What is a base weld?

Best I can gather from talking to shops and some online research is
that you need a "weld" repair when you have a core shot (you can see
wood!) A weld was described to me as epoxy.

So, if I have a small repair and want to do a weld, do I just take
standard clear epoxy and fill the base of the ding? Once dry, I would
then roughen up the epoxy and p-tex on top of this. ?

I'm just curious if I'm on the right track or do I need special glue.
I know that whatever I do the area has to be clean, warm and dry.

This is for a relatively small repair that isn't against the metal
edge.

Thanks!

Best I can gather from talking to shops and some online research is
that you need a "weld" repair when you have a core shot (you can see
wood!) A weld was described to me as epoxy.

I've only had the misfortune of needing a base weld once, but it was
actually a metal weld. Mine was near the edge though. The technician
explained that the metal weld asheres to the wood core and seals it and then
hot ptex won't burn it.

This is for a relatively small repair that isn't against the metal
edge.

Is this a "good" board or a "rock" board that you are willing to take some
shortcuts and risk with?

You definitley do not want to do a normal ptex candle repair with it because
melted ptex will burn and warp the wood core. (I tried it on a board that
I was intending to make a bench out of just to see what would happen. All
it did was make the damage worse. And I never wound up making the bench
because I got lazy!)

I *have* repaired core shots on my rock board with a ptex gun, without a
weld or epoxy even though it is *not recommended* and it worked fine.
PTex guns, especially on the low setting, don't heat up the ptex anywhere
near as hot as lighting it and dripping does. Using the low setting, it
oozes but never melts, and it doesn't seem to damage the core. I've done
three or four repairs like this and they;ve actually held better than many
of the shallow repairs I have done. But I digress.

Mike T

So, would the epoxy shield the wood from burning/warping? this is
pretty small...the wood I can see is twice the size of the head of a
pin. However, it is my good board, not my rock board. (whatever I
decide to do, though, i'll practice first on the rock board!)

I'd love to just get a p-tex gun. It sounds much easier. Saw the
prices online, though, and those babies are expensive!

I'd love to just get a p-tex gun. It sounds much easier. Saw the
prices online, though, and those babies are expensive!

Yep - they are expensive. IMHO they only pay off for people like me who
knowingly ride where there is a risk of base damage and who are married to
someone who does the same

Mike T