Surfbort medical advise (aka ding repair)

Am i fawkin it up again ?

 

I went to the surf shop yesterday to get some more qcel and the guy looked at me like a deer in the headlights ,they only had the little uv kits and 1 small bag of fin rope.i was very unhappy now i have to wait a few days and i need to finish this ugly thing in my garage.
I couldnt see the picture of the other board so i just wanted yu to see this ugly thing im doin ,its a old PU blank about 20 years old and it has really picked up a lot of damage .one of the things i mentioned about the PU yu can see its the mashed bread look of the foam on topdeck of the board. It will get this way over time ,water and uv just tear it up plus your jumpin up and down on the top deck so...foam mashing
A longboard can have a bunch of dings and still be a good riding board and be worth the repair and in that we all agree but..... i dont want to keep fixing a bunch of small dings on a 20 year old polyester glassed board thats all brittle and startin to go anyway ,whoever started this said he had the funds necessary to get it done by a pro if he f#cked it up so why not just skip all the bullshot tear it off hes got the money

 

I wil wurk on my ritin skils

 

when yu see that foam yu think how in the world did it get like that ,
my buddy asked what i was gonna do to it . I told him i was going to cut it up into small enough pieces to fit into one trash can

 

The why is that this board has that value to my buddy ,he only has 2 boards and he cant afford a new one ,he is one of my oldest and best friends and he asked me to fix it.
Hes dying of cancer ,im going to fix it ,do whatever i have to do cuz if and when he can surf again im gonna have that board ready to go for him so he get out in the ocean

 

After you see that nasty bit of foam what would you do next

 

I think Ceppy has a doppelganger lurking.

 

I haven’t read one of your posts yet man, but I want to, I really do.

 

If I HAD to repair it, I'd start by removing all of the loose bits of foam. Then I'd make a paste with microballoons and resin, and spackle it smooth. Sand that (use a respirator), and laminate over. Mix a few grains of instant coffee into the resin to get it to look ugly.

 

Once had a great board with delam on the tail from planting the back foot. Did a very nice job fixing it (sliced glass, added resin and q-cell with glass patch on top), but the board lost it's magic....it was never the same.

Be prepared

 

Hahahahahahaha I'm waving the white flag on this one. Type writer guy wins.

Good luck NJ. That was the point i was trying to get. If it's effed, it's effed regardless. Might as well practice your repair skills. If it's not effed? Well then you just prolonged the life of the board. If you got any questions once you get started post back.

 

A shortboard of some kind, I assume? Longboards are way more forgiving to these kinds of repairs.

 

5'10" Lis double bump fish with glassed Geppies, a rare specimen. Of course this was back in the day.

It was actually my best friend's board and we worked on it together. Even back then, his work was better than Joe Roper lol he was super talented.

So we did all the prep and the job was firm and water tight, but he knew the magic was gone on his first wave.

I repaired a board I snapped in half on a shorebreak barrel and the same thing happened...but that's another story.

 

Day-um! I'd take it... even without the magic.

 

Probably worth a couple grand now if it were still alive. Threw it under a moving car or whatever stupid shit we did as kids.

 

A Steve Lis fish from early 70s ,man that would be several thousand in good shape.

 

wurkin on it

 

1978 to be exact. A rare bird.

Balsa with paisley...very nice

 

Well alright... alright!