How to fix a board?

(mnwakerider) · (mnwakerider) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 06-01-2005, 12:45 PM

I have a couple smaller dings that i would like to keep smaller... How do i seal them up or fix them? I dont want the water to erode the dings into anything larger...
thanks for the help, jb

drewsky24 06-01-2005, 12:55 PM

Epoxy.

(hamkj) · (hamkj) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 06-01-2005, 1:51 PM

Everyone will say epoxy or fibre glass compound... The absolute best thing in my opinion!!!

JB WELD. I had a friend with a brand new board... fell off the rack... and got stuck in the cleat... so you can imagine the 6 inch long 3 inch deep chunk out of the side of the board...

I picked away at the foam and fragments and then filled with multiple layers of JB WELD... then sanded it... it is stronger than the original!!!

(wakeworld) · (wakeworld) **Join Date: Jan 1997** 06-01-2005, 2:21 PM

http://www.wakeworld.com/articles/2004/fixadent.asp

(mnwakerider) · (mnwakerider) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 06-01-2005, 11:30 PM

Kyle - whats the JB WELD? where can i pick some up? I like the way it sounds so far. And thanks for the link David.
Hope it all works out!
jb

(ladythump) · (ladythump) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 06-02-2005, 6:58 AM

John,

West Marine sells epoxy in handy single serving packets. It works great for things like this. At the end of the snowboarding season, I use it to fix all the new dings in my snowboard.

(hamkj) · (hamkj) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 06-02-2005, 8:45 AM

JB WELD can be bought at a hardware store or walmart or automotive parts place. this stuff is like liquid metal... once it drys... it can be sanded... but not much will be able to break it... i find other epoxies change when exposed to heat, sun, water etc.... JB WELD is used to glue together minor cracks in engine blocks... that should tell you how strong it is!

(socalwakepunk) · (socalwakepunk) **Join Date: Dec 2002** 06-02-2005, 9:05 AM

JMO - small dings, chips, whatever do not = broken board. When it is in 2 or more pieces, then it is broken. Otherwise, no repair is necessary.

(big_ed_x2) · (big_ed_x2) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 06-02-2005, 9:23 AM

I agree Jeff.

How long do you ride your old board anyways?What 2,3 maybe 4 years and you get a new one.

No repair is necessary.

(denverd1)

i agree, whats a small ding? it gives the board character and its not going to keep you from sticking your new move. But, if its deep enough, can't water seep into the core of the board and really screw it up?

(socalwakepunk)

Closed cell foam - no. I have a HL DNA core Belmont that has a big chunk missing from the bottom (slider mishap). Been riding it like that for years.

(denverd1)

awesome - now i don't have to fix that gash in the bottom of my deck from the side of a wetbox!

(hamkj) · (hamkj) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 06-02-2005, 2:22 PM

One other thing when I used JB WELD... I spread the JB WELD over the "edge ding" and then use a strip of clear packing tape and wrap it so it takes the shape of the edge... when it dries after 24 hours, you peel the tape off and the JB WELD peels off from the smooth parts of the board leaving only JB WELD in the damaged area... works like a dream...