Fleaman Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I know you can buy a 200 dollar unit from reliable racing that will heat up and inject p-tex into the base but I have a line on a handheld plastic welder for free. I was wondering if anyone has used this to repair their bases. A friend of mine also suggested black bumper repair epoxy also. Anyone with experience with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrobb Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 tognar has them for 129 trigger feed or a melting tip (like soldering iron) for 35. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abakker Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 i literally just bought the gun from tognar. it will arrive tomorrow and i'll let you know how it does. the advantage to a gun is that you are injecting ptex instead of ptex/paraffin like the candles. don't use black epoxy on your base unless you are using it to fill a core shot and covering it with ptex (just epoxy a little bit over the core then the rest is ptex) black epoxy is for bonding to metal, but wont hold wax and will be impossible to scrape. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 never heard that about black ptex. always worked fine for me. I think you are mistaken. Base weld and ptex are two different compounds anyway...I second, or third, the "right tool for the job" and the gun available through tognar works great. MikeT let me borrow his once and I was STOKED. used way more than I needed and ended up with huge scrape jobs. Takes a bit to get the touch right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleaman Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Is there a tutorial on how to use the gun on the web? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 never heard that about black ptex. always worked fine for me. I think you are mistaken. Base weld and ptex are two different compoundsanyway...I second, or third, the "right tool for the job" and the gun available through tognar works great. MikeT let me borrow his once and I was STOKED. used way more than I needed and ended up with huge scrape jobs. Takes a bit to get the touch right... Yep, it definitely takes some practice. However the repairs seem to hold a LOT longer than those done with a candle. The gun heats the ptex to a lower temp, mey gun has 3 temp settings and I use the lowest one for most applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCrobar Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Hey Fleaman I've had good luck with Kuu Sports . com, it is located in Eastern Canada. Check out the snowboard products>base repair menu. I bought the K106C Base Repair Kit for $39.50, seems to be prefect for the home repair guy or a budget. There is also a lot of how to information. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I've always just used a broad-tipped plumber's soldering iron and the flat ptex sticks. It's a good cheap solution that works way better than the candles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrobb Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I'm thinking of moving to the p-tex iron method myself. I've been driping candles here and there for a few weeks (damn Tahoe and no snow) and the repairs seem to last an outing and a half. Takes about three attempts to "fix" it for good. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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