First time buyer of a custom board

First of all, who buys a custom surf board from someone they don't know or who doesn't know your surfing style or capabilities? I think you might be retarded but I have to ask,what made you buy a custom board that wasn't built for you? You also need a proper hello tread! You also need to you tube how to repair it because you are obviously as cheap as you are shortsighted.

 

Not sure why there is a question here... Contact the shaper!! Ps, who are you?

 

the box is supposed to be flush with the top of the glass...yours appears to have a gloss coat still over it. Options include having someone sand down the gloss coat on the bottom of the board so the box is flush...or just ride it the way it is (that's what I would do).

If you ride it as-is, I don't think it'll get to the point water leaks in.

 

Relax new guy, take a deep breathe. These guys are just giving you the new guy hazing and also because you haven't contacted the shaper yet, which seems like common sense. Start there, never know what they might do.

 

Welcome aboard. And don't worry about that "hello thread" horsesh*t. It's a relatively new, pseudo "requirement", and most of the jokers here never did it themselves.
You're lucky to have a wife and family who support your surfing and buy you a board for Father's Day, even if the manner in which it was done has some drawbacks. But there are worse problems in life. If you can't get satisfaction from the seller/shaper in CA, get if fixed locally and chaulk it up to experience. All part of the journey.

 

Do you see a little letter and/or arrow near one of the grub screw holes? If so the box was set too deep. If you set the box too deep, you end up leaving the hotcoat/gloss over the box instead of sanding down to the top of the box. Then you have to deal with a bunch of other fun little tricks when you gloss and sand.

 

Some pics of the actual board would probably help.... But hey dude, where in NY u at?

 

Damn dude, just throw that sh!t in the garbage. Where exactly did you say you live?

 

Paging Slashdog. Paging Slashdog.

 

Your solutions depend on what is exactly wrong, and that is hard to tell from the picture.

1)If the fin box is pushed in...than the box needs to be removed and reset. I would recommend having a professional ding repair guy do this. It'll probably cost ~$50.

2) If the glass and lamination is just built up over the fin box...the more likely scenario... it most likely just needs to be sanded down so it is flush, or you can leave it as is. As long as, it doesn't chip or crack away off the box than it needs to be patched by a professional ding repair guy.

With that being said, take it to your local shop or ding repair guy. If they are credible they will help you and point you in the right direction.

 

When I put boxes in I laminate over them then sand through the lamination to expose the opening in the box. After that I tape over the opening and then hot coat. After the hot coat I pull off the tape and drill out the screw holes. It looks like the hot and gloss coat cracked when they drilled out the screw holes. It also looks plenty sealed to be water tight around the edges. I would just ride it and see how it goes, but that's just me, I see aboard as a tool and don't care if it lasts forever.

 

I avoid that risk by filling the grub screw holes with plumber's putty... no drilling needed.

 

Oh wow, great idea! Thanks