Tell me if this is crazy I don’t mind ! Most of us have been in the same position when fixing dings - how do i get a good colour match or how can I color the repair to blend it with the surrounding discolored foam. Sometimes I get lucky but most of the time I get close - sometimes I don’t get anywhere near it.
I had this mad idea when using my Photoshop software cloning facility. Why not use the same principle ! If you take a digital pic of the surrounding area you want the ding to match this could be printed onto decal tissue and glassed over the ding masking it .
Has anyone tried this or is it in the archives but I have missed it ?
filtered by the resin glass and pigment reflects back->
digital cameras ccd →
your computer monitor →
your printer →
your paper →
the light (filtered by) going through the glass and resin →
the light filtered by the inks on the paper →
being filtered by the glass and resin going back out →
your rods and cones →
your brains ‘color software’ →
your evaluation of the accuracy of the color match.
This is an inexact science which many highly paid people struggle with day in and day out, attempting to achieve and maintain some level of color accuracy and stability through a much less complicated chain.
I hope I am not bumming your trip, I just don’t want you to waste your time with something that is unlikely to produce the desired results.
Howzit Stevo, I tried it with a wooden surftec one of my friends had that got a ding in the rail. We took a picture of a section of the rail and then printed it on rice paper. It just didn't come out right when it was lammed so before it kicked I took it off and cleaned the area and ended up painting the area with a wood pattern and it came out much better. Aloha,Kokua
it is also fun to print funny photos or stupid sayings and lam then under your buddies ding repairs… it is usually best not to tell them before hand and is most efective on friends who think surfboards are real important…
i couldn’t agree with you more, lee. i’ll ride a board to death before it ever becomes wall art or furniture. surfboards are made to be ridden just as cars are made to be driven…i didn’t buy my car for the cupholders.
Thanks for the feedback - my own quiver is pretty wrecked but occasionally I get to work on some real beauties that require a bit of extra loving care so I am always looking for new ways - check out www.thesurfingmuseum.co.uk - we still ride these puppies !
i dont mean to bum yer idea - if its some kind of ‘restoration’ especially if theres a pattern involved the technique may indeed work…
heres the basic ‘secret’ of the trade.
TEST.
thats all we do in commercial art, proofing on paper and screening on monitors and silver screens.
over and over, making little changes each time til it looks right.
The technique you suggest could be used for all sorts of restoration/fakery/decoration etc etc.
heres the deal - you’ve gotta have another board, hit it with a hammer (or whatever) and then you’ve got a ding to glass yer first test into. repeat until the test looks right then duplicate the proceedure on the real thing.
you will need to learn to do basic color correction (you may become advanced without trying - it can take a while to get it right) to compensate for the filtering effect of the glass and resin.
you will also have to deal with scale issues: what is “1:1” when you are pointing an arbitrary focal lenth lens at an object an arbitrary distance away etc etc…
you get the picture - oh sorry that pun was unintentional
it is also fun to print funny photos or stupid sayings and lam then under your buddies ding repairs… it is usually best not to tell them before hand and is most efective on friends who think surfboards are real important…
classic mate !
…you could pick the most prolific graffiti tags around town , cover his board with them , leave town , call the cops , and be unemployable in america. No worries. Move to OZ, marry a gnarly ozzie wench , join up for LJH’s surf team , give the wench the flick when she hassles you [“the board goes or I go” type stuff,] andlive happily ever after like homer.
Since the 60’s, I’ve thought that surfboards are one of the most beautiful things anyone can make. Pure form: nothing in the shape that’s extra or not supposed to be there.
My next two boards are going to be wall hangers, because someone out there loves to look at the beauty of a surfboard without surfing it. Sort of like listening to jazz: music for the sake of music.
Then there are the boards we love to surf. Some are pristine and some are ugly but functional. What the hey, surfboards are just cool.
By the way, I really like your fish table. I’ll be doing something similar in the near future for my grandsons in there “beach room”. How did you attach the legs?