Our Tabou mad cow waveboard has a crack in the nose.
It is about 1-2cm long and looks more than paint deep.
What is the simplest effective repair to make sure no water gets in?
needit (bunnings or place like that) until you can drop it off to Hoop for repair.
. You can do it yourself if need be, here is the web page to show you how, if your thinking of giving it a go.
Just for a quickie I'd cut a 3mm wide slot, 10 to 20mm long with a 5mm under cut, cut some 3mm long glass fibers mixed with Q cells and epoxy resin (the good stuff) and inject it in so all you'll end up with is just a white stripe after sanding, easy to paint touch up. After using it check for any salt crystals forming around it , if none then good job.
1. Looking closer at this crack, it seems to be a full thickness crack through the nose (top through to bottom) extending in about 2cm.
Considering this was a very cheap board, will covering it with kneadit permanently protect it, or does it need surgery and the epoxy / fibreglass treatment?
2. Where is Hoops' workshop?
shouldnt cost more than 30 bucks..
people are scared to do it themselves....http://www.selleys.com.au/Selleys-Fibreglass-Repair-Kit/default.aspx
all you need is sandpaper and a kit...
unless you want to pay $$$ for the sAME OLD TREATMENT
people are worried about boat repair ..... BOARD IS F ALL
30 bucks for a repair surfboard kit
do it yourself bit of sanding and a 30 buck repair kit????????
Did it at he beech the ther day while i waited for the wind that never come in.
Why are people so scared to do repairs there so simple??????????????????
If you had a fiberglass boat these materials will be on the toool box on your boat.
Its fn fiberglass????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? no rocket science
Hi buster, If you use that Selley's repair kit on your board you could damage it beyond repair. It is polyester not epoxy.
You're right, fibre glass repairs are not rocket science. They are actually pretty easy if you have a basic understanding of different resins, glass products and their applications.
If you can buy resin, glass, fillers and paint to match your board for $30.00 then you would be silly not to do it yourself.
Good luck.
Glass I know about.
Fibreglass and epoxy I know nothing about.
I do know that using the wrong resin can dissolve the core.
I could recognise that the board needed surgery rather than a bandaid.
Hoop had it repaired and ready to go 5 hours after I dropped it off.
Can't beat that for service.
I have a bit of damage on the nose of my board. Just looks like the paint. Whats the best way just to make sure it is watertight??
