Boom regripping SF Bay Area?

victor · Joined: 03 Aug 1998 Posts: 581

here's instructions to DIY.

http://www.windvisions.com/regrip.html

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

Last summer I had Derek at Delta Windsurf Co. re-grip my Maui Sails boom. Rather than using the Maui Sails grip, he did it with Chinook's black grip. The job came out very nice. The price was $125.

mark · Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 181

Another set of instructions at http://www.calema.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=117

kevinkan · Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco

tthole · Joined: 08 Oct 2002 Posts: 54

Ok I forgot, for the $60 rate at Helm of Sun Valley in San Mateo that was labor for a boom that was already preped. I pulled off the grip and did a lite sanding of the old glue to clean up the surface of the boom arms and Helm did the rest. It sounds like Derek did everything, but for me Helm was just a closer drive than the Delta.

Tim

colonwk1 · Joined: 15 May 1998 Posts: 14 Location: San Francisco

Hi Kevin - was speaking with you at the Chrissy Swap meet and you introduced me to a guy in the east bay the is doing booms. Could you send me or post his contact info. colonwk@gmail.com. Hope you had a good trip down south!

cbknap · Joined: 03 Jun 1997 Posts: 373

input from another DIY'er:

Normally there is no need to recover the entire boom unless you have the (bad) habit of dragging the boom across your nonskid when you waterstart.

Especially on Fiberspar Carbon booms, the grip tends to peel up where your fingers rub against the inside seam. You can save the boom for several years just by neatly re-gluing the peeled up areas using waterproof contact cement.

Once it becomes too frayed to fix, use a razor blade to neatly cut out the damaged areas, always in a rectangular shape, scrape/sand off the old glue and rough carbon tubes with 150 grit paper.

Cut out an identical rectangular patch, making it about 1/16" larger than the area where it will fit. Coat both boom and grip with THREE COATS of contact cement (letting each coat dry). Apply repair patch from the INSIDE OUT---for longest wear you want the seam on the outside--not the inside where your fingers will fray it. Use a 1" dowel as a roller if you don't have the rubber roller. Trim edges with new razor blade.

These repairs will last longer than the original grip.

--chris