Did you use Epoxy Resin?

Pavlova

Marshmallow !

Did you use any of those Chinese berries !

PKenny said..

Yuppy said..
Nope. It's polyester resin

I could be wrong but I reckon thats your problem. Polyester likes eating polystyrene.

Where do you buy epoxy resin?

OMG Yuppy how many board repair threads are there here? that say don't use polyester resin (or don't listen to bloody Bunnings employees who say surfboard repair kit = windsurf = SUP etc)

All is not lost though.
You can build up that big void with any HD polystyrene or normal surfboard core foam. Especially as the bottom laminate is intact and gives u a guide.
Cut it to fit as close as possible, butter it well with epoxy resin and q-cell mix and fit it. Then shape it with a sanding block and glass over (4 oz x 3 layers with epoxy will be kewl).

Yuppy said..
Nope. It's polyester resin

Ouchy !. Oh well. I've seen worse. At least it's the tip of the nose and easy to repair. Before you do anything else, read the boardlady web site:

boardlady.com/repairbasics.htm

^^^^

^^^ SHQ stands for...?

(pretty sure it isn't surfboard)

You should have taken a clinic in board repair as well !

not too bad, just get a piece of high density foam and rebuild the missing part, then fiberglass over. Make sure to sand away the paint on the area around so it will stick properly...

ejmack said..
Hey Yuppy, you should have walked a bit further, the yacht/boating shop behind SHQ sell Epoxy resins, glass, etc, etc. Everything you'll need. Correction, everything you would have needed.

Ejmack

Good one. Many thanks. I'll drop in there tomorrow.

Fyi its called www.anchor-marine.com.au/

just be aware - You can still do it (melt the foam) with an epoxy kit if you make the mix a bit hot and go straight onto EPS foam - first hand experience watching the inside of my old 104 freewave melting before my eyes when i removed some fin boxes

(after turning into a Quad)

How embarrassment

This is why yuppies generally pay someone else to do it

??????
I'm glad you can appreciate hot chick sales assistants, and totally lose all train of thought, happens to me all the time, ya getting old, but classic.

To prevent mistake number 2 may I suggest you swap the multi-bake paper for glad-wrap or peel ply ?

I'm back on track.

Filled up hole with epoxy resin and qcell.