Stupid question on ding repair

All surfing hardware topics here. Boards, leashes, racks, wetsuits, boardies, surfgear, ding repair, wetsuit repair, surf wax...... you get the idea

Stupid question on ding repair

Postby seeker » Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:11 am

Hey everyone,

I made a mistake, but anyway... I had a few dings on my PU board that needed to be fixed for a long time. So 2 days ago I finally managed to get to it. As I have done a fair bit of surfboard repairs, I did have all materials needed, except catalyst... So when I prepared my board I realised that I have resin, qcell, but pretty much empty bottle of catalyst (only a drop of it on the bottom of the bottle). Because I already was sort of half way through, I decided to continue mixing my resin with that drop of catalyst as it usually needs about 1% of catalyst anyway. So I mixed my resin, added qcell, achieved required thickness and applied it to my dings.

Ok.. now 2 days later I see it is still soft, while usually it hardens within 24 hours. xxxxx! Obviously it wasn't enough catalyst in the mix. I know I made a mistake and should have waited till next morning to go to surf shop to get more catalyst, but coz I was lazy and half way through I didn't... My bad..

So now my question is - does anyone know if it hardens eventually? Because I am so lazy again, I would wait for another few days or even a week until it hardens rather than go to surf shop and redo the job... :)

If anyone had similar experience it would be great to share :) Thanks!

P.S I called my nearest shaper and he laughed at me, but said he has no idea as he never did any sort of that mistake :)
User avatar
seeker
Grom
 
Posts: 31
Likes: 0 post
Liked in: 0 post
Joined: Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:40 am

Re: Stupid question on ding repair

Postby waikikikichan » Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:20 am

How deep is the ding fill ? Is there fiberglass cloth on top of the q-cell layer ?
User avatar
waikikikichan
Surf God
 
Posts: 4783
Likes: 0 post
Liked in: 0 post
Joined: Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:35 pm
Location: Tokyo, Japan

Re: Stupid question on ding repair

Postby oldmansurfer » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:41 pm

Would you wait years for it to harden? I would get some catalyst and scoop it out and redo it.
So what is worse.... dying or regretting it for the rest of my life? Obviously I chose not regretting it.
User avatar
oldmansurfer
Surf God
 
Posts: 8193
Likes: 0 post
Liked in: 0 post
Joined: Mon Aug 12, 2013 9:10 pm
Location: Kauai

Re: Stupid question on ding repair

Postby seeker » Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:04 am

waikikikichan wrote:How deep is the ding fill ? Is there fiberglass cloth on top of the q-cell layer ?


not yet as qcell is still soft :)
User avatar
seeker
Grom
 
Posts: 31
Likes: 0 post
Liked in: 0 post
Joined: Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:40 am

Re: Stupid question on ding repair

Postby seeker » Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:07 am

oldmansurfer wrote:Would you wait years for it to harden? I would get some catalyst and scoop it out and redo it.


yes agreed. 3 days later pretty much no change ahaha... so it probably will take forever to dry... if ever :) so will have to redo the job. oh well lesson learned :) thanks everyone anyways :)
User avatar
seeker
Grom
 
Posts: 31
Likes: 0 post
Liked in: 0 post
Joined: Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:40 am


Similar topics

Return to Surfing Hardware