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What material is my board?

Posted:
Thu May 21, 2020 7:37 pm
by izkira
I've just bought a second hand Firewire Baked Potato - the one with the wood finish. It has a couple of little dings that I'd like to repair, but I don't know whether it is PU or EPS. Does anyone know?
More generally, how can you tell what a board is made of? Is it possible to know just by looking at it?
Re: What material is my board?

Posted:
Thu May 21, 2020 9:11 pm
by oldmansurfer
From the firewire site it says EPS core and Paulina wood deck skins. I don't think there is anyway to know what material the blank is made of other than examining the foam itself. You can tell the resin by sanding a little and polyester resin will have a strong smell but epoxy not so strong however that doesn't tell you the foam used.
Re: What material is my board?

Posted:
Fri May 22, 2020 3:02 pm
by izkira
Thanks. You're clearly better at Googling than I am.
Re: What material is my board?

Posted:
Fri May 22, 2020 4:45 pm
by oldmansurfer
izkira wrote:Thanks. You're clearly better at Googling than I am.

I have been googling from the time before there was a google

Re: What material is my board?

Posted:
Sun May 24, 2020 3:13 am
by waikikikichan
Re: What material is my board?

Posted:
Sun May 24, 2020 9:48 am
by Lebowski
In other words, repair it with epoxy resin. Polyester resin will melt the EPS core.