SHOULD I INSTALL A VENTED LEASH PLUG IN MY 2 LB EPS BOARD GLASSED WITH RESIN RESEARCH RESIN? Or should I just use a regular leash plug? I live in a place where it gets really hot in the summer and I am forced to leave my board in my car. I keep the windows down about 11 inches to keep my boards from delaming and have not had a problem with a poly board, but this will be the first eps that i own.
THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE!
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Greenlight’s “VXV”
Vented Leash Plug provides full time Gortex venting of your EPS and
hollow wood boards without an extra part to install in your deck.
EPS boards contain very small air pockets between the foam beads
which expand and contract with changing tempertures. If a board is
dinged while surfing and water gets in, additional heat (leaving your
board on the beach or in a hot car) will cause the water to change phase
in to steam and exert pressure on the fiberglass skin - pushing the
glass away from the foam (delamination).
The **VXV **is the slickest solution to relieving internal pressure in boards - both EPS and hollow wood boards.
The vent's screen size allows air (steam) out of the board to
relieve internal pressure but will not allow water molecules in! No need
to open and close the vent as needed in other surfboard venting
systems. Just install and forget it…
Each vented leash plug includes an install kit and instructions</span>
No need. if it was 1 lb then maybe but 2 lb no need. I was cleaning up my 6’1 last night and after a year it has no dings or delam. Lots of dents but has held up much better then any poly I have ever made.
My new trick these days is dropping in the plug when I hot coat. Drop the hole in the finished lam and as I am hot coating I drop the plug in with HC. Saves another step to have to wait around for.
I agree with SANOLOCAL, but I also subscribe to the logic that if you know its going to go through that kind of abuse its not going to hurt you any to vent it. Just make sure the plug is on the stringer and can vent both sides…Unless of course it is stringerless.
do you think that the vent membrane will last a long time or what? I would hate to put that thing in and it fail after a little bit and I realize it when the entire tail has delaminated…
Do a pre glass install with the fcs or ofishl capped plugs. save even more time. The FCS plug is such a tight fit with the 1" router bit hole, I place it and flip the board over and do the pre glass fin box install. Occasionally checking it out for any leakage. Wipe if needed.
I forgot to mention that I have already glassed it with futures fins.
Hey thrifty,
I agree with both sano and resindrums–it might not be necessary, but it definitetely can’t hurt to install a vented plug.
I’ve used tons of the Greenlight plugs and have not had a problem. They will do their job AS LONG AS THEY ARE INSTALLED CORRECTLY.
Good luck!
What if you want to lock the car? I vote for the install. Have no knowledge on that brand plug, but have made EPS blanks for ten years.
sickdog
Pretty sure Greg L. said years ago, “No need for a vent.”
I’ve never used one, and I’ve never had problems - had a board in the tropical sun for weeks on end.
I’m not sure you’d get “venting” on one end, if you have a ding on the other. But I think I read here years about someone putting an air hose in one end of an eps board and blowing air and water out the other end.
vent it
If it’s pressure molded/superfused 2lb EPS, you can be pretty confident you don’t need to vent it. If it’s billet foam there might be a question. Personally, I’ve never vented 2lb EPS, and have never had delam issues. But if you think you might need it, go ahead and vent it.
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SHOULD I INSTALL A VENTED LEASH PLUG IN MY 2 LB EPS BOARD GLASSED WITH RESIN RESEARCH RESIN? Or should I just use a regular leash plug? I live in a place where it gets really hot in the summer and I am forced to leave my board in my car. I keep the windows down about 11 inches to keep my boards from delaming and have not had a problem with a poly board, but this will be the first eps that i own.
THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE!
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Bullcrap...Lame....You are forced to leave your surfboard in your car? Forced?...really....forced .....BLAHHHHHHHHH!
No...you chose to store your surfboads in a hot car. No one forced you....I see BS...
it's up to you...
Easy Ray man… It’s just an uneeded vent… Ha!
whoooa stingray. No b.s. here. I have to drive 30 minutes to work which is near the beach and I cannot bring my surfboard in to the office with me. There fore I have no other place to leave it so I roll my windows down 11 inches or so and leave them in there. I guess I could leave it in the shade under a tree and hope that no one takes it… Do you have a better idea? If so I am open to suggestion. I see that you live in san marcos (i used to work there) which is not right on the beach so I am sure you have experienced a similar problem.
And you don't put your board in a travel bag, in your car because why?
All I surf is EPS now, I leave my boards all over the place. In Hawaii, in the backyard, in the garage, in my car, on the beach, in the trash can in two chunks etc. I've never had a delam. But then I fix my dings, and I don't let a lot of water get in the board.
Store in in a good reflective bag..and forget about it.
hey there,
I keep it in a pretty decent reflective board bag so it does a pretty good job of keeping them cool, but the wax will slighty melt on super hot days with little wind…
I appreciate everyones help and think I have about all of the info I need now.
Thanks for all the help and take care.
Nobody is holding a gun to my head. I leave a 2# EPS board in my car all the time. Not vented. Covered with a towel. Can you take the risk? or buy the insurance?
I think you need a vented insurance policy, but nobody is forcing you to do anything. Choice is good. I'll take the risk....
Direct sun seems to be a bigger factor than heat...but I can't prove that........my long term test board is doing just fine.
Over 3 years...eps epoxy...no board bag...no mercy...lives in the car or in the side yard shack........
.......Mr Stingray......
Class reply Thrifty, you are welcome. I forgot to add; Epoxy ding repair can sometimes outgas, causing leaks in the repair, but never an issue with an open vent. I hate using boardbags, but love EPS.
sickdog
Moot point.
No vent if you don’t even glass it.
Just shape it up and ride it like those styro foamies a bunch of us cut our teeth on from “Thrifty’s” ever summer.
Said in the spirit of the returning show “Madmen” on AMC… now grab a vodka gimlet or Tom Collins and light up a smoke.