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DanWeiss
Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 2296 Location: Connecticut, USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 8:33 am Post subject: |
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Srufalex, I tend to agree with most who say that you could fix it yourself but the amount of money you would save depends greatly on the power tools you already own or can access freely. Yes, you could do all the work by hand, but that's a great deal of finessed internal work to beef up the structure and hours and hours and hours of sanding. The less experience a laminator has, the greater experience in sanding the laminator will gain.
The weight of your board will also suffer greatly unless you manage to get the perfect saturation ratio. That's not as easy as it sounds. Most repair people already have a flat lamination table topped with glass or plexi that produces bubble-free saturation from the three-step process of wetting out a panel. You certainly can find a flat surface like cardboard to do small pieces, but you will discover only after the piece fails to fully cure that the cardboard absorbed some of the hardener.
If you want to fix your board, go for it. The process can be very rewarding, but know that your repair may not be light let alone safe. _________________ Support Your Sport. Join US Windsurfing!
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dogalone
Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 113
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:10 am Post subject: |
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would not bother unless you are trying to build a 2 piece, take down board to easily fit in a mini cooper |
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yvanboniec
Joined: 08 Mar 2012 Posts: 100
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:59 am Post subject: Baffled |
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Simply awesome |
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Windsurf83
Joined: 24 May 2011 Posts: 84 Location: White Salmon, WA
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:06 am Post subject: |
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I say support the industry and go buy a new board. Hell, go buy a used one for $300
nail that thing to the wall, laugh and enjoy some beers with your bros while thinking of all the great sessions |
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motogon
Joined: 19 Aug 2000 Posts: 376 Location: Philly
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:36 am Post subject: |
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NolimitzWind wrote: | I say support the industry and go buy a new board. Hell, go buy a used one for $300
nail that thing to the wall, laugh and enjoy some beers with your bros while thinking of all the great sessions |
+1
Get new board! _________________ Andrew
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A lot of great surfers were ruined by family and steady job. |
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U2U2U2
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 5467 Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Baffled |
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yvanboniec wrote: | Simply awesome |
right now after your other potential projects, I would say this is just a fixer upper for you Yvan ! _________________ K4 fins
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benspikey
Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 167
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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This is a great time to get a used/new board.. |
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westender
Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 1288 Location: Portland / Gorge
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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I hope you didn't drive far out of your way to see about getting that repaired. Sheesh.
I had a car that accidentally got caught in a car crusher. After getting some estimates to fix the damage and knowing it would have a salvaged title, I decided not to have it repaired. |
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joew
Joined: 18 Jul 1999 Posts: 156
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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You could take it to the next swap meet and put a sign on it, "Half Price" |
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