Hi I want to reshape a board. It´s got to much volume and to less of nose and tail rocker. so i want to it get of the cloth and re shape it. But what should i do in the FCS plugs area and in the leash plug area. is there a way to let the leash plug in the board and only shape more tail rocker. but how can i get rid of the FCS plugs? Please can you give me some advice. thanx a lot
clemens
With boxes in it and glass on it, your asking for problems that can’t be overcome. Go for a new blank and chalk the last one up to learning curve
If you are suggesting that you are considering stipping the glass then reshaping the foam - forget it. You’d ruin the board, and drive yourself insane in the process. My suggestion:
Just get a new blank and shape it. The trouble of glassing a new blank is less than 1/10000000th of the trouble you will face stripping the glass and reglassing.
Another thing you have to consider that if your boxes are already in the board - that if you WERE to strip the glass and reshape that your fin placements would be off and you thinning your board, etc would still make the board not surf how you want it to.
Just make a new one 
Aloha
Bryan
most agree…save the headache, buy a blank,or three. we all are addicted to shaping. Give the old board to some deserving grom or friend, you’ll enjoy surfing more and so will they.If your experimenting with a shape…buy seconds, just have a vision of your finished board so any flaws won’t interfere.
I’ll have to go against the grain and disagree with the previous posts on this one.
Some of my boards have a “B” after the serial number indicating that I stripped the bottom glass and reshaped that board. And I’ve done it sometimes for the same reasons you listed: too much foam- wrong rocker.
I also understand why some guys don’t want to do it. It’s working again on something you’ve already finished, and who wants to do that?
But a few of my boards were ALMOST there, shapingwise, except for some fine tuning that I was sure would change performance for the better. So I jumped in and did it. Luckily it paid off. The improvements were always worth doing. My two favorite boards are “B” boards.
If you want to strip the bottom and reshape, start by laying the board deck down and cut around the rail at approximately the new rocker line that you want. I use a diamond blade on a 4" Ryobi grinder motor. After you’ve cut all the way around the board, peel up the glass. If it starts to split the stringer, slice that area with a sharp chisel or razor blade. You’ll lose about 1 to 2mm of foam (1/16th inch or a little more). After that, shape it the way you want.
There are some limits to what you can do, because of the curve of the rails, but you can make significant changes.
Before you reglass, first sand down the resin on the rails, where the new glass lap will be, down to the old glass. When you reglass, you wrap the new glass around, laying it on the area you just sanded. It will make a good bond. Then hotcoat, sand, gloss, sand, and polish.
I hope I explained this so you can picture it. The main thing is that you can do it, and the result can be such that nobody will be able to tell that the board was reshaped. Good Luck! Doug
Surfingdude: I forgot about the FCS plugs. It’s best to drill those out first using the same size drill bit that they were originally installed with. Hot glue a jig onto the board . It should have two holes in it that are the same size as the bit, to steady the drill. (FCS provides a jig in their installation kit, but you can easily make one). Same procedure for the leash plug, however, my experience has been with reshaping the bottom only, so I can’t vouch for any deck reshaping techniques. Doug
I recently reshaped an EPS board…too much volume and buoyancy. Delaminated the deck and left the bottom alone.
I used a dremal tool with a cutting disc and cut around the perimeter then just peeled off the laminate. That part was easy.
In retrospect, it was a lot of work to reglass. If you can afford it get a new blank and start over. If not, I would delam the whole thing, remove the FCS plugs and install new ones.
how bout a heat gun and a contoled bend up of the tail? try it first on another old broken scrap and see what happens…maybe just a little sun and a concrete brick or two…ambrose…
consider the stringer when thinking about bends…there’s a point where it can fracture. heat won’t affect the wood unless its steamed. how much can it set you back?document and temp. the dimensions your happy with, shape a new one, glass & sell your unsuitable board to recover your cash.
Well actually it´s pretty hard to get some blanks here in Austria and the price for shipping is nearly astronomically. So I striped the glass off and re shaped it. now i smoothed out the curve a bit and thined it out a bit. The rocker got better as well. It´s was n´t to hard to strip the glass of. I´m gonig to glass it in a couple of days. It´s was the 2nd board i shaped at all and know is my “5th board” so i hope the glassjob gets a lot better than it was. I´ll show you the result when it´s finished
cheers clemens
AUSTRIA??? no wonder.lived in germany for a year…like a 12 month vacation. can you snowboard down the grassy slopes in the summer?
Well actually it´s half bad. I guess as a landlocked surfer you are even more forced to travel the world. And with traveling comes a lot of wonderful experience. Austria offers a lot like snowboarding year round( Summersnowbording takes place on one of the plenty glaciers). ANd located in Innsbruck you have the beautiful mountains to keep the spirit of nature. Well The bad side is quite obviously that there is no sea within miles and hours to drive, it´s hard to get blanks and stuff. There are 2 Shops in Innsbruck which offers Surfboards of the rack. Thrusters at about 650$!! But there are also other people interested in surfing and with these new connections i see a light in the dark. Yesterday I found out that there is a professional Shaper from Southafrica located only a few cities away. Probably he knows where i can get the blanks from much cheaper.
cheers clemens
Surfingdude, Congratulations on going ahead with the reshaping of your board. I hope it turns out well for you. I’m amazed to hear about a surfer from Austria. As you can see from my last name, my ancestors were from Austria: My grandparents were from Burgenland. My wife,who is from Germany, and I vacationed in Austria in the mid '80’s. What a beautiful place! If you can’t be near the ocean, I think you’re in the second most awe inspiring place to be.
Good luck in your surfing endeavors. Aufwiedersehen, Doug