Surfing Waves

Hey everyone.
Just wanted to check in and get some proper advice.
So I went on a weeklong trip and came home with some cracks on my board -- Nothing serious. I'd wager most if not all happened in transit from being stuffed or stacked with other boards on those motorcycle side-racks and boat outriggers. I taped up those that I initially thought were catching my fingernail with aluminium tape. Those turned out to be just the spray coating chipping off. checked all of them to be sure, and confirmed, none of them are catching. My question is, are these worth fixing just to be sure or would that do more harm than good? I'm talking just sanding down a little and laying a single layer of cloth over them. Attached, is a photo of one of the clearer ones on the dark rail.

Fixing them won’t do any harm (well, unless you make some big mistakes )

Solarez or epoxy resin (as applicable) is also an option and is v easy.

However both options will affect the aesthetics of a black rail to some degree (solarez/resin more so); you may want to pick up a posca pen as well and colour over the repair. I’m sure there are other colour options

Thanks DTC! I'm no longer too finicky about aesthetics... atleast not on this board.
Epoxy resin is what I have handy and some 4oz cloth. The suggestion of solarez has me thinking as to how far to go though... Would it be sufficient to just sand down to the outermost layer of cloth and brush on some resin like a hotcoat? Or am I better off just using cloth since I'm already diving in to fix it?

GromSized wrote: I'm talking just sanding down a little and laying a single layer of cloth over them.

How far over do you plan to cover the area with the 4 oz. cloth ? A scrub down area of a 1/2" or 1" thereabouts ?
Do you mind the bump the additional cloth layer sitting on the original cloth will make ? How do you plan to blend in and level it out ?

GromSized wrote: Would it be sufficient to just sand down to the outermost layer of cloth and brush on some resin like a hotcoat?

If the cloth is intact, that is the approach I would go with. Is the area "moving" when you press on it ?

Thanks WC!
Luckily, none of them are moving.
That's exactly right on the area-size. I believe sanding down just enough to expose cloth would give me enough of a recess to easily blend without losing too much of the new cloth. That being said, I wouldn't mind a slight bump. -- This actually has one on the deck, towards the tail. I also plan on pressing the cloth down tight with tape. That'll pretty much blend it in from the get go. From there, it's an easy sand to remove tape residue and some uneven bumps, followed by a thin hotcoat and 600grit wet sand. I've had pretty good success with this method.

I'd probably use 2 oz cloth instead of 4 oz. It's possible to get away with very thin cloth on small dings, especially if you treat your board well when surfing.

I agree. 2oz would allow me to get away with sanding less and it'd be easier to level but 4oz is what I have -- and quite a bit of.

GromSized wrote:I agree. 2oz would allow me to get away with sanding less and it'd be easier to level but 4oz is what I have -- and quite a bit of.

Then 4 oz it will be and for good reason, too!