hi i was wondering if anybody could help me i know its not about making surfboards but i jus cant think of anywhere else to ask the question
basicly ive repaired my wakeboard, it was cracked and ive repaired it in a similar way to repairing a surfboard but the problem is i jus dont know what coating to put on the base of the board, because i slide the board across plastic obstacles and i want to put a coating on the bottom of the board that will not be too sticky on the plastic but also wont wear away to quickly, anyone got any ideas
Had a similar situation with a fiberglass skiff/dinghy I set up that spends its life being dragged across gravel and pavement. A previous owner had done something similar which resulted in it being busted, cracked and ground down on a few ‘runner-like’ bits on the bottom.
Well, after fixing the bottom I kinda decided that I didn’t want to have to do that any more, so I took some cutting board material, High Density Polyethylene ( HDPE) and fastened strips to the places it’d contact said gravel and such. It’s working very well.
Now, the strips I used might not work for you, but the stuff comes as sheets, films and so on, a little heat and you can bend or form it. Some of the film-type stuff ( sold as an applique for table saw fences) has a peel-and-stick back on it, though that’s actually what’s called UHMW plastic See http://www.woodcraft.com/product/2000902/4004/slick-strips-3-width.aspx