Well, against the advice of many SIers I have actually been surfing the old G&S waterskate that I picked up a year ago. Yesterday at a meh day at a popular south facing Rhode Island break, a guy lost control of his longboard as I was paddling back out the lineup and his fin f*cked my board with a big chomp. I ain't afraid of DIY, so I prepped this morning and spooned on multiple layers of q-cell, curing each layer, and smoothing it all. I can see the hard part of this repair will be color matching for the glass and resin.
I once carried a repair board into a paint store, had them scan the board under that machine that matches color, and then they mixed up 4 ounces (least they would sell) of waterbased acrylic. It was a bit of a pain, but I'll tell you what...the color matched PERFECTLY.
The board looks like it is pigmented resin, but painting might be an option you want to consider. I know I wouldn't stand a chance of being able to mix pigments to get that color, but with paint you might.
I got a fan deck from Benjamin Moore and match it that way. Get as close as you can with the color in the deck, and fade it out around the repair. Most times you can't even notice unless you're looking for it.
The board was painted over the original glass. I will take it back to the restorer who painted it and get him to freshen. I now have a water tight but b@tt ugly repair.
Barry! Now why didn't I think of that, just call G& S! looks like they are still using the same colors. I bet they are just itching to help out some bozo old schooler update a board that was made before the current owners were out of diapers!
