...and I do some sanding and painting. Maybe on the painting...if the surf is up and all the board needs is paint, the paint will wait.
July used to be better for wind. Now all I do is SUP (poor me)...maybe August will happen for wind.
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No story with the 'customization'?
Posted by: Brian S | August 02, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Well, there are actually two "customizations" being repaired. There's a crack on the side that my thigh put into the board when I got smashed by a closing wave as well as the dinged nose, which was originally the result of a collision with the Wolf (I didn't write about that incident,) the subsequent repair of which seems to have come undone after some rough and tumble in the beach break lately.
I'm mostly interested in this because I've never worked with fiberglass cloth before (I've strictly been an epoxy-plus-filler kinda guy). I'm looking forward to sanding this down...hopefully the work will be seaworthy.
Posted by: Michael | August 02, 2010 at 12:03 PM
Be sure you fill the weave first with another coat or two of epoxy before sanding, otherwise you'll just sand into the cloth. Otherwise it's good to go as long as it's watertight.
Posted by: Rotorhead | August 02, 2010 at 02:44 PM
Rotorhead, I think I did that (at least I slathered on epoxy on top of the glass twice,) but I did this all in one session, without waiting for any one coat to dry. Do I need to apply fresh epoxy over the existing glass and epoxy, I'm now wondering?
Posted by: Michael | August 02, 2010 at 03:15 PM
Is the white stuff some filler you put in? Did the damage reach the EPS core? It's beyond me why those cheap serial board manufacturers can't put some layer of kevlar or something to make the nose a little stronger.
Posted by: Tonywind | August 02, 2010 at 03:15 PM
The white stuff is filler (whatever West Marine calls their strong stuff that I mixed with some epoxy to fill in where some of the damage took place.
Posted by: Michael | August 02, 2010 at 03:19 PM
Sorry your loved one is ill. I'm sure it'll be sea-worthy, but it might have been safer to sand off the paint under the glass patch. I'm sure you've seen Eva's site, specifically the "repairs menu"?
http://www.boardlady.com/repairmenu.htm
Posted by: Brian S | August 02, 2010 at 03:31 PM
Brian, she's got glass over paint in just about every photo I've seen. While I didn't remove the paint, I did use course sandpaper to roughen up the surface to provide the epoxy more to work with.
Posted by: Michael | August 02, 2010 at 04:22 PM
:(
Posted by: Joe "Keo" Rouse | August 02, 2010 at 08:55 PM
i told u! stay far away from the wolf....hes always in control ..until the last second!!!
Posted by: scott k. | August 03, 2010 at 06:35 AM
Was it your fault or Wolf's?
Posted by: tonywind | August 07, 2010 at 11:05 AM