I'm thinking about buying a secondhand sweet potato which has an ugly repair. I've never strayed from PU boards so don't know what to look out for. Should I steer clear?
The main thing with these types of boards is that they need to be dried before repairing and a decent repair must be done. If not it can cause all sorts of dramas later. Hard to tell from that Pic but it looks to me like it needed a finish coat applied. You can always just dig the repair out - make sure its all dry and re-do it yourself. Or get Dave at Katana to do it for you. Maybe give the board a gentle squeeze around the edges of the repair to make sure its not going soft or leaking. FST construction is super strong. Its the best FW materials if you ask me. I have had FST, RapidFire and now have the new LFT - FST is the winner by a country mile.
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The main thing with these types of boards is that they need to be dried before repairing and a decent repair must be done. If not it can cause all sorts of dramas later. Hard to tell from that Pic but it looks to me like it needed a finish coat applied. You can always just dig the repair out - make sure its all dry and re-do it yourself. Or get Dave at Katana to do it for you. Maybe give the board a gentle squeeze around the edges of the repair to make sure its not going soft or leaking. FST construction is super strong. Its the best FW materials if you ask me. I have had FST, RapidFire and now have the new LFT - FST is the winner by a country mile.
Yeah thats great advice. I patched a small spot on a board and it was never right until it was fixed professionally.
My SP is Rapid fire that is meant to be light on build quality but its surfed in such small stuff i cant see that being an issue. Actually i think its rather solid. Its bounced of the sandy bottom very well, its hit me more often than not and has no pressure dings at all. I keep thinking its feeling softer but on closer investigation its not, i think I'm expecting it to fall apart but not yet..
Latterly its all i have ridden. New board from December still sitting in its wrapping 
