 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm inspecting my skis and I noticed two damages near the edge. A few questions:
1 Is this serious? I would normally not be too concerned but then you can sort of see the white stuff underneath? Is the white stuff the core? Is this what people call a core shot?
2 Is it fixable by ptex being so close to the edge? Or do I need to take it to a shop?
(Looks like my edge will need some touch up too but that's a different topic!)
Thanks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Doesn't look too bad. Clean off the damaged base material with a chisel or stanley blade and try ptex. If it holds great, if not you may need to patch (ski shop).
Kind of a "core shot" but not a very impressive one 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I have a few feet of Metal Grip which I've used, and take to the ski shop if they don't have it. Has worked fine.
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Looks like the angle of attack may have pulled some stray scenery into the gap, are you sure that can't just be picked out ? To the OP.
It may just be holding the two component apart as it doesn't look significantly damaged to me.
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@ski3, Thanks I tried pulling the dirt out but it just wouldn't come out
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@euanovsky, it looks like you have some grit in between the base and the edge, you would be seeing metal if it had gone through to the core, it's easy repairable, probably just some ptex, unless you have exposed metal then you would need a bit of metal grip and then put the ptex over it, you can buy tex candles and metal grip from the Piste Office.
use something thin to get the grit out, if you are in london check my signature 
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Scrape out the crap, use edge grip not ptex and you'll be fine.
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Thanks for all your advice. I cleaned it as best as I could and ptex-ed over it. Here's the result:
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Good work. Should be more than enough.
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