HOW TO FIX A SURFBOARD WITH A BROKEN TAIL - SNAPPED COMPLETELY OFF! - MCTAVISH LONGBOARD
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Just a video showing how I fixed one of our longboards with a snapped off tail. The board had come off the racks on the road and the tail completely busted off. Since this is my wife's favorite board, I knew I had to fix it. I tried color matching it, and although it didn't turn out as great as I had hoped, I am still happy with the overall repair.
I am not a professional at repairing surfboards, but this video shows how I basically rebuilt and reshaped this tail, and the mistakes that I made along the way.
I am sure many of you out there are much better at color matching and fixing dings than me, but hopefully this will help someone that is just starting out get an idea on how to fix a surfboard with a broken tail, or similar surfboard ding. This is similar to the video I made a while back of fixing a very bad nose ding. That was several years ago and even though I didn't color match that one, it turned out fine and that board is still being surfed today. Here's a link to that video: • How to Fix a Surfboard...
Here's another link to another surfboard repair video I did with a small crack in a rail including color matching the resin: • How to Fix a Surfboard...
I bought all of my materials from Basham's in San Clemente, CA
Materials used:
laminating resin
sanding resin
catalyst
several color pigments: white, yellow, red, black, blue, and purple
lots of paper mixing cups and popsicle/craft sticks
aerosil (for strength)
microballoons (to add volume and keep it light)
Several scrap pieces of fiberglass cloth mat (to reinforce the new tail)
Various grits of sandpaper
40, 60, 80, 100, 220, 240
Milwaukee M12 Multitool/sander amzn.to/3emJgQH
Disposable gloves
I think it would have been better to go with a finer grit sandpaper to finish it off- maybe 400 or 800 grit or even higher.
A piece of foam could've also been laminated to the board and sanded in place but I didn't have any foam lying around when I made this video.
Finally, I know this video is long. I had 7.5 hours of footage that I was able to cut down and compress into this finished video. I know the video's not perfect either, but I spent many days filming and editing it and I hope you find it helpful.
Thanks for watching!
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-Dan the Fix it Man
www.danthefixitman.org
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Song used in the video:
"Islabonita" by An Jone
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I've repairing surfboards for 23 years and as a profession for 20 of those. I can honestly say although there are a few tips you could use regarding strength benefits and aesthetic to your repair, as a DIY repairer i am really impressed with your attention to detail and quality of your repair. In my opinion you have the potential to become a very good surfboard repairer if you ever decided to do as a sideline. Great video i enjoyed every minute of it and impressive result 😊👍👍
Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words!
Incredible job!! And exactly what a youtube diy video should be.
Good video ,one thing that would catch my eye before the color would be the stringers abrupt termination befor the boards end but that's maybe why I should watch the rest of the video befor comments cause that's what your doing now !
Thanks for the video.
I have a 74 Duster and a 71 Dodge Demon in the garage next to where I fix my boards.
Keep up the great work.
That’s awesome! Thank you. I have been working on getting the Dart back on the road. It’s finally running good and driving. It’s my very first car that I ever owned. It was purchased new by my grandfather. I got it just before I turned 16 years old. I will be uploading the video of getting it going pretty soon.
Thanks for watching.
Take care,
-Dan
Love your eye for detail! Great DIY job!
Love that work! great job, huge RESPECT to you sir
Mix the cataliat with the resin first. Otherwise its hard to fully get a chemical bond with the frosting texture.😊
Awesome job. Good video
Nice work mate. Looking forward to the Dodge restoration vid.
Got a thumb up from Italy bro 👍
With regards to trying to match colors of the repair into the rest of the board, try using an airbrush with acrilic paint only on the repair and blend it in before glassing.
Quite the contrary Dan, it looks like you know what exactly you are doing. So I'm sending you my board that needs repairs.
Wish you had links for resin and all that stuff. I would definitely use.
Solid work
Thank you!
Nice video! Tried to find out the difference between sanding resin and laminating resin. Do you have a link for both you used? My board has a bad damage and I‘m gonna try my best based on your work. Beste regards from
Germany!
Solid job, but trying to match the color of the water stains? Hope your wife appreciates the thought.
Is it just acrylic paint?
Hi Kelli,
The color pigments I used in the video were purchased from a local fiberglass/surfboard supply company. They do look very similar to acrylic paint, but I am not sure what they are made of, and/or if acrylic paint would work the same. Thanks for watching!
-Dan the Fix it Man
I can hear a plane in the background do you live by an airport
Yes it’s about a mile away