Awhile ago I bought Wardy pig, probably 1960, that had been painted over with red automotive paint except the decal. Recently I sanded part of the deck and found what looked like white stripes running parallel to the t-band on top and bottom. At first I thought maybe there’d been pigment stripes that kept part of the foam from going brown, but then wondered why someone would sand off stripes if they were going to paint the whole thing with red automotive paint. So then I thought maybe the board was a laminate of darker foam, lighter foam, darker foam, t-band, darker foam, lighter foam, darker foam. Finally took it to my local guy to have it completely sanded and refinished, and he didn’t know the answer to the stripes mystery either. Only way to find out would be to cut it in half and see if they go all the way through, and I’m not doing that. So here’s some pics and I’d be interested what you think
That’s beautiful, I love those boards that have been ridden and repaired for years. Someone out there loved that board.
Maybe prior to the “red-automotive-paint-phase” it had some kind of paint where the lighter bands are?
Anyway, beautiful board. I love old boards like that (partly for the same reason S R F D C O mentioned). Sadly, here in Germany it is virtually impossible to come across something like that.
My guess is that originally had pigment panels that the foam suntanned around. Once sanded off, it left you with the different coloration of foam.
Hi. Thanks. That was my original theory, too, but what I can’t figure is why someone would have taken the trouble to sand the board before applying automotive paint. When I sanded my test patch there was definitely no pigment under the paint. But it’s definitely possible that somebody sanded off the pigment stripes. Here’s a pic of the painted board with test patch.
Color stripes of that size and placement were very standard on boards from that time period. I agree that the color was probably sanded off at some point, revealing the sun-protected foam beneath. The red paint job may have been done later or by someone else. I am wondering what those sort of “wedge” shapes are around the stringer at nose and tail?
The wedge areas around the nose and tail unfortunately are the result of water leaking in through dings back in the day and discoloring the foam. At 9’4", I think the board is a little heavy (29 lbs) even for double 10 oz volan glass (see price list). Can’t really remember what my 1963 9’4" Jacobs weighed: it was heavy, but maybe not that heavy. I’ve got a 9’10" Roberts (Playa Del Rey) noserider from 1966 that’s only 26 lbs. but maybe by '66 they were glassing more lightly. So maybe the Wardy is a bit waterlogged, don’t know.
Back in the day the color was pigmented and raised off of the surface of the dec/ bottom. The stripes were probably sanded off to level the surface in preparation for the new paint.
Makes sense to me. Over and out.