Hi guys i have a starboard go tuffskin. The problem is that the toughskin on the nose has a lot off hair line splits. They are hardly noticeable untill when in the sun on the roof racks i notice water bubbling out off them. How would you suggest repairing a tufskin, with fibre glass resin or another product. Any ideas appreciated thanks.

Hmmm sounds like they are thru to the core and/or been there a while
Have you weighed it and compared against factory spec?

If it is too heavy it may need that nose sawn off and hung upside down for a couple of weeks (months?) before starting repairs....

+1 for Moby - don't go anywhere near it with "fibreglass resin" (polyester) it will need epoxy, lest you melt it. Search for the board repair threads here and check out boardlady.com

If it is an old board in knocked about condition, it may be sufficient to drill a hole in the nose and wick the moiture out with cotton rope or paper towels over a week or two, grind out all those cracks (like with a thin angle grinder blade) to about 5mm deep and 2-3mm wide, then fill them all with epoxy and slap a couple of layers of glass/epoxy over the top. Not pretty, but fixed.

If you want to make it look as new and hardly noticeable it will be considerably more work (see boardlady)

DASZIP said...

Thanks guys. Have been letting it wick dry through the vent screw with paper towel. Havent noticed dampness on it for a while but was really wet at the beggining. It doesnt hve to look flash wont be selling it just want to make it last for as lomg as i can so your methods sound like the way to go. Is 150 litre board want to go smaller in future and keep it for those drifter days or for the missus. Thanks again.

If the only crack / leak is at the nose and you had wetness at the vent plug it has a lot of water in it.
Drill a 10mm hole at nose and tail and put wicks in there also. In the sun all day is best, but if your weather looks like ours right now , the sun is not an option. Leave it in the garage and put a hair dryer near the wicks (say 50cm away), just for general air flow, for an hour on each wick each night

Alternative is another crack you have not found, so have a really good look and bung half a mL of epoxy in the very bottom of each foostrap plug hole just in case

Try to hire a vacuum pump, drill some small holes in the damaged area, mask up the nose with plastic foil and paper towels under the foil,
Connect up the vac pump, dont forget to take out the vent plug and watch the paper towels fill up with moisture after tuning on the pump.
Run the pump for a few days, add a bottle to the vac hose incase a flood of water comes out of the board and you want to save the pump from failing.