Broken fin plug repair, need suggestion please

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Broken fin plug repair, need suggestion please

Postby Dumer » Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:18 am

Hi everybody.
Unfortunately my fin plug broke. This happened with me first time. Now on place where plug was is nothing, I cleared everything for repair. I want to repair it by myself, but i don't know what to do and which materials i have to use.
Could you help me please. Here is a photo of my board,
http://share.pho.to/8AIFS

Cheers for answering!
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Re: Broken fin plug repair, need suggestion please

Postby kitesurfer » Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:28 am

Hi Dumer and welcome to the forum. That will be a tricky repair. Whereabouts are you based and how much experience have you of using epoxy resins please?

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Re: Broken fin plug repair, need suggestion please

Postby waikikikichan » Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:07 am

Should have sent us photos BEFORE you opened up and cleared out the area. I think you made it worse. What is the size of the new plug compared to the hole you made ? You want to bore a hole through the glass just big enough for the plug to sit in.

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Tape up the tail more than what's in the photo. It's going to barf up a lot of resin all over the place.
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Re: Broken fin plug repair, need suggestion please

Postby jaffa1949 » Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:38 am

Make sure of your resin (epoxy) in this case , get the resin wrong and watch your board dissolve before your very eyes. :shock: :shock:
Tho make sure go to the brand of board's website and check the construction and their repair recommendations .
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