I want to fix up an old 8’ board that has been laying around the garage for awhile. It is the board that my son learned to surf on and has so many ugly repairs (mostly by me) that he labeled it the “snot ball”. It is glassed too lightly and dings easily. So I thought about:
repair dings
sand entire board to reasonable smoothness with 80 grit
paint with acrylic/future
cover entire board with 1 new layer of 4 oz glass and epoxy
hot coat and sand
Questions:
Does this make sense or is the extra layer of glass going to make it too heavy to carry to the beach?
What should I use to fill the worst of the dents (heel, etc.)?
It has been a fun board and I hate to see it become landfill. I don’t expect a show piece just something that is surfable and won’t need to be repaired everytime I look at it.
I just took an old 60’s pop out out of it’s matted glass job the other day. I was really carefull to get it all off without taking too much foam with it. Since it did not have a stringer I cut it in two and decided to add a 2" redwood one. I’m going to use gorilla glue and some bicyle tubes to get the job done. Since all the dings are primarily on the bottom of the board, an opaque resin swirl should cover them up nicely. The board was pretty thick by todays standards so I have a little room to re-shape (hopefully you do too). By adding the extra wide stringer, I have given myself even more room to clean up the outline. Thought this might help you in some way. Old foam cleans up really nice. Get creative with some of thoes dings.
sand entire board to reasonable smoothness with 80 grit
paint with acrylic/future
Ohhh, you were doing so well - But if you put the acrylic in there between the glass and the glass, I suspect you’re gonna have delamination problems. Especially if it’s anything but a light color.
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cover entire board with 1 new layer of 4 oz glass and epoxy
hot coat and sand
I might add a deck patch, as the 4 oz won’t do a whole lot to prevent heel dings from continuing. And, as this board wasn’t originally epoxy, I’d go with some plain ol’ polyester laminating resin instead. It’s cheaper, it’ll work fine with what you have.
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Questions:
Does this make sense or is the extra layer of glass going to make it too heavy to carry to the beach?
What should I use to fill the worst of the dents (heel, etc.)?
Uhmmm- it’s only 8’, and unless it’s awfully heavy to begin with - waterlogged or something, it should still be lighter than a whole lot of the old Volan glassed beasts. To fill the worst dents and dings - y’know, cabosil and resin should be okay, providing it doesn’t go too far. Now, here’s a suggestion: rather than paint the thing, which is gonna give you problems, how about a nice two-color lamination with cut laps. http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=1890 might give you some ideas as to what you could do. Myself, I like the look of a solid color bottom and rails with a swirl deck. Make it fairly opaque and none of the repairs underneath will show. And it’ll give the old beater a whole new life. Hope that’s some help doc…