Professional surfboard DING REPAIR - Quick video - 

Yeah you’re right. 👍 U gotta sand the q cell filler and a little bit of the original board down more so that there is enough space for the fiberglass to fill in and not make a bump.

Haha sorry have had heaps on. Will be getting some more videos up soon 🤘

Thank man. Yeh are you talking about the very tip of the swallow tail?

Any chance you’d still make that video? I can’t speak for the other guy but the tip of the swallow and along the edge into the center of the swallow

@@Shrednaughthaha a bit late but yes, the tips, seem to find a quick small repair doesn’t last

Haha a comedian I am not. Don’t worry mate I’ll get some proper vids up soon. Just a lot going on lately. I’m glad I’m helping. You should start to feel more confident and see your shapes improving now you’re a few boards in 🤙

Yeh that’s pretty standard mate. Try using a stick to mix/tap the filler around and release the air bubbles. Or If it’s going to be sprayed over then just fill them with resin at the glassing stage. Alternatively you could just do another fill with the qcell after the first sand. Adds one extra step but it solves the issue.

Since nobody ever replied; you use a mixture of resin and q-cell to fill up the part where there is normally foam. You mix it with that to reduce weight as the q-cells can be seen as little “air balloons”. Beside that, using only resin would make it more brittle/less flexible at the place of your repair.

When I destroy a board like that I’ll make the vid 🤙

With ding repairs painting is just as good if not better. And used with a tinted repair can make it look almost perfect. When talking about full boards the resin tint is generally a more richer colour than painting the foam. This is because the foam is porous and you can still see tiny bits of white foam when painting. The resin tint not only colours the foam but soaks into the glass and is in the resin which makes for a deeper / richer colour. Both are good and both are used for different aesthetics. 🤙

Yeh for sure. The advantage with the tape on the rail is that when you pull it tight along the rail line it keeps the rail shape and leaves you with less sanding to get that radius back.

@@Shrednaught i get it. Thanks!

I use silmar poly resin. Any surfboard specific resin will work. Qcell are the small micro ballon/ filler.

@@Shrednaught how long does it take to cure? Did you use catalyst?

It’ll gel in about 15-20 mins probably sandable after an hour or so. Yeh always use mekp catalyst in filler mixes

Lam resin for patches. Yeh if you can keep it clean enough you dont need to do much prep work before you slap a fill/hot coat on it.

@@Shrednaught awesome thanks for the super quick response. I only have solarez uv polyester sanding resin, so I assume I sand the lamination slightly and then hotcoat and then sand. Sometimes the repair is above the rest of the board but is smooth.

That solarez is good for small dings or quick fixes but if it is a significant ding try and get your hands on just straight up lam resin. The sanding resin has a wax in it that could cause delaminates. Yup you got it mate. If it’s slightly raised that’s fine. As long as it’s water tight you’re laughing 🤙

Thanks 🤙

Yeh it’s common. Choice of epoxy can change things. Also what are you cleaning with? You need to make extra sure with epoxy that it’s all sanded back and you’re not putting it on top of the original surfboard surface.

@@Shrednaught i've been using acetone to clean the surface with a paper towel. i think i shoudl probably sand down a little more aggressively!

Generally you shouldn’t use acetone and epoxy mate. If you do need to use a cleaner with epoxy you should use isopropyl alcohol ( I think I spelled that correctly ) or just warm soapy water / compressed air. When I use epoxy I’ll do the lam then sand it , blow the dust off and then do my fill coat. Just use gloves all at times as the oils from your hands can also cause issues 🤙

@@Shrednaught oooh will ltry that next time! thanks for the tips and always putting out the dopest board making content