Reglass of old longboard

I have an old Bing longboard that got a little to close to a Malibu fire several years ago. I am thinking of reglassing it to surf it. Any suggestions as to removing the melted glass? The blank looks ok for the most part. Maybe a little cosmetic stuff. Thanks for the help.

I have an old Bing longboard that got a little to close to a Malibu fire > several years ago. I am thinking of reglassing it to surf it. Any > suggestions as to removing the melted glass? The blank looks ok for the > most part. Maybe a little cosmetic stuff. Thanks for the help. About all I do is fix up beaters. I love it, I’ve really got some nice resurected boards. I am a newbie at this site of course. The heavy weights may hopefully offer better insight. I like to dig in. If the area needs fixin’, fix it. Grind off the bad glass and replace it. I try to make up the aproximate strength of the origional while not ruining the flow of the surface. You have to pay extra attention to feathering in new material to the origional. The board may end up heavier, but right now, it’s doing nobody any good. Might as well fix it up and ride it. Fire damage? How bad is it? I had some foam shrivel up under the glass trying to heat a glass job in the winter. Maybe your foam did something like that. Q-cell to make up volume… Good luck and happy hollidays to all!!

About all I do is fix up beaters. I love it, I’ve really got some nice > resurected boards. I am a newbie at this site of course. The heavy weights > may hopefully offer better insight.>>> I like to dig in. If the area needs fixin’, fix it. Grind off the bad > glass and replace it. I try to make up the aproximate strength of the > origional while not ruining the flow of the surface. You have to pay extra > attention to feathering in new material to the origional. The board may > end up heavier, but right now, it’s doing nobody any good. Might as well > fix it up and ride it.>>> Fire damage? How bad is it? I had some foam shrivel up under the glass > trying to heat a glass job in the winter. Maybe your foam did something > like that. Q-cell to make up volume…>>> Good luck and happy hollidays to all!! Thanks for the response. I am actually thinking of stripping off all of the old glass and reglassing the entire board. The current glass is chared and melted over 3/4s of the board. Any advice on removing the old glass and not damaging the foam?

Thanks for the response. I am actually thinking of stripping off all of > the old glass and reglassing the entire board. The current glass is chared > and melted over 3/4s of the board. Any advice on removing the old glass > and not damaging the foam? It sounds past due,I would sacifice it to the surf gods.I think if you try and peel of the glass it will self destruct.Sorry,I know this is not what you want to hear,but without seeing the board,this is what I would suggest.Herb.

It sounds past due,I would sacifice it to the surf gods.I think if you try > and peel of the glass it will self destruct.Sorry,I know this is not what > you want to hear,but without seeing the board,this is what I would > suggest.Herb. Thanks Herb, You are right. I was just dreaming…I had some great rides on that board in the early 80’s. Found it abandoned in a garage in Isla Vista (UCSB). Patched a few holes, it was the supreme beater trimer. When I graduated I loaned to a friend in Malibu, fire and no mas…

I have an old Bing longboard that got a little to close to a Malibu fire > several years ago. I am thinking of reglassing it to surf it. Any > suggestions as to removing the melted glass? The blank looks ok for the > most part. Maybe a little cosmetic stuff. Thanks for the help. For what it’s worth, I’ve found the fastest, easiest way to go about it is to get a roto-zip tool, like a Dremmel, and use a grinding cut disc and cut off about 1 1/2" in from the rails. Then just peel off the old glass. It will mess up the foam but that’s easily filled in. It only takes about 10-15 min. per side. If the rails are shot too, it’s not worth it 'cause you have no reference point to work from. Happy Trails!

JW - There is a guy up here that takes beat up longboards and carefully feathers out the glass around the label (down to but not into the foam), then grinds off enough glass along the rails (again not into the foam) to peel off big sections. Sometimes a hot air gun helps to soften things up. After the board is stripped, he fine tunes the blank and does opaque lamination and/or color over the sanded hot coat. After gloss and buff, some of his re-do jobs look original. It is a LOT of work though.

JW - There is a guy up here that takes beat up longboards and carefully > feathers out the glass around the label (down to but not into the foam), > then grinds off enough glass along the rails (again not into the foam) to > peel off big sections. Sometimes a hot air gun helps to soften things up. > After the board is stripped, he fine tunes the blank and does opaque > lamination and/or color over the sanded hot coat. After gloss and buff, > some of his re-do jobs look original. It is a LOT of work though. Hi John, Thanks for the info. That sounds interesting. Between your advice and surfingtiger I’ll figure it out. Thanks!