Hey there Andrew, thanks a lot for these instructional videos dude. I learned a lot from you before embarking on my second round of surfboard repair attempts. I'm working on two very torn up and yellowed boards. I ended up sanding some of the original epoxy coating down too far, revealing the fiberglass mat. I tried brushing on a thin layer of epoxy over some of these areas, but I got some drips, in many places it just sanded off and it didn't make the fiberglass disappear behind it anyway. when some of the fiberglass is showing through the epoxy, how do you recommend covering it back up when sanding the rails down too far? Thanks for any tips!!
I watched pretty much all of the videos that you made when building that board. What a bummer but s**t happens I guess. What makes you want to work with EPS rather than PU? Off-gassing doesn't happen with PU, correct? I am tempted to build a board as you did even though I don't have all the perfect tools for the job but I live in a semi-tropical climate area where the summer months are about 30-35 degrees Celsius. Do you think even being strapped to the top of my car for an hour or two would cause such a bubble to appear if I was using EPS?
Could the paint layer have contributed to this delamination? I mean by maybe the epoxy not bonding to the paint layer in the same way that, say, it might have to the bare EPS?
good to know. im going to be laminating a boogey board that I have because the manufacture use some cheap plastic on the bottom, so ripped it off and going toblaminate the entire thing
I guess that’s one way to fix a board??? If your going to glass over the reused original glass, why not just do it correctly and use new cloth on the entire repair with some blue tint. Also never use a straight cut across the board. Creates a weak break point for your next repair.
Great job. I was just about to throw a bottom delammed, but otherwise solid windsurf board over the fence, but I just changed my mind. Great work!
It occurred to me, as I live by the beach, you could have used a trash bag filled with sand to weigh the piece down evenly...
Worked like a charm, thanks mate
Had the same thing happen to a new windsurfer lucky the shop put it through warranty. This was before they came with vents. Yes I am old.
Get a good pair of fabric scissors, they last long and can be sharpened. Stop buying cheap and throwing away. Thanks for the vid
Hey there Andrew,
thanks a lot for these instructional videos dude. I learned a lot from you before embarking on my second round of surfboard repair attempts. I'm working on two very torn up and yellowed boards. I ended up sanding some of the original epoxy coating down too far, revealing the fiberglass mat. I tried brushing on a thin layer of epoxy over some of these areas, but I got some drips, in many places it just sanded off and it didn't make the fiberglass disappear behind it anyway. when some of the fiberglass is showing through the epoxy, how do you recommend covering it back up when sanding the rails down too far? Thanks for any tips!!
what kind of fiberglass did you use for the cover of the repair?
I watched pretty much all of the videos that you made when building that board. What a bummer but s**t happens I guess. What makes you want to work with EPS rather than PU? Off-gassing doesn't happen with PU, correct? I am tempted to build a board as you did even though I don't have all the perfect tools for the job but I live in a semi-tropical climate area where the summer months are about 30-35 degrees Celsius. Do you think even being strapped to the top of my car for an hour or two would cause such a bubble to appear if I was using EPS?
I doubt glassing the front half will make stress points .
Could the paint layer have contributed to this delamination? I mean by maybe the epoxy not bonding to the paint layer in the same way that, say, it might have to the bare EPS?
good to know. im going to be laminating a boogey board that I have because the manufacture use some cheap plastic on the bottom, so ripped it off and going toblaminate the entire thing
Surf Canada!
I guess that’s one way to fix a board??? If your going to glass over the reused original glass, why not just do it correctly and use new cloth on the entire repair with some blue tint. Also never use a straight cut across the board. Creates a weak break point for your next repair.
Try aluminum foil instead of plastic. I do not think the epoxy would have stuck to it.