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superglue to fix cracks?

Postby bamf64 » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:04 pm

on my new Rawson 6'3 there are some cracks on the tail and near the nose.

tail:
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nose:
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would it work if i just used gorilla glue superglue on the cracks?
http://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Glue-7805 ... B001IY82FM

if not how could i fix them?
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Re: superglue to fix cracks?

Postby Rickyroughneck » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:20 pm

I would leave them unless they let in water.

If they are major (letting in water) then I would strip the fibreglass of the cracked area using a pen knife and patch it up again with a layer of fibreglass. You could probably get away with just covering them with resin, but that would come open easily if it is stressed.
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Re: superglue to fix cracks?

Postby bamf64 » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:53 pm

Rickyroughneck wrote:I would leave them unless they let in water.

If they are major (letting in water) then I would strip the fibreglass of the cracked area using a pen knife and patch it up again with a layer of fibreglass. You could probably get away with just covering them with resin, but that would come open easily if it is stressed.


would solarez work?
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Re: superglue to fix cracks?

Postby greg2935 » Sun Sep 11, 2011 12:10 am

I would not use any "super glues"; they bond well but are also very brittle and I'm not sure it will hold. I also don't know how it would react to the polyurethane core.
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Re: superglue to fix cracks?

Postby drowningbitbybit » Sun Sep 11, 2011 12:18 am

:bang: :bang: why on earth would you use superglue?!? :bang: :bang:

Go to any surfshop and get some proper ding repair stuff. It's not expensive, and it's not rocket science.
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