remounting jong

[The Jackamo]

so i unmounted a pair of skis, but i have no idea what to fill the holes with. just fill with ptex or is it something different?

[The Jackamo]

oh and while i'm in complete jong-mode...

i got a new pair of skis today, but the bases have some funky metallic stuff on them, and there's some crusty stuff on the edges which i suspect is wax from the factory, but these skis have been sitting in a warehouse for a little over a full calender year, so it's hardened.

should i get these things base ground before i wax them, etc.?

[PNWbrit]

Use plastic golf tees to plug holes - hammer them in then use chisel or knife to cut flush with top sheet

[The Jackamo]

^somehow that sounds wholly unconvincing...

[PNWbrit]

Or you could buy the small plastic plugs that look just like end of golf tees but are made for this exact purpose - http://www.tognar.com/bind.html#TOG-WHP

Sorry you don't like the advice.

[The Jackamo]

oh, i thought you were poking fun at my jongness. i'll try it out. but i think the only non-wood golf tees i have are bio-degradable.

edit: nuts, they are bio-degradable (made from starch, so they break down when the course gets watered later on in the day). i don't really want to, but can i use ptex?

[InspectorGadget]

Originally posted by The Jackamo
i don't really want to, but can i use ptex?

Yes, you can use p-tex, but don't. Go to your local shop, hand them a quarter and walk out with the little plastic plugs intended for this very purpose. They even come in different colors so your skis remain fashionably correct.

First, pound them in with your Toys-R-Us hammer. Then ask someone if you can use something sharper than your safety scissors - like a razor knife or something similarly sharp - to cut them so they're flush with the top-sheet.

Voilà, you're finished. And the job is done correctly.


Aren't you happy you asked.

[The Jackamo]

^that post was perfect except for one missing element. i will let you find it out.

but serious, thanks for the advise. i'll just let them be until i get them mounted.

[FNG]

get the little plastic plugs, get some wood glue and a hammer, then shoot the hostage.

[Below Zero]

Originally posted by The Jackamo
should i get these things base ground before i wax them, etc.?

No

1. Use some wax remover and remove the old wax. May require you to use the plastic scraper if the wax in thick.

2. Get out your true bar and check to make sure your bases are flat.

3. The bases should be flat when you buy them, and if they are not take them back to the shop and they should grind them for free - (Never had to do that, but that's what I've heard)

[PNWbrit]

Originally posted by The Jackamo
^that post was perfect except for one missing element. i will let you find it out.

but serious, thanks for the advise. i'll just let them be until i get them mounted.

If you're taking them to a shop to get mounted don't even bother, they'll take care of it for you.

Bio-degadable golf tees? Fancy!

[The Jackamo]

Originally posted by Below Zero
No

1. Use some wax remover and remove the old wax. May require you to use the plastic scraper if the wax in thick.

2. Get out your true bar and check to make sure your bases are flat.

3. The bases should be flat when you buy them, and if they are not take them back to the shop and they should grind them for free - (Never had to do that, but that's what I've heard)

i ran out of wax remover a while back and none of the local places have any (it's southern california...). is there something else that i could use?

[PNWbrit]

Originally posted by The Jackamo
i ran out of wax remover a while back and none of the local places have any (it's southern california...). is there something else that i could use?

plastic scraper and an iron