Surfboard Ding Repair [Epoxy & EPS + Carbon Fiber]

No one likes a ding so bad on your favorite board! but it happens, if you are lucky you have a shaper like me that can fix it LOL.
I tried to show the process in the best way possible without being boring! I hope it helps, let me know in the comments if you like it and if it helps you - Thanks!
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Welcome to my channel
My name is Koby and I am a surfboard shaper from Israel
For the last 7 years, I shape and build surfboards in my small workshop and now I will expand for more great projects using Epoxy resin such as River tables, woodworking, and more. I will upload surfboard building tutorials, shaping tools reviews, and great tips about working with epoxy resin art.

All my boards are made from EPS and epoxy resin and I like to go crazy with my resin! I will do swirls using tints and pigments, cloth inlays, weird shapes, and more.

I can talk about surfboards all day, so feel free to ask me any questions you may have and I will do my very best to answer them in the best way possible

[juergensplieth]

Nice work, a ding repair takes much time🤙

[stephenbrown]

Pretty good repair.. Maybe 2 x layers of carbon fibre would have mitigated the sand through on the deck. Other wise well done.

[ryanclinetv]

Koby, I’d love your input (along with any other shapers) on a build I’m trying.

I recently picked up some old FireWire Tomo Vader/Vangaurds for $50 each and get worried about the LFT construction being weak and brittle over time.

Would there be any downside to me laying carbon fiber over the existing fiberglass? Would it be worth trying to delaminate and use the shape from scratch? Maybe even sanding down the original glass with 100-200 grit and then adding it?

Any thoughts would be appreciated! Why not just buy a new board everyone is wondering? Material is cheap, and a new one is $900 usd.

[toniachetwood]

Hi, do you have any advice for fixing air bubbles leaking through a pin hole sized area in a fresh epoxy resin repair on the nose? I haven’t glassed it yet, but when I drop a bit of water over it it still leaks air 🤔 can you advise?

[dmac]

just to clarify you could color match underneath the lamination with the spray paint and glass over? or in this case you could do it over top? Also, what kind of spray paint was for the color?

[surferjohn]

Great video. What would you charge for that repair?

[lukemichaels]

What spray clear do you use? Looks money!

[LilleyAdam]

Just for clarity, this is an EPS core? Is epoxy hardener a standard product?

[ofek]

היי קובי, אתה יודע למה כל הזמן נוצרות לי בועות אוויר בשלב בראשון של החומר לאחר הייבוש?