Covering board in spackle? Spakfilla?

Hi guys,

Well the story goes as I recently stripped an old board down, rather hastily, doing some damage to some of the old foam. The blank now has some scars and valleys etc.

What i’m wondering is how to fix up this damage, to get a nice smooth surface again to perhaps glass the board again? I don’t really want to shave any more foam off so sanding / planing the whole thing down a cm or two is out, but maybe spackle? Or i think its called spak filla in aus.

What type of spackle / spak filla do i need, and is there any special way to apply it ? Does it make a bond with the foam good enough to glass over afterwards?

Any help is much appreciated.

I have attached some photos of the blank as well…

Cheers

~Ant

Hey Lavz,

The blank looks pretty crusty to me…seems as if you would need to take it down a bit. Spackle is just a light weight filler…I use it to seal eps so it does not soak up resin too fast as you laminate. It also gives the board a more even cosmetic finish. No real structural bonding going on…pretty wimpy stuff…I would go with a cabosil mix if ya wanted the bond to be stronger. It will bond to the foam better and provide a better grip for the resin/glass. That said I would think the brown/gold crust has to go for the blank to be used. Have fun…

Cheers for the reply Oceans,

Yeah i think your right, if i can somehow shave a bit of the crust off it would be a good idea.

Thanks again

~A

I’ve used cabosil and glass beads… I think that the glass beads are lighter and easier to sand.

Also… you might try some of that spray foam insulation from HD or any hardware store. Spray a little on and then cover it with syran wrap and put a piece of plywood over whit a brick on top. That should compress the foam and keep it contained in the area you want to fill. Check first to see that the spray foam will work with which ever resin you’ll be using. Good luck!

Les

Hey les,

I guess i could try something with q-cell i have no carbosil so…

That spray foam insulation stuff, is that the foam that expands like crazy once out of the can? Is it sandable?

Whats the syran wrap you talk about as well?

This is a picture of the full board, I’m thinking of either making a fish (white paint skills) or scrap the rest to a skimboard? (green paint skills)

Are skimboards hard to make?

The board is about 5’10" now i think, so its bordering on the small side, i could give it to a nephew maybe. Any other ideas for shape?

Thanks for the replies,

Anthony

Hey Lavz

Have a look at what I did with my rebuild under 3’ 11" of pure fun, very similar to what you are trying to do. I agree, you have to get that brown crust off before you anything else. You might be surprised by what you find under all that.

How’d your exams go…

Hey hix.

Yeah i’ll see what i can do about shaving it off… there is some good foam underneath, and also some of the top foam is wierdly soft mushy but still dry…

Gives me something to mess around with anyways.

Exams so far have been like getting kicked in the nuts by a donkey. Probably have to repeat some units but its not the end of the world…hopefully.

I have my last one this friday YEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWww

its going to be even worse though, its the worst unit.

Catchya later

~Ant

If you use spackle, use DAP brand. Also, be careful with yellowing. The spackle will not yellow and the urethane foam will over time so you will end up with white patches showing through, depending on how you glass.

Yeah thats a good point Greg,

If i did spacklie it up, to hide everything, do you think a resin tint in the glass would be appropriate? Or just paint over the blank then glass.

Cheers

~Ant

p.s- Is DAP international brand? Could i get it here in Perth?

Hey Ant

You could spray the board white after you’ve flattened it out with the planer.

Spray foam… ya, it’s the stuff that expands that’s why I say cover it with syran wrap, ply then a weight. It’s that clear thin film that you wrap up your leftover food with. I’ve also seen it used in shipping to wrap a bunch of boxes with so they don’t move around in shipping. The resin doesn’t stick to it and it gives a nice smooth finish. I use it on top of a ding patch so I don’t have much after work to do. Yes, the foam is sandable.

Les