This is your bort on drugs . . . . repair advise

Poor Evo. Totaled at a rocky beach. Lucky it wasn't my head. I am about to begin repairs. The three bashes on the bottom and two on the rails aren't so bad, but before I start the nose, just wondering if the repair gurus have any advise. Board is a Firewire Tomo Evo, so its XTR, and I will use Q Cell and epoxy resins . . .but for that big nose rip (like Nicholson's nose in Chinatown) -- any words from the experts? Thanks in advance.

 

Thanks for the link, Im familiar with that thread and not totally new to repairs . . . just with that huge rip in the nose. . . . I think I have to slice all that ripped glass off and do a proper patch, wondering if any of the veterans out there had specific suggestions for a patch like that. TIA

 

. LOL My local shop quoted me a price that would make Roy Stewart proud. I am going DIY on this . . . I figure, as long as its water tight, most of the Evo nose is missing any way!

 

Oh, that's good. Thanks. Except LB forgot the whale jizz.

 

For the whole shebang -- three on the bottom, two on the rail and the nose . . . $675.

I like my local shop. Owner is a friend. But its like how I got into fixing my own motorcycles. Shop wanted $2500 to tear down the motor and replace big end bearings. I figured . . . I can do that. Took eight months . . . but I learned a lot on the way.

 

True dat, which is why I am going the DIY route . . . Also when I finish the bort I am going to put armor plate all around it. THem dang reefs will think twice about tangling with old ironsides.

 

Yeah, the rocker is still there.

 

I think the recipe is to cut off the bad glass, keep the existing foam in place, use Q Cell to fill in the gaps and then two layers of glass and resin.

 

Thanks to LB Crew for advise, it took a long time but I declare my Evo repairt. Lotsa epoxy was spilt, lotsa qcell was snorted, lotsa sandpaper was consumed. 7 rail dings, three bottom dings, and a complete nose job.

 

Wow, that is an amazing job. Board looks awesome.