Easiest technique for professional-level surfboard repair! Links to materials in description.

Steps: Sand, fill, sand, laminate (patch), sand, hotcoat, sand!

Laminating Resin:

Sanding Resin:

Q-cell Filler:

MEKP Catalyst

Fiberglass (4 oz)

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[boscobaracus]

I got a tip for ya with the acid brush bristles. I use those things a lot for work too being a plumber. Whenever I get new brushes I run a thin cyanoacrylate glue down at the base of the bristles to keep em from screwing up my solder joints! Not sure how that glue affects the resin you're using but it works wonders for what I do. Best of luck!

[Branman]

I love this and if you don't like that you can still see it you can just slap a sticker over it and it is still fixed. Very helpful and interesting at the same time. I would love to learn how to become a shaper.

[garrettkitchen]

Best repair videos I've found. The pneumatic sander sounds like I'm at the dentist, haha.

[jaceklanger]

The repair turned out great. And i find it a great video to display how to easily fix a deep ding on the board which is not on the rail, even though that would be rather similiar. There is one thing I don't understand. Why do you/we opt for a filler made from resin and foam pearls while fixing a Polyurethane-Foam board (if it is one). Wouldnt it make more sense to use Polyurethane to fill the gab, the density should be rather identical. Using a homemade mixture holds the risk of beeing more dense and much harder than the original material. We actually would compromise the internal structure of the board and may unbalance it ever so slightly. Would appreciate a qualified answer. ( You can buy white Polyurethane- in spray cans)

[dudeleboski]

Rounding the edges on those patches will facilitate the sanding process

[BananaEskimo]

Oh wow! You slather that on there big boy! I’ll be doing mine in a parking lot- you’re a lord

[jeanann]

Amazing skill you have. You are a perfectionist.

[etbc]

This was both helpful and interesting to watch. Thanks!

[danielbiven]

Good work, i like to tape off the patch to minimize adding weight and reduces time sanding. Your patch still came out perfect though!

[qjwpxgz]

Wet out all of the cloth, to avoid having to sand away dry cloth later!! Way more dangerously fine airborne glass particles than sanding wetted cloth that's cured. Those fine dry cloth sanded fibres will hang around your work area.

[geoffreyl_]

This video was super helpful. Thank you!

[planofthenets]

Can I use sanding paper for all those times you had a machine

[dmac]

When you lay the fiberglass patch down, how do you sand the patch flush without sanding through the patch?

[fabriciodart]

Thanks for that!
So I got a problem, when I put the filler, the original polystyrene are melting, a small hole turning a big empty hole!
Tho fix if I had to put an expanding foam, but I got a delamination!

[Gwosts]

Have you tried Solarez products, they require no mixing

[dudeleboski]

I hope you catalized the resin before adding the qcell

[nadeemal-khafaji]

Do you sand a dip in the filler before applying cloth? what stops you sanding all cloth off?

[rdsrf]

Nice work really enjoying the vids! Glad you are staying safe with some good PPE while working. I like the flight suit...Pilot is your day job? Is there a reason for not adding resin to the edges of the glass patch? Does that make it easier to feather the edges?

[highcotton]

You gave a pro tip that sanding resin is just polyester resin with paraffin wax added to it. Do you have a wax to resin ratio that I can use to make some sanding resin?

[KawikaDowney]

I thought I was the only one that used wax. Sometimes I use rubbing compound first then wax.