I bought an old 9’ longboard off of a guy that has had it for about 15 years. The board rides great actually one of the best I have ever ridden… But it’s starting to fade and the color just isn’t really my kind of thing. It’s bright orange with a nasty blue and green stripe design going down the center.
Anyway, if I want to paint this will I have to sand it down to the cloth or just rough up the glass job and start painting? Can I use spraypaint or does it have to be waterbased? How would I go about putting the resin back on after I painted it with out it ending up looking like a bad job?
if it were me i would clean off the wax and sand the whole thing down with 120 grit, not necessarily to the cloth but until the old finish is completely scuffed up, then i would scrub it with acatone. next i would brush or roller on a coat of System 3 two part epoxy primer, let it dry a number of days and then then do some filling and fairing with 3M spot glazing putty, do another coat of the primer and then repeat with the glazing and priming until i am satisfied (show car paint jobs do this up to 40 times) and then i would spray on a nice color out of a rattle can if i didn’t have a gun setup and then a nice rattle can clear coat…
it will be very very very very hard to get a board that is all dented up to look good by painting it, remember gloss surfaces highlight flaws. i would just ride the thing or have a shaper “copy” it in a style that suites you better…
Would it be good to use putty? Are you talking about the same putty they use on cars? I don’t believe this stuff is waterproof. Would it be ok to use automobile paint and clear?
This was covered in another thread a couple of weeks ago. See “Restoring Older Boards” from Hicksy. This type of work is tricker and harder than doing a new board from scratch. So if you’re not experienced in this area, don’t experiment on a board you like. The result is also heavier, and it may not ride the same.
Justin, have a look at the " And they said it could’nt be done" thread. I’ve just posted a run down of the process I used to restore a old “Tracker.” This may help you. platty.