i made the worst decision of my life

Hey man, I saw a couple vids on YouTube describing that before painting anything styrofoam you gotta apply a coat of polyurethane on it so it doesn't burn or whatever. But that's info for my projects. Anyway, got me thinking, maybe you can pick up a can of liquid polyurethane (non water soluble) and slap a few brush strokes over the bare area? Just an idea...they have it in clear too

That or you can put one of your sponsors stickers over it?
I think either LBCrew or Sbx have more exposure to these elements man, I'd pm those guys.

 

Go find a bigger dummy than you and sell it and try again.

 

Not the end of the world; just learn how to fix it.

Today there's this thing called the internet, you can use it to learn whatever you want, even if your parents failed at making you self sufficient. This repair is where you begin your manhood, Fun ...

It's just a delam. Get some Q-Cell (at shop, Greenlight, etc) and legit PE Resin or Epoxy resin with Catalyst (not the UV curing stuff). Get some sort of wide opening syringe, like one for baking or meat. Make a few little holes in the delam for injection/release of air.

Mix the Q-cell and resin to a consistency slightly thinner than toothpaste, and mix in your hardener (follow the instructions on the bottle and DO NOT add any more). Inject the paste into your delam holes until it comes our of the other holes. Use something to weight the delam down if need be. let it dry, sand away the white goo, and put suncure on the holes you made. I believe that is the easiest way to do it yourself.

A more proper/permanent way is to cut all around the border of the delammed area and remove the delammed glass, keeping it in one piece if possible. Lightly sand away brown foam. Sand underside of the glass patch.
Slather the paste into your delam hole and put the glass patch back on. Weigh it down with something appropriate. Sand down the border areas until they're flush. Glass these ares with a thin strip or suncure them if you can't handle that.

 

Here's an idea, take it fuggin' back.

 

True ... the shop may not have even known about the delam. It's worth a shot; if the shop is far you should at least try calling them.

 

Bring me beer and the board and I'll fix it you you.

Post a pic.

 

Fiberglass work it pretty straight forward. clean the area with acetone, sanding, for delam drill some holes to fill with mixed resin. west marine sell fiberglass syringes and all the materials you need. If you decide to cut away delam area any you if you dont want to buy separate materials go with this kit http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-system--fiberglass-repair-kit-105-k-repair-kit--12954095

 

if this is the worst decision of your life then you are doing just fine

 

Just busting your balls man, it's all good, I know the situation myself (shoddy parenting and board repair) . Sometimes on a large or new type of repair I'm pretty hesitant. All I can say is that if you take your time and read up and plan sh*t out you will be fine. It might take 5 times longer than than the second time you fix a delam, but you will be fine.

Don't feel discouraged, I get repairs that I let sit around while I mull the complex options, this is always a waste of time and it always works out. You really just gotta read up, watch vids, and go for it. Do one step each day and it will seem much less challenging.

If you do the second method it will be more properly fixed. If you want some more guidance feel free to PM me. I have spent an inordinate amount of time bringing life back into boards that other people would just let die.

 

If that's the worse decision in your life you're either very young or extremely fortunate.
Consider it a learning experience. Like Slash dog said, "Just learn how to fix it." Good luck.

 

You're not the baller I mistook you for, man...

 

This.

Nobody died. All your favorite body parts are still attached and somewhat functional. You're not incarcerated. You didn't wake up next to an extremely large, odoriferous heifer to whom you are now married. The ocean did not turn into sulfuric acid overnight.

You're good.

 

You pay for an education one way or another.

 

Take a utility knife and cut around the dalmmed part to make a flap. Flap it back, remove all of the loose material, spread some thickened lam resin around the exposed area, then flap it back down and weight the flap down with something heavy... paint cans, sand bags, a weight... Wipe up any resin that squeezes out and let it cure. Laminate a 4oz patch over the whole thing, hotcoat, sand.

 

mistales. ??

Don't worry you'll have other opportunitys to make more devasting life altering mistakes soon enough. The shop might be willing to work a trade or something. Worth a try. Good luck.

 

although more dramatic and intrusive, this sounds like the fastest, easiest and successful way to go about it (the syringe method seems like a major hassle that could fail in many ways)...assuming you didn't return the board. Did you?

 

I have fixed boards with syringes, it works great...just dont use suncure, lol
also, try ketchup or mustard bottles if you dont have a syringe. cutting it away sucks, maybe lbcrew is a superior dingman, but I found cutting it away to be a nightmare.

use sandbags and an old hoodie you dont mind ruining once you inject your resin to weigh it down and

good luck

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