Futures Fin Box Replacement

General Discussion
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Hi Swaylock's Community,

I was wondering if somebody out there could help me. I'm doing some ding repair on some friends boards. on each board the fin box needs to be replaced. They are entirely ripped out so I dremmeled out the break and made a new slot filled it with resin/q-cell/crushed fibers and sunk in new futures boxes (read this is the way to repair this issue on swaylock's). I didn't know how much to fill the slot with the resin but my issue is that the boxes are not flush and they stick up slightly over the original glass. This will be my first time glassing in futures and first time fixing a diing of this complexity so I'm in the wilderness here and could value some guidance.

thank you very much.

CB

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part of the box is supposed to be above the original glass, its the area where the fin is inserted, if the flange or sides of the box is sticking above the original glass then you will need to route out the box and try again

it always a good idea to test fit the boxes before you install them so that way you know they are going to fit nice and snug

so good luck and some pics always help too

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thanks again sdrepairman,

 

I don’t have expanding pour foam. could i just fill in the area with qcell and resin and bring the holes back to level and then route new futures fin slots? if that is a solution, should I also cut away the glass in the surrounding area to open up the area to work in?

thanks,

 

CB

 

 

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sdrepairman,

Thank you for the feedback. I will be able to attach photos when I’m out at the shop tonight. the flange is whats sticking up slightly. I test fitted them but the holes they’re going in are actually much bigger to begin with since they were pre existing fin boxe slots that had the fin boxes taken out and then I routed them to give them shape and consistency. I was wondering if I could build up a bit of qcell and resin around the parts of the flange to level it out instead of ripping them back out. I guess I’m trying to troubleshoot without having to rip them all the way back out. Thanks

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sure, you could do that but it will probably look bad

when i have to deal with this kind of repair i will route out all the foam in where the box was then i use some expanding pour foam to fill it in then re route where the box needs to be

others will cut out the whole area and resin in a new piece of foam

the main thing is is that if you start out with a nicely routed out piece of foam for the installation it should go vary smooth

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yah, you could just fill it in with q cell but that wil come out really heavy

maybe find a piece of old pu foam and resin that in

there is no need to cut out glass around the box unless that glass is all messed up

if your in san diego try and come by my shop and could fill it with some pour foam for you

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Thanks again for your advice. Unfortunately I'm on the east coast and nowhere near San Diego but thank you for the offer. I'll see what i can do with the issue and let you know how it turns out.

CB