I won a free 10' blank for free at last years Thrailkill event. It has been sitting up in the rafters for a while, and I finally took it down to shape it last weekend. It is the best blank ever -- since the price was $0. If I had paid money for it, then I would be cursing its existance. After skinning it I discovered quite a few big bubbles ranging in sizes from large marbles to golf balls. All of the bubbles are on the deck, so they will be hidden by the wax. It is a PU blank, and I was wondering how I should go about filling these holes. Should I use some light spackle, or would it be better to just wedge another chunck of foam in there?
leave it. resn tints will show discoloration from spackle, and so will leaving it(ie dark spots). I had an unusual amount in a blank one time so I asked a local board builder and he said to just leave it so i did. If you look at some in shops, you will see the same thing on really pricey boards too! i guess its just a part of the deal.
You mentioned it was after skinning. are you done shaping and finishing? If you've just skinned it, then shaping more will most likely remove those craters, but you'll probably run into new ones later.
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leave it. resn tints will show discoloration from spackle, and so will leaving it(ie dark spots). I had an unusual amount in a blank one time so I asked a local board builder and he said to just leave it so i did. If you look at some in shops, you will see the same thing on really pricey boards too! i guess its just a part of the deal.
You mentioned it was after skinning. are you done shaping and finishing? If you've just skinned it, then shaping more will most likely remove those craters, but you'll probably run into new ones later.
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Yes. I have finished shaping it. I don't understand how I can just leave the holes and glass over them. They are pretty big. Won't the resin drip into the holes, and leave a dry spot on the lam? I figured that the color difference would leave dark spots. Would it look ok if I just taped off the stringer, and applied some white acrylic paint to the blank? It is pretty ugly right now. Anything would be an improvement.
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I won a free 10' blank for free at last...
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Geez.... I sure wish I could edit my first post.
Take a lesson from Kapuna Ambrose !! Cut out some little shapes like dove tails or stars or free form shapes, maybe some rounds with a hole saw. Glue in some different colord foam maybe enshrine some shells. Be creative call it art !!! Any way you cant make it any worse than free !!!! Could take it to your dentist and have him fill the cavities but that would be kinda expensive !!!
you could try sugar and resin mix just before glassing
decore it as ogre said
is this an ecotech blank?
I have a few of those,, if you take a little more off they may go away.
mostly in the tail area??
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hey wait a minute ,,,,,,,
does that meen you got your raffle tickets for free??????
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hey wait a minute ,,,,,,,
does that meen you got your raffle tickets for free??????
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Good point. I guess the blank cost me $10, since I got $10 worth of tickets. The seminar was $50, but that went to the Surfing Heritage Museum, so I don't count that as a cost.
The bubbles are in the tail section as you guessed. The guy that gave the blank away said that it would probably get yellow quickly, so it might be a good idea to paint it. That's why I was thinking about the light weight spackle, and the white acrylic paint.
I do like Wood Ogre's suggestion, though. I have a little bit of light blue XPS. It might be interesting looking to fill the holes with some shaped pieces of that stuff.
Howzit Swied, What would be wrong with just filing them with scrap foam from the blank? You must have some scrap “bones” from cutting the outline. Put a few “dutchman” patches in with white Elmer’s glue. Lke it was mentioned by Wood Ogre, cut some plugs with a hole saw and trim the holes with the same saw. Glue 'em up and flush sand.
was that blank from Mcding?
I got some of those,,,, no yellowing as of yet
10 and 11 ftrs
It's a 10ft blank right...so weight isn't a problem..right. So just fill em with whatever. Shove a rock in there and glass it over. Maybe a block of wood. Heck you could even make a resin swirl in a bottom of a dixie cup and shove that in there. Maybe just fill it with concrete?
10ft board won't know the difference if it's 15 lbs or 18 lbs.....or in this case 20lbs.
It depends how big they are. Can you give us the dimensions of the craters?
Also, what are you gonna do with it color wise, airbrush, resin tint,etc.?
Some color methods will show more than others. also, you will create more of a mess by fixing it if you're doing a tint, because if you get spackle around the crater, or if you getsugar resin around it, it will show even more of a blemish.
And to answer your question, there is a possibility of dry lam, but if you're using UV it won't be a problem, and you could always roll back the cloth, fill up the holes with resin, and then start lamming
Howzit swied, Fill he holes with whatever then put a lams over the places when you glass it. There are lots of ways to cover the filled holes.Aloha,Kokua
Hi Scott -
If the holes are bigger than a dime or so, I would try and plug the holes with foam scraps but make sure you don't leave any glue lines around the plugs. Use Fast and Final to spackle the entire blank. Mask off your stringer first. The plugs might take two coats of spackle. If the holes are smaller than a dime you might try just using spackle.
I've spackled entire EPS blanks. I would think that if you spackle the blank evenly, give it a light sanding and spray it white you can glass it clear, color, or whatever. The repairs will be invisible and the blank won't yellow.
When guys were using Walker blanks, some spackled those routinely anyway. It (spackling) works on polyurethane and EPS.
Throw it out, it was $10. Next thing you know it will melt in the sun.
Get a good blank, have a nice board. You can put all the extra work into trying to hide it, tons of glass so the golfball size holes of spackle don’t crush, but you need a good foundation to have a good board.