Hello all…hoping for some guidance here. My 6 year old daughter has caught the bug, and wants a board of her own to mess around on. I remembered that I had an old Local Motion shortboard from the late 80’s that has been in the family for a long while stashed up in the garage rafters. Pulled it down today, and while in otherwise good shape, it just look…tired. Lots of small dings that I’ll have no problem repairing, but there are 2 larger problems I’d like to tackle.
It’s got a large delammed section on right side of the deck. Maybe a foot long and from stringer to an inch in from the rail. I’ve read on here about drilling a couple holes and squirting epoxy in there with a weight on top to hold it down. Is that about it? What kind of readily available epoxy should I get?
I need to make this browned and bruised baby pass the 6 year old girls visual inspection. I’d like to do a color change on it. I hear the Krylon Fusion stuff has worked for some. What about a clear coat? Can I do a hot coat of resin over the top of it to make it really durable?
Obviously not looking for perfection here, but I don’t want to waste my time either.
Don't forget about Costco foam boards, they're extra great for kids and beginners and soft for the bumps and grinds, and light weight and new looking. They'got a shorter model that is good for younger, smaller kids for about $80. The standard 8' model would be too big for a 6 year old, it costs $100. less tax. Costco, Wavestorm foam boards are commonly available on Craigs list but a used one needs to be fresh, not old, tired and heavy. Here's hoping your youngster can't get enouph of surfboard riding......Did I mention? Get younster's wet suits at the thrift store.
you can drill holes in the glass and get resin in there but i would suggest cutting around the perimeter of the delam around half an inch past, but only cut about half of it out so when you put the resin in you know that it is spread out through all the delam section then weigh it down and glass over the area the you cut
you can hot coat over some paints but i dont think its the best idea alot of things can go wrong, if your gona use spray paint i would just use the clear coat that comes in the spray cans
Haven’t tackled the delam yet, but I am well on my way on this project. Since there was a significant gouge in the nose, I decided to make it more kid friendly and chopped about six inches off. Rounded it off nicely and did my best to reshape. Did the same on the tail, but mirrored the original shape, and only took off an inch.
First round of glassing went well I think. Once it was all sanded, it looked pretty good.
I think I’ll take the above advice on the delam and just remove that section and lay in some new glass.
Haven’t tackled the delam yet, but I am well on my way on this project. Since there was a significant gouge in the nose, I decided to make it more kid friendly and chopped about six inches off. Rounded it off nicely and did my best to reshape. Did the same on the tail, but mirrored the original shape, and only took off an inch.
First round of glassing went well I think. Once it was all sanded, it looked pretty good.
I think I’ll take the above advice on the delam and just remove that section and lay in some new glass.
