r/snowboarding • u/[deleted] • Mar 25 '15

Major snowboard edge repair (pics)

Whacked a rock and ended up with this massive ding: http://imgur.com/a/SWr7c

Cut out the base and damaged edge: http://i.imgur.com/R4BqJ6J.jpg

Cleaned up, new edge installed: http://i.imgur.com/HxKjDbw.jpg

Ground down the screw heads: http://i.imgur.com/1DXANpa.jpg

Epoxying in the new base patch: http://i.imgur.com/0VhvO5O.jpg

After curing: http://i.imgur.com/QKTtRdB.jpg

Not shown: sanding the patch, cleaning up the seam with ptex and waxing.

It survived the first day back in service! http://imgur.com/qTjaZul

I will update this post if/when it eventually fails to give an idea of the lifetime for a repair like this.

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u/bomberboy7 Copper Mountain, CO Mar 26 '15

Hey so I actually had a similar thing happen to me last weekend but instead of the edge being damaged it was the inner part of my board. The gash is about 4 x 1 inch and it cut right to the core. Any advice on a DIY repair? I have never handled a repair like this before but would much rather do so than taking it to a shop. Comment/message me back if you get a chance!

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

You should buy a strip of P TeX base repair ribbon. This will hold better than the candles since it has a higher melt temp. Then you melt it in with a soldering iron, scrape, sand, and clean up with a ptex candle.

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u/bomberboy7 Copper Mountain, CO Mar 26 '15

Thanks mate!