Advice needed with unique core shot

[Mountain Junkie]

I'm trying to determine the least painful way to repair a core shot in my skis. The damage is about the length of a the long side of a credit card, and about as wide as a credit card is thick. So, image tipping a credit card on its side-it would fit perfectly in the core shot. I've come up with 3 options:

1) Repair like a normal gouge, hoping that the very narrow nature of the core shot will hold the p-tex in.

2) Repair like a normal base weld using tweezers and a magnifying glass to somehow lay down a base of expoxy. However in all likelyhood I'll probably end up gluing a finger to the base.

3) Destroy even more of my base and create a wider, more mangeable core shot and base weld.

So any shop gurus have advice/experience they wish to dish out?
Thanks

[Vinman]

If it is not on or near any edge material I would prolly go with the base weld/hot p-tex gun repair.

[PNWbrit]

someone posted recently about cutting the damaged area into a dovetail slot like this / \ to help hold the repair in - sounded like good advice.

[robokill1981]

Destroy a bit more of your base material. It'll be easier and it'll hold.

[char]

If this were me I would try them in the order you listed. A progression from least amount of base disruption to most....

[PrankMonkey]

concur w/ char, if it falls out then start cuttin.

[Plakespear]

Just plug it up with an old credit card

[mntlion]

If this were me I would try them in the order you listed. A progression from least amount of base disruption to most....

I'm with you. if the ptex peals out then try other things

[ulty_guy]

"Advice needed with unique core shot"

i was hoping that it was in the shape of the virgin mary and that you were asking us how much you thought you could get on ebay for it

[FNG]

"Advice needed with unique core shot"

i was hoping that it was in the shape of the virgin mary and that you were asking us how much you thought you could get on ebay for it

...and now the coffee is all over the screen. Thanks a lot.

[72Twenty]

JB Weld. Fix it and forget it.

[powder11]

I repaired a big core shot last week by filling the original hole (no cutting) with 5 min epoxy. after a couple mins of letting the epoxy set up, I dripped P-tex directly over the epoxy. I let it sit overnight and applied another P-tex layer. scraped it down and waxed over it. its held for 5 days (anti-jinx) no problem.

[splat]

Even if it went through the glass and to the wood, I'd just go powder 11's route.
Seal it, patch it, ski.