Small Hairline Surfboard Cracks

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Small Hairline Surfboard Cracks

Postby GoodDaysOnly3217538 » Thu Nov 19, 2020 3:51 pm

Dinged my longboard when walking into the front door of my apartment. Im pretty bummed about it, but want to figure out if I should repair.

I can just barely catch my fingernail on the largest crack, but I can’t stick a finger into the cracks and pick at them.

I have some solarrez, but unsure how to use it on something like this, or if it’s worth it.
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Re: Small Hairline Surfboard Cracks

Postby oldmansurfer » Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:30 pm

What kind of board is this? Brand or construction. It looks to me like it needs a repair but there are many ways boards are made and some of them this may just be cosmetic damage
So what is worse.... dying or regretting it for the rest of my life? Obviously I chose not regretting it.
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Re: Small Hairline Surfboard Cracks

Postby GoodDaysOnly3217538 » Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:16 am

9-0 longboard.
PU.
Thicker glassing.

https://southcoastboards.com/models/cr3/


GoodDaysOnly3217538 wrote:Dinged my longboard when walking into the front door of my apartment. Im pretty bummed about it, but want to figure out if I should repair.

I can just barely catch my fingernail on the largest crack, but I can’t stick a finger into the cracks and pick at them.

I have some solarrez, but unsure how to use it on something like this, or if it’s worth it.
oldmansurfer wrote:hat kind of board is this? Brand or construction. It looks to me like it needs a repair
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Re: Small Hairline Surfboard Cracks

Postby waikikikichan » Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:48 am

GoodDaysOnly3217538 wrote:Thicker glassing.


Thicker Glassing ? Did you have them do extra glassing on your order form on top of the base glassing? Usually a long board has 6+6/6 glassing ( 6 oz. bottom and 2 layers of 6 on the deck ). Some add additional deck patch for knee paddling.
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Re: Small Hairline Surfboard Cracks

Postby oldmansurfer » Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:02 pm

It looks to me that it’s going to allow water into the foam so at the very least needs to be resined over
So what is worse.... dying or regretting it for the rest of my life? Obviously I chose not regretting it.
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Re: Small Hairline Surfboard Cracks

Postby IB_Surfer » Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:35 pm

simple test: put your lips (unless dirty) right up to the crack and suck in, if you can then you need to fix it, if you can't then maybe just the top layer of resin cloth cracked. Then again, if you take it to a shop they will make it look like it was never there.
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