I am relatively new to surfing and absolutely new to board repair. I picked up a used longboard that has a few minor dings, cracks, and rough spots. Being in Minnesota we go along time between swells so I thought I would look into fixing up this one and, possibly, building another one (or two, or three…)
What I am asking of you is that you share what has been the single greatest resource for you in working on your boards. Obviously Swaylocks has got to be the obvious answer but that answer is not the one I am looking for. I am hoping to find a guide, a book, a DVD, or something that I can reference as a starting point. After that, If things get advanced and as I do more, I will be purusing even more here!!
The Ding Repair Scriptures is a great book with lots of
illustrations to help show the processes. It’s very inexpensive and
informative. Check it out http://www.foamez.com/ding-repair-book-p-75.html .
I understand their is a lot of value to getting in and digging around as well as working with others but I gotta have a starting point, a base to build from before I can really do any experimenting, and there are not a whole lot of people doing work here in Minnesota. Thanks again for the resources that were suggested.
Now I’m not saying this is the single best resource out there, but I would hope that you would find it helpful. I wrote it to go along with the ding repair workshops I’ve been giving at surf shows.
Please bear in mind that it was written for people to had no or very little understanding of ding repair I was told to keep it short. Also the list of suppliers is UK based so prob not much good for you.
Ding repair is really easy but the easyest way to learn it with practice and experiance.
Just remember if your thinking of making a business out of it then the repair is the easy part, the hard part is dealing with the customers and scedualling the work in an efficent way to get through all the boards as quickly as possible while still doing the best job possible. To make any sort of living out of it you'll need to be working on quite a few boards at once, but repairing 5 boards at once really doesn't take that much longer than working on one at a time, as most the time is spent waiting for the resin to go off. Which I would image may not be such a problem for you if the temps are hot were you live, but in the UK it takes a little more consideration.
I actually did come across this and find it very helpful. I've read much of it online and printed some of it for my reference. It has definitely put me in the right direction. Don't see myself making it much of a business. The riders around here, although there are not that many, are pretty hard core and take care of their own. I will get to work with a some of them as the ice has just come off the lake and things will start to get used again.
As far as waiting for the Resin to go off. Summer temps are easy but in the winter, we had 86 hours of temperatures below zero Farenheit, we don't do a lot of work.
Thanks again for the link and all the great information. I really appreciate it.
boy…i got a job in the industry…books and you tube will only take you so far…pack it all in …move to the coast …but i guess that all depends how serious you are??