What to do?

Trash it and buy a new one on craigslist.

 

Take a razor and cut the delam out entirely, maybe even go past what you think is necessary. Buy epoxy resin from a local surf shop, do not use west marine or anything from your hardware shop. Boat resin is garbage as well. Sand the entire area and an inch and a half around your cut. Buy either milled fibers or (sh%& i forget what its called... it will come to me). Mix with epoxy and fill your gash. Sand again. Use fiberglass cloth now to cover your patch. Sand flush.

Or... take it to the professionals.

 

^^^ this ^^^

 

Even if your repair is a failure, you will learn a lot from working on the board. Maybe treat it as an experiment. BTW, doesn't the extra layer of glass make the board really heavy? In any case, I would strip off the glass from the repaired area, fill what needs to be filled, sand it as level as possible, and re-glass it. Then add a filler coat and sand and polish. It might not come out perfectly level but that's ok. Sometimes a little irregularity doesn't hurt anything. I've seen guys with boards broken in half, re-glassed together, looking gnarly and lumpy, and they still ride great.

 

Buy Q-Cell, thats what I was thinking of. Like the previous guy said, treat this as an experiment, make the repair, you will learn something... if anything you will learn what not to do. Learning to do your own repairs will save you $$$, its easy, and your board will last longer. Next time you'll patch up any cracks immediately so no delams happen.

 

This guy is right, don't listen to me, I'm just a smart assed forum mongaloid. I have learned a lot from fixing beaters.

 

Post a few pics. Sounds like your professional repair guy didn't exactly to a professional job.

 

duct tape and wax keep water out

 

Duct tape does not keep water out. My friend once had an earache so we duct taped the crap out of it. He looked funny as hell and after the surf when we undid it, it poured water out. We got a true lol out of that one.

 

Something tells me the bond between a smooth plastic surface and tape is better than the bond between something absorbent (like skin) and tape. I have used duct tape on cracks with no water penetration. I didn't leave it on more than a week. The adhesive does break down over time.

 

I'm confused.

Did you reglass it with some fiberglass?
or did you cut out the deliminated glass with the knife and just replace it with brushed on resin?

 

Dude... did you use any cloth?

 

Go with the suggestion of getting another one from CL.

Then, give your old stick to a local bar as long as they promise to hang it in on a wall or ceiling in full view. Then you can go have a beer with the old gal whenever you miss her.

 

Do not trash it, donate it to Son Followers Ministry.

Impacting the coast for Jesus

Wayne

 

Settle down Jesus, the board is in Massachusetts.

 

I don't want that POS board, man. I only ride customs.

 

See, Jesus has high standards. He doesn't even want that board.

Thanks Jesus, you're swell.

 

You can make your own no? Being a carpenter and all...