Yesterday I routed a future box in the wrong place (1/4 off) I think the jig slipped or maybe I marked it wrong. Measure twice cut once. Rerouted the hole & set it in the right place. I filled the hole with a foam plug and moved on. I glassed the board today & it’s hardly noticeable but it’s driving me nuts. I almost wanna throw the board out and make another. Any creative ideas on how to hide my mess up?
Finish board.
Tape off both boxes same length.
White s[ray paint.
Let dry’
Lightly sand edges.
Surf it.
Your recovery looks pretty good!
- on Berry’s advice…
The white solution is not a solution after few Summer weeks. Also, there s no any paint that can hold there without any sealing; if you have a sanded sealing coat, like a gloss coat, will be even more difficult to obtain a satisfactory finish without looking like a repair.
It looks pretty good right now. I actually like the look of a good repair.
The other path is to use colored resin, making a design element around each box, under the gloss. Lots of possibilities. Spears, flames, etc.
Be creative. I would mix some black tint in some resin and take a brush and make a brush stroke of black over each box enough to hide the damage. Make it look like you ment to do it. Move on.
Just leave it. Once a fin is put in there it and it’ll help disguise it. Ride the board awhile - repair new damage, get some wax/schmeg on the board, maybe a brown spot here or there, and you won’t care as much about that one glaring fix that is so noticeable (to you) when the board is new.
I was gonna have my girlfriend draw a jellyfish or some design on it. I was also thinking of spray painting a tail dip look. With the sanded finish & the fins installed its even less noticeable. I’m just gonna leave it. Sure was a bummer when I noticed the quad rears looking off. I marked um out after surfing all morning & shaping all afternoon. I must have been tired. I’ll never make that mistake again.
I’d just put a pencil line on the other box so they matched in appearance. If the boxes looked symmetrical it would look good to me.
