I called several ding repair people for “ballpark” price info on a small ding and I was interested in the widely varying price estimates (not to mention the turnaround time). One guy said that some people charge “$70 to repair a pinhole”. Yet I’ve had glass-on fins taken off and removable fins put on for $100, so there seems to be a huge variance. Yes, I know the repair guy needs to see the actual job to accurately give a price. But are there any price standards one can expect? What about differences in polyester and epoxy repair prices?
I called several ding repair people for “ballpark” price info on > a small ding and I was interested in the widely varying price estimates > (not to mention the turnaround time). One guy said that some people charge > “$70 to repair a pinhole”. Yet I’ve had glass-on fins taken off > and removable fins put on for $100, so there seems to be a huge variance. > Yes, I know the repair guy needs to see the actual job to accurately give > a price. But are there any price standards one can expect? What about > differences in polyester and epoxy repair prices? …epoxy will cost about double if not triple(at least around here).There are no standards for ding repairs that I know of ,but most places have a $50.00 minimum charge on anything that comes in…where are you located?Herb
If you are near Huntington Beach CA, go to “Little House of Repairs”. John Taylor does excellent repairs and I don’t believe he has a minimum $ amount. I got a medium ding repaired in the recent past for under $35.>>> I called several ding repair people for “ballpark” price info on > a small ding and I was interested in the widely varying price estimates > (not to mention the turnaround time). One guy said that some people charge > “$70 to repair a pinhole”. Yet I’ve had glass-on fins taken off > and removable fins put on for $100, so there seems to be a huge variance. > Yes, I know the repair guy needs to see the actual job to accurately give > a price. But are there any price standards one can expect? What about > differences in polyester and epoxy repair prices?
If you are near Huntington Beach CA, go to “Little House of > Repairs”. John Taylor does excellent repairs and I don’t believe he > has a minimum $ amount. I got a medium ding repaired in the recent past > for under $35. …John’s good people,he also specializes in epoxy ding repairs.Herb
I don’t believe there are that many options in San Dog…Roper’s is the most popular. If it is one little ding, I would try to repair it myself, and if you can’t just patch it up with some solarez or something. Honestly, if you take a board in for one little ding, they will charge you $35 or so, but if you have multiple dings, it costs a lot less (per repair) It also depends where the dings are…are they a couple inches from each other or are they on opposite sides??? If they are close, it usually is considered one repair. (If you can’t tell, I have had a lot of dings repaired) GF