I've got a 10 year old Bic that i'm learning on and i have just crushed the nose. It's not worth spending a lot of money on, does anyone have a quick and cheap solution. i'm thinking about cutting off the end and rounding.
If you post a picture there are quite a few experienced handymen on here that could give you some specific help. You might also like to check out boardlady.com/
That is a lot to cut off - and then you'd have to buy fibreglass and epoxy resin to patch the end.
If you use Knead-it, you will need 2 tubes worth I reckon. Plus it won't bond well to the outer skin.
As you just want an effective dodge-up, I think the cheapest and fastest is buy about a 500mL kit of epoxy resin and a few cupfuls of q-cells, should be about $30. Mix to about honey consistency. Smear it well under that lifted section. Everywhere. Put bit of plastic bag like shopping bag or few layers of Gladwrap on it. Clamp or weight so the lifted bit now sits where it should, and your filler oozes out the cracks. Next day, sand.
You can get all you need by post from Boatcraft Pacific, boatcraft.com.au/ or if you live down near Loganholme way, drop into the store. I use the BoteCote epoxy with UV stabilised hardner. 2:1 ratio is dead simple to use and it's made in Qld!
Sorry to piggy back the post but I am also keen to do my first board repair, nothing special just want board to last a little longer. This board has had a lot of hits, very thin all around the nose, I've patched bits and pieces with putty but the nose break is too great for just that. Can the same technique suggested for DudeAbides?
It looks like you need to glass it with some epoxy as you have really made a mess of it.
Sometimes photos make it look worse than it is, but you really should hold it together with some glass and epoxy. The putty is good for filling holes, but when its split like that, some fibreglass can make it much better.
You have even gone down to the styrofoam, so its really time to get a pro to repair it properly or get another board, or learn to repair it properly yourself.
Just make sure you don't use polyester 'fibreglass'.
Yeah the board has seen better days was already very soft in nose and deck when I bought it second hand but have certainly got $300 worth of fun out of it... Took it to a professional when I took my sup in and he said forget it - would cost more than the board hence best I try my own repair job..
So to understand I use the epoxy to glue and rebuild the nose then the glass to create the skin? If so how do I go about recreating the 'hole' where the outer board is missing is that just with epoxy or something more?
I had a 15cm long crack in the centre of my board, and another 5cm crack off to one side of the nose.
I'm midway through my first big repair! All I've used is some glass fibre matt and 2 part epoxy resin.
I also improvised my own vacuum bag using a quality garbage bag, some duct tape and a 12v car powered air pump from a blow-up boat we got a few years ago.
I used an angle grinder and orbital sander to chop through the existing carbon and smooth out the foam.... problem is I think I went a bit deep. I put 4 layers of glass in the gap and it is still lower than the surrounding deck. Oooppss. I'll see how it looks after sanding the edges down next weekend.
It's not actually hard, you just need to be careful with the power tools as it's too easy to take off more than you need to.
Jesus how did you do that? Save your time and just keep sailing it how it is. it must be full of water, id hang it up by the rear footstrap after each sail to drain the water out.
ginno said..
Sorry to piggy back the post but I am also keen to do my first board repair, nothing special just want board to last a little longer. This board has had a lot of hits, very thin all around the nose, I've patched bits and pieces with putty but the nose break is too great for just that. Can the same technique suggested for DudeAbides?
Update.... Final photo after sanding the first layer of epoxy/glass which revealed a few small bubbles/holes that I then painted over with fresh resin (no more glass). There is still a slight depression as I over-sanded the divinicell (grey foam).
