Re: Digest for liberian-surfers@googlegroups.com - 5 Messages in 3 Topics

[Troy Johnson]

Thanks for the repair advice everyone.  I was down with malaria for a bit, will see if i can fix it this weekend.

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:36 PM, <liberian...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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• Repair Questoin: Help [3 Updates]
• board needed [1 Update]
• Digest for liberian...@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 1 Topic [1 Update]

 Repair Questoin: Help

Troy Johnson <tjohns...@gmail.com> Jul 23 07:10AM -0700  

Is anyone interested in solving board repair problems? I have an old,
lightly glassed, fiberglass, 6'2 x 20 X 2.5 board that i really love. But,
it developed a strange stress mark crossed the bottom of the board last
time i used it. It seems like it has buckled perfectly laterally across
the middle of the board on the bottom side. It is still in one piece and
seems solid, the top of the board shows no signed of stress. You can kind
of see the problem in the picture. I am wondering if there is anything i
can do to strengthen it before it breaks, or if i should just make it into
a coffee table? I have seen boards that have been broken in half repaired
before, but have never repaired a board myself aside from simple dings.
Does anyone have experience or advice for me?
 
Thanks a million


 

John Etherton <john.e...@gmail.com> Jul 23 10:07AM -0600  

I'm no expert, but I'd try cutting a 6" swath of glass and lightly
coating it in resin over the stress mark.
 
John Etherton
+1-404-578-1606
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On 07/23/2012 08:10 AM, Troy Johnson wrote:


 

"Keith Chapman" <chap...@trinitydental.org> Jul 23 05:05PM -0500  

Good to see any activity on here at all! Even repair questions always
welcome. My 6'2 did the exact same thing and is still going strong. But
you don't want to just surf it like that. John's right on the money, but
the strip of cloth only needs to be about 4" wide across the length of the
crease (sounds like a small difference from 6", but these will add a
noticeable amount of weight, so minimize it as much as you can). Sand it
down really well. You might reveal some small cracks. Just leave them
there. Make sure it goes all the way around the rail, too, not just on the
bottom. Also a good sand will allow you to keep it pretty flat after getting
the glass on there. Put the cloth on and pour the resin right on the cloth,
then work it back and forth, until it goes into the fibers and covers
everything.
 
keith +
 

 
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I'm no expert, but I'd try cutting a 6" swath of glass and lightly coating
it in resin over the stress mark.
 
John Etherton
+1-404-578-1606
john.e...@gmail.com
 
On 07/23/2012 08:10 AM, Troy Johnson wrote:
 
Is anyone interested in solving board repair problems? I have an old,
lightly glassed, fiberglass, 6'2 x 20 X 2.5 board that i really love. But,
it developed a strange stress mark crossed the bottom of the board last time
i used it. It seems like it has buckled perfectly laterally across the
middle of the board on the bottom side. It is still in one piece and seems
solid, the top of the board shows no signed of stress. You can kind of see
the problem in the picture. I am wondering if there is anything i can do to
strengthen it before it breaks, or if i should just make it into a coffee
table? I have seen boards that have been broken in half repaired before,
but have never repaired a board myself aside from simple dings. Does anyone
have experience or advice for me?
 
Thanks a million
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 board needed

Troy Johnson <tjohns...@gmail.com> Jul 23 07:17AM -0700  

Are there any 6'2" to 6'6 thrusters for sale out there?


 

 Digest for liberian...@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 1 Topic

Troy Johnson <tjohns...@gmail.com> Jul 23 07:15AM -0700  

Thanks for the advice Keith,
 
We tried again at mid tide on Saturday with a 4.5 foot swell. It was a bit
too small, but we got a couple waves and nothing by low tide.
 
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