1st day on the new foil miss judged the depth and drove it hard into the sand. Now I have a not so polished foil with a couple of deeper scratches. Anyone come up with a way to make the used look new again?
3000 grit wet and dry then cut and polish then polish. (And heaps of elbow grease!)
I fix small dings with
super glue
deeper with
super glue and ground charcoal
deeper with
putty
then spray can to finish
it's made to be used anyways
Select to expand quotesultanofwing said..
I fix small dings with
super glue
deeper with
super glue and ground charcoal
deeper with
putty
then spray can to finish
it's made to be used anyways
For real you're putting charcoal?? Whyyyyy
Just go to Whitworths/marine retailer and get epifill or any micro balloons. Put masking tape over the repair once filled and you should have minimal sanding if anything at all.
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Superglue + powdered graphite (as used in locks)
oops, my bad, sorry Mikey I just sent a PM instead of this:
How do you use this combo, do you put the superglue to the scratch and then pour a bit the graph.powder on top of it?
How deep scratches one can do with this method?
Thanks!
Please for the love of Christ only use proper composite repair methods.
Composite foils are not some random item laying around the house with a scratch. You can't just add a random powder - charcoal, baking soda. Jesus soon someone will post here saying egg powder no doubt.
You can use epoxy with pigment to colour match, you can use filler/ micro balloons, but thats it. Learn to do the job properly and it will be a quick repair.
Select to expand quoteKing Crash said..
Please for the love of Christ only use proper composite repair methods.
Composite foils are not some random item laying around the house with a scratch. You can't just add a random powder - charcoal, baking soda. Jesus soon someone will post here saying egg powder no doubt.
You can use epoxy with pigment to colour match, you can use filler/ micro balloons, but thats it. Learn to do the job properly and it will be a quick repair.
so no spackle and spray paint? 
I am with hilly...leave it...gonna get scratched again and again with proper use. The cool skate kids don't have bright white vans.
Maybe fix it before you sell it -- but even then, maybe better not to, depends on the buyer ... someone else made it look pretty for you (good) or someone else did a quick fix repair of a catastrophic issue and passing on a problem (bad). I think overall I'd prefer to get it unfixed, know what I have.
I bounced my pristine RS1150 of some rocks the other week. The paint was badly scratched but the underlying carbon was unmarked. Alex Aguera says they build them tough.
I wet sanded the damaged paint to remove the hard edged scratches using 200, 400 and 600 grit, then polished with a car scratch compound. The end result is almost as shiny as the original surface and the black exposed bits look like graphic design features. I quite like it. I am thinking of spray painting it with a rattle can, but it looks fine at the moment.
I have used PC-11 and PC-7 epoxy paste from Bunnings for filling scratches and chips and fairly major repairs. It's easy to work with, sands well, and can be smoothed with a gloved finger wet with metho or even water.
For painting any of the high end rattle cans are fine (Duramax, Metalshield, Rustoleum).
Most foil damage is really easy to fix. The materials are carbon cloth and epoxy but the processes are pretty much the same as fixing a polyester surfboard. There's heaps of internet tutorials on how to handle everything. I bought a set of drug dealer scales for measuring out epoxy. Foil repairs usually require tiny amounts of resin and ultra-precise scales make it easy to do.
This link shows a lockdown project: kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=196&t=2407240&p=1108901
Cheers a few methods there to look into. Was not thinking of doing the repairs for beauty alone. Do wander what impact the scratches and scuffs have on low end performance?? Increased resistance to ease up on foil. I'm guessing top end performance may impact on noise and vibration.
