  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 07/01/2010 @ 09:37
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QUOTE (cossie - 07/01/2010 @ 09:26)

I think I may have found the place in Notts, its Jons Ski Tuning. It doesn't say on there website if they do repairs so I dropped them a mail. The reply says "gone skiing - back in after 10th Jan" - no suprise there then.

Never heard of them. Where are they in Notts?
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cantridepete
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  #11  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 07/01/2010 @ 10:29
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QUOTE (fatbob - 06/01/2010 @ 21:17)

Think Noahs Ark in Stroud used to do Cider, Sausages and waxing nights.

haha yeah, i remember these. I wonder if they still do them!?
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cossie
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  #12  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 08/01/2010 @ 12:33
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Heres a link:-

http://www.jonsskituning.co.uk/content/view/12/28
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fatbob
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  #13  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 08/01/2010 @ 12:39
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They're in Lambley. Not far from where I grew up and where I used to go cycling a lot.
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cossie
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  #14  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 08/01/2010 @ 12:43
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Figured out where I saw the name, it was on - ahem !! SCUK ?? (spits out)

Someone wanted to go on one of their ski techie courses. Think I also saw something in the Whitelines gear guide too.
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cossie
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  #15  Re: Help ! Need a quality repair for a damaged edge  Posted 02/03/2010 @ 14:49
In reply to post #14 ...
Finally got my board repaired at Boardwise - Cannock.

They gauged out all of the old ptex and other base material, put some expoxy in the hole and then a layer of ptex over the top and then waxed the whole thing. ALL FOR JUST £10.00.

They did a cracking job on it and it looks almost as good as new. Big up to the guys down there.
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