Any input about surface repair of boardworks construction would be appreciated.
Paint?
Thin epoxy followed by paint?
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Yeah, good luck. I had a C4 Waterman by Boardworks and once it started flaking paint, that was the end. Impossible to sand and fair out once the rails get beat. I tried everything, thin epoxy, laying a new rail of 4 oz., appliance paint. It would last about two weeks before cracks at the rail line would just reappear. It could have been that the whole board had gone soft, don’t really know and the deck was moving differently than the bottom.
I sold it once I had it looking decent for 100.00, it is still falling apart. I hate to say it but I think its built-in for these boards to self destruct after a few years.
I don’t know about boardworks, but Surftech makes spray cans of their colors.
Ding King is next door to me, the have a wall rack of Surftech spray colors, their shop look like it is a Surftech auto body shop more than a ding repair, the moulded boards are such a huge piece of their biz, sorry, but handmade is the way to go, at least it can be repaired easier
That is typical of Boardworks, Surftech, Naish, C-4 all of them. Steady work fixing those boards for surf schools while I lived on Maui. To repair those boards(espcailly cosmetics) automotive finish techniques have to be part of a ding shops repotoire(sp). They are all to my knowledge clear coated with automotive clear coat that yellows and chips. The rails won't stand up to the abuse of a paddle so they came up with the clear rail tape.
might be a good idea to send those Surftech boards down to a Tijuana body shop for repair. They can fix anything with enough Bondo.
Some flake and some don’t. From what I’ve seen, they all use a high-build primer (usually white) before the color and clear. If this coat isn’t dry enough before the finish coats are applied (and they put it on heavy), everything will start flaking/peeling off as soon as the outer surface is broken (clearcoat). I’ve sanded my share of these and it’s really evident when feathering out repaired areas and you can see separation between the coats. Some feather out just fine, but I’ve seen a lot of flaking on all the major import brands.
Just another example of “Quality Offshore Manufacturing” ???