I have a beautiful 9’0" Robert August that was damaged a couple of weeks ago while I was surfing. It is a high gloss finish and one of the first boards I have owned with this type of finish. Because of this finish I took it to a surf shop to be repaired and the guy said he could repair it no problem and have it looking new. Well $50 later and a sand finish I was not happy and almost felt like beating the s**t out of the guy for doing a repair that I could have done a better job on. My question is how do you get the high gloss finish on a board like this. Do you use a special resin, and a lot of sanding, or some type of spray on finish? I have been repairing sand finish dings for about ten years, but have no expierence with this type of finish. I love my board and have had it for two years and it looks almost new and most people can not believe I take such good care of it. Help Please!!!
Did the shop monkey get the repair right? The patch level shouldn’t be below the level of the surface around it. Did he sand the patch down to the proper level? After these things are correct you need automotive polishing compound. Rub the board with the compound on a damp cloth. Keep rubbing til the surface glosses off.>>> I have a beautiful 9’0" Robert August that was damaged a couple of > weeks ago while I was surfing. It is a high gloss finish and one of the > first boards I have owned with this type of finish. Because of this finish > I took it to a surf shop to be repaired and the guy said he could repair > it no problem and have it looking new. Well $50 later and a sand finish I > was not happy and almost felt like beating the s**t out of the guy for > doing a repair that I could have done a better job on. My question is how > do you get the high gloss finish on a board like this. Do you use a > special resin, and a lot of sanding, or some type of spray on finish? I > have been repairing sand finish dings for about ten years, but have no > expierence with this type of finish. I love my board and have had it for > two years and it looks almost new and most people can not believe I take > such good care of it. Help Please!!!
Did the shop monkey get the repair right? The patch level shouldn’t be > below the level of the surface around it. Did he sand the patch down to > the proper level?>>> After these things are correct you need automotive polishing compound. Rub > the board with the compound on a damp cloth. Keep rubbing til the surface > glosses off. Noodle’s got it…the only thing I would add is the sanding steps. 1. start with 120 or 150 grit and go over the ding repair area. 2. go to 220 after the 150 and do the same. 3. go to 320 wet/dry paper and sand again either with or with out water on the board. (remember that each level of sandpaper is neutralizing the more severe sctatches of the courser grit from the prior rub) 4. at this point 600 w/dry might be overkill to some but i would take it that one last step as the fith step will be the auto finish rubbing compound Noodle mentioned. 5. rub on the rubbing compound in a circular motion. It shoud go on wet and eventually turn into a haze just like a car wax would during application. Buff off the haze and you should start to see the shine come back. Auto finish compounds can come in variouse grits. The canned product on the shelf at the stores next to the car wax is made with an ultrafine pumice and might not get out all the sanding marks from your effort. There is another compound we use that is more course and is usually found at an auto paint and body supply place. It’s made by 3-m and comes in more quantiy than you’ll need. It’s applied with a sander/polisher. Probably more than you need as is much of this info. JC
tape off the area in question and leave a little room for “feathering in”. Sand a bit below the rest of the board’s glass job. get ahold of premixed gloss resin. Strain it through a panty hose. Mix in the catalyst and brush the gloss resin over the patch area. Once it starts to harden, pull the tape. Let it sit for a day. Start sanding with 320 around the edge by the tape line(be careful not to sand past your patched area as it will leave scrates. Worh from 320 to 600 and by the time you get to 600 you can start feather past the patched area. Once it is sanded, you rubbing compound, then a ploishing #2 compound. Steve
There a lot of difference between one polish and another in shine to. Try Poly Glans from voss chemicals for the best result, you won’t believe the result. Good luck Peter Rijk>>> I have a beautiful 9’0" Robert August that was damaged a couple of > weeks ago while I was surfing. It is a high gloss finish and one of the > first boards I have owned with this type of finish. Because of this finish > I took it to a surf shop to be repaired and the guy said he could repair > it no problem and have it looking new. Well $50 later and a sand finish I > was not happy and almost felt like beating the s**t out of the guy for > doing a repair that I could have done a better job on. My question is how > do you get the high gloss finish on a board like this. Do you use a > special resin, and a lot of sanding, or some type of spray on finish? I > have been repairing sand finish dings for about ten years, but have no > expierence with this type of finish. I love my board and have had it for > two years and it looks almost new and most people can not believe I take > such good care of it. Help Please!!!