Hey guys I bought this awesome little single fin shortboard thing from a garage sale in Dover Shores, NB many years ago. I rode it a bunch and it works in-sane. It de-lamenated really bad right on the deck where the balls of my feet press down on turns. So I finally got around to trying to fix it for the summer. I cut back a lot of glass a solid 1’x 5" peice and exposed it back to foam.
I got this product called micro ballons from my buddy, and mixed this with sanding resin to form a paste to fill the area. It stays clear when mixed with resin unlike cavocil which turns white. So I smeared this in the low area using my body work techniques. It was like vasoline when I smeared it. Oh yeah I catolized after mixing resin and balloons. Now I think it may have been a product more for boats. Anyway it hardened and I sanded it flat with the board and then laid down a laminating coat with fiberglass. I let that harden overnight and went for a surf today. I skipped the hot coat but dont know if that would have done much to save the ding. So as soon as I started surfing the board I noticed the reapair cracking all over. You can see long cracks in the fill and glass. When I got the board home it was leaking some water from the new cracks.
Well guys Im bummed I spent a ton of time fixing this board only to have to do it all again. The board is insane and I have to resurect it! Ive grown up on shortboards and longboards and this board is the best of both worlds.
Does anyone know who shaped this board? I cant find a signature or any marking on it what so ever. Either way its a ton of fun.
See my pictures below guys to get an idea of what the cracking looks like. I need advice on how to save this board and properly fix so I can surf it till I fall over. I need to fix it myself so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading…
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