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Does anyone sell COLORed p-tex?
I've looked around the web quite a bit and can only find p-tex in
clear, black, and one place that had it in red. Does anyone sell p-tex in more colors? I realize this is one of those function vs. color things, but, I get my fair share of dings and would like to match the manufacturer's base color as best I can. Right now I need a royal blue color. If I can't find it, yes, I'll use clear. Just figured I'd ask before I start up the patchwork on a new board. For the record, I found what seem like good instructions for at-home p-tex repairs; http://www.offpistemag.com/themag/ge...aserepair.html Thanks, -todd |
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todd wrote:
For the record, I found what seem like good instructions for at-home p-tex repairs; http://www.offpistemag.com/themag/ge...aserepair.html Snowboard has a good article this month....it could have been last, but if I recall it was the latest one I got. at any rate, they have a good explanation and diagrams. bri -- * enjoying the karma * remove LKJSDFJSD from address to email |
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There was a similar thread at DC Ski a montha a half ago.
http://www.dcski.com/ubbthreads22/sh...true#Post11281 or http://tinyurl.com/5lrdb Twin58 said (and I'm editing some): AFAIK, downhill skis, cross-country skis and snowboards all have polyethylene bases. In addition to using the official P-tex sticks, you can cut up cole slaw or potato salad containers, motor oil bottles, or half-gallon or one gallon milk jugs for polyethylene stock. Check the bottom for the recycling symbol. If it's a 2 surrounded by the three arrows with the letters HDPE nearby, that's high-density polyethylene. You can melt it down to repair gouges in the bases of your favorite snow sliding devices. Been there; done that. HDPE from motor oil bottles, being various colors, would give your bases an exciting, Martha Stewart effect. You have a choice of Exxon red, Chevron blue, Texaco black, Quaker State green, and a whole rainbow of other colors.So far, I've stuck with basic white. http://www.designinsite.dk/htmsider/m0002.htm |
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I realize this is one of those function vs. color things, but, I get my
fair share of dings and would like to match the manufacturer's base color as best I can. Right now I need a royal blue color. If I can't find it, yes, I'll use clear. Just figured I'd ask before I start up the patchwork on a new board. I've used clear ptex on many different bases and the *only* ones where the repair is visually obvious after finishing are on black bases. Red, blue, yellow, brown, tan - looked fine. |
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That's GREAT info. Thanks. Didn't realize that most plastic contains
would work fine. Good to know. I think Mobil Oil containers are just the ticket (if I don't go with clear). |
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Fashion hint: if you want orange HDPE, try Liquid Tide containers.
Imagine a base with rainbow stripes. It's a good thing. |
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Okay, I took the suggestions and went out and tried melting the clear
p-tex stick with a Propane blowtorch (blue tank) instead of lighting the stick. While it was better than lighting it and I didn't get any black carbon, I did still get some brown in most of the drips. Any other tips on keeping the clear p-tex "clear"? It wasn't enough contaminent that you would have seen it with black p-tex, obviously, but on one of my repairs the brown is visible. I did two base repairs. One was a 3/4 inch scratch that filled nicely. The other was small but deep. When I would drip p-tex in that hole (only 1 or 2 drips) the p-tex surface would crack when it dried. Even with only 1 drip this still happaned. Any tips? Regarding the suggestion to use colored plastic containers (with HDPE, #2 symbol) I didn't have luck there. I actually found some blue containers and did some sample melts of this plastic. While it looked okay, the quality of the plastic was not the same as the p-tex sticks. After the plastic dried it was very brittle (chipped off easily) as opposed to the p-tex sticks that still let you easily scrape or shave off extra material. I'm glad I tested it first and would recommend anyone else do the same. I could see this working, perhaps, if you had a large area to patch and you put clear p-tex on top of the color. Either way I still had some brown residue in the colored drips. Thanks, -todd |
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Oh, well. Sorry about that. There must be some plasticizers in the
p-tex sticks that were not present in the empty Mobil or whatever containers. To keep the p-tex clean, you could try melting scraps of it in an eentsy-beentsy saucepan over a flame, rather than applying the flame directly to the p-tex. |
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