When bindings are remounted on a different hole pattern, the old screw holes are left open — and an open hole is a direct route for water into the ski's core.
That is the whole reason these matter. Water in a wood or foam core freezes, expands, and delaminates the ski from the inside. The damage is invisible until the ski starts to soften or separate, by which point it is finished. A few cents of plastic prevents it.
- Dense plastic binding hole plugs
- 100 per pack
- Fill unused screw holes left by a previous mount
How to use them: clean the hole, add a little waterproof glue or epoxy, tap the plug in flush, and trim level with the ski top. The plug does the sealing; the glue stops it working loose.
Do not skip this on a remount. It is the single most common shortcut in ski mounting, and the one that quietly ruins skis. Any shop remounting a binding should be filling the old holes as a matter of course.
A 100-pack is a lifetime supply for a home tuner and about a season for a shop.
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