Worked on this board again over the weekend. At some point in this board’s life somebody thought it would be a good idea to coat the whole board with resin from the local hardware store or boat store. They had no idea the resin wasn’t UV stable and they also had no idea of how to brush out the resin. In preping the board for a new gloss coat I noticed in spots I sanded the board was noticably whiter if I sanded through the crap boatyard resin. I started sanding more and more. Also noticed I could find an edge with 120 sand paper and carefully remove it entirely without sanding through the original gloss. The deck came out awesome. If the board looked good to any of you in the pictures on page 1 of this thread just wait till you see how it looks when I’m done. The board was literally 10 shades whiter underneeth the crap boatyard resin. Its as if that crap boatyard resin preserved the board underneeth. The first pic gives you an idea of how the deck is coming up and the second shot shows what I have left to do so you can really see what a difference removing the brown resin is making. I’ve got about another hour of careful work with the sander to go.
Not to say it is so. But I do and have done many vintage ding repairs. And I find that the original “gloss coat” is what shows age, sand it off and the top of the sanding coat shows as new as the day she was glassed. Side note the secret in dings is “marine resin” as it blends the repair by mimicking the old gloss patina.
No this is crap resin applied by someone who didn’t know how to prep the board or how to brush out resin. If you look closely at the 2nd photo on page 1 you can see the brush strokes and cratering.
Unfortunately the original pics for the board were erased (thanks Photobucket!) Any chance of posting them again? I saw pictures of the board saved in Google and I’d love to see the entire thing.
I figure that fin is worth more than I paid for the board. My understanding is that most of these original fins didn’t survive due to their big size, brittle material and the fact that boards of that era didn’t have leashes. The boards would hit the beach and the fin would break. Replacement fins are available but they are not nearly as big and are not made of the translucent material.
Based on the fin and box, I’d say mid/late 1967, to early 1968. That box dates from 1966, but the clear Lexan fins did not show up until 1967. The earliest fins were opaque Cycolack.
