Bummer Dude
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Looks good man! Curious how that gorilla glue will work out. Now ride the shit out of it.
Board Repair Thread
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Budthedog
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Ha will do. And yeah, I’m curious about it myself. If it falls apart I’ll update and likely open that area to properly fill. Trying not to be too dremel happy though!
Budthedog
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Sweet, no more leaky wetsuits. Will go swell with my tin foil hat!
Yosh
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@Budthedog Nice job!!! Jealous it became lighter than before!!!!!!
I finally began some resin/fiberglass job today. No documentation of the process as promised...but leaving some before prep shots here.
Let me introduce my Fineline High Cat that started with countless dents & cracks, HUGE delam, lines of stress cracks, one (minor) buckle crack. Board was ready to snap from multiple areas but I did my best with a full restore. Regret lapping the entire deck with 6oz at the end since it added significant weight. Imagine riding heavy Tyler or Davenport at 5'6" 155 pound...
Recently got washed up at high tide that added more stress cracks, and I smashed my knee HARD right on the old delam wound that made a crack and found to be sucking water.
Here are some before shots. 1/4" router going approx 1/2" deep over the recent stress cracks. Obvious they were not cosmetic. Those lines are from the original glass as I did not lap the bottom at restoration. HomeDepot painting stick got shoved in with glass like finbox for fake stringer reinforcement. Permanent bolt in the bone. Planning to lap with 6oz after flush.
Horizontal crack that I opened up with 1/2" router just in case since I could not tell severity of the water damage. Will be a total Frankenstein now... Just happy it wasn't my knee. A small delam found also where it got wet the most. Vertical groove (left) started with 1/4" to make the same reinforcement done on the nose area, but router decide to go crazy and I had to cover the mistake with 1/2" heh.. painting stick(s) shoved in with glass as well. Horizontal groove was to be filled with glass/qcell combo but I got lazy and just filled it with roven rope.
And it doesn't end... found yet another soft spot on my heel side...
Two holes are to make sure the resin poured down deep. It was so minor that I could not shove in a glass in between the core glass & foam for stronger bond. So I cut roven rope in some 1/8 to 1/4 inch sizes, mixed in resin, but not so much to keep resin runny enough to spread in the thin gap. I do this to make homemade solarez but with much more cut rope pieces.
I got extra lazy and just bought those dirty brown resin at HomeDepot but the color actually matched well with my already dirty board haha
Since I came this far....might as well keep going and continue to rescue this tank. BTW, it is an amazing rider!!! Just extra heavy for me.
I finally began some resin/fiberglass job today. No documentation of the process as promised...but leaving some before prep shots here.
Let me introduce my Fineline High Cat that started with countless dents & cracks, HUGE delam, lines of stress cracks, one (minor) buckle crack. Board was ready to snap from multiple areas but I did my best with a full restore. Regret lapping the entire deck with 6oz at the end since it added significant weight. Imagine riding heavy Tyler or Davenport at 5'6" 155 pound...
Recently got washed up at high tide that added more stress cracks, and I smashed my knee HARD right on the old delam wound that made a crack and found to be sucking water.
Here are some before shots. 1/4" router going approx 1/2" deep over the recent stress cracks. Obvious they were not cosmetic. Those lines are from the original glass as I did not lap the bottom at restoration. HomeDepot painting stick got shoved in with glass like finbox for fake stringer reinforcement. Permanent bolt in the bone. Planning to lap with 6oz after flush.
Horizontal crack that I opened up with 1/2" router just in case since I could not tell severity of the water damage. Will be a total Frankenstein now... Just happy it wasn't my knee. A small delam found also where it got wet the most. Vertical groove (left) started with 1/4" to make the same reinforcement done on the nose area, but router decide to go crazy and I had to cover the mistake with 1/2" heh.. painting stick(s) shoved in with glass as well. Horizontal groove was to be filled with glass/qcell combo but I got lazy and just filled it with roven rope.
And it doesn't end... found yet another soft spot on my heel side...
Two holes are to make sure the resin poured down deep. It was so minor that I could not shove in a glass in between the core glass & foam for stronger bond. So I cut roven rope in some 1/8 to 1/4 inch sizes, mixed in resin, but not so much to keep resin runny enough to spread in the thin gap. I do this to make homemade solarez but with much more cut rope pieces.
I got extra lazy and just bought those dirty brown resin at HomeDepot but the color actually matched well with my already dirty board haha
Since I came this far....might as well keep going and continue to rescue this tank. BTW, it is an amazing rider!!! Just extra heavy for me.
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Budthedog
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Nice Yosh! Those are some next level fixes. Especially thee new “stringers” to help with the bottom.
Yosh
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Last string for this round of repair. Nose restoration. The board turns out to be 9’8” measuring 9’7 1/4”. HighCat originally has pointy nose, so added the lost 3/4” nose and attempted to restore shape which altered the bottom contour to smoother transition into the blended concave.
Old wet foam, qcell, and stringer all dried before surgery. Time to glass!
Old wet foam, qcell, and stringer all dried before surgery. Time to glass!
Sax-son
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These projects remind me of a board that had been given to me by a neighbor. It was a 1967 Dewey Weber Professional, that was in great condition as far as the bottom was concerned. However, all the glass on the deck was completely missing. I had never seen anything like it. I asked my neighbor what was the story on this board and he said that somebody gave it to him in that same condition.
I re-glassed the top of the board using 2 layers of 6 oz, and a deck patch. It came out great and the board was just the right weight. I gave the board to a surfing buddy who needed a longboard at that time and he was stoked to have it.
With pure speculation on my part, I deduced that the original glass job may have had either a paisley or flowered deck inlay and the lamination did not bond well to the foam. As a result, the deck lamination started to peel away early into the life of the board because it looked like it had very little use otherwise. Deck laminations are the first things to start going bad on any heavily use surfboards.
I re-glassed the top of the board using 2 layers of 6 oz, and a deck patch. It came out great and the board was just the right weight. I gave the board to a surfing buddy who needed a longboard at that time and he was stoked to have it.
With pure speculation on my part, I deduced that the original glass job may have had either a paisley or flowered deck inlay and the lamination did not bond well to the foam. As a result, the deck lamination started to peel away early into the life of the board because it looked like it had very little use otherwise. Deck laminations are the first things to start going bad on any heavily use surfboards.
Budthedog
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Very impressive!!
