tail repair lost puddle jumper

[jyar]

Unfortunately I dropped my Lost puddle jumper and have damaged the tail... I am asking for advice on repair. surf is great for the next few days. can i surf with it, am I better taken for repair or doing my best with epoxy?

[dtc]

You need to repair it but if you are pressed for time you can either (a) do a quick a dirty repair (eg solarez along it all), but you will have to spend a bit of time undoing that before doing it properly or (b) run the risk by taping it up with some gorilla tape and cover that with wax.

(A) is preferable, although it ends up being more work in the long run it wont run the risk of permanent term damage. It will only take 1/2 hour including drying time and some sanding time. Or you can do both - solarez where the obvious holes are and then tape up the whole area

Obviously properly repairing it is the best option but that is a bigger job, looks like you will need to cut away some of the fibreglass and redo it.

[waikikikichan]

1) How do you know it’s Epoxy/EPS and not Poly/PU ?
What does your order form say ?

2) So if you do surf it, what do you think will happen ?

[jyar]

Thanks for reply

yesnits Pu/foam but question was whether epoxy would seal it temporarily to prevent water ingress