P-Tex

P-Tex is a great way to fix up the bottom of your board/ skis. They come in about 8" candle-like sticks of varying widths, from a 1/4" to 3/4" and I'm sure other sizes as well. It is a great DIY project if you don't feel like paying a guy $30 to do it for you and it's not very difficult. All you need is a p-tex stick, a few matches, a  razor blade, some acetone, and something that is fire retardant that you don't need (scrap metal, etc.), most of this stuff can be found on Amazon to the left.--->

1.) Clean out the gashes with acetone, then let it air-dry.

2.) With the razor-blade, VERY CAREFULLY remove any excess snowboard material that is in or around the gash so the gash becomes a nice clean cut with no rough edges.

3.) Light the p-tex stick and hold it like a pencil.

4.) This is where it gets a little bit tricky, you will notice that the end of the p-tex is melting, but also charring at the same time, this is what i call "carbonization."  What you want to do, is carefully rotate the p-tex so that all of the carbon (black stuff) drips off onto the piece of scrap metal (do not use cloth, it will* catch on fire).

5.) Once all of the carbon has dripped off carefully let the p-tex drip slightly to the side of the gash. You want to go next to the gash and not directly into the gash so that the p-tex runs into the gash and doesn't leave air pockets. Also note that you want to hold the p-tex stick about an inch and a half away from the board so that the p-tex runs in a steady stream, vs. dripping like a leaky faucet.

6.) Let the p-tex cool for an hour then get the razor blade ready. You are now going to scrape the p-tex off going from tip to tail. Remember that you are only trying to scrape the p-tex off and make it smooth, not the original base. You are probably going to want to take your time on this step going slowly and lightly so that you don't screw up the base and have to do this all over again.

7.) Once the base is smooth, your job is done!!

I will try to post a video, if you have any questions just comment!!