Surfboard repairs in a hurry
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In todays adventure we sample some UV sanding resin to see if we can crank out an emergency repair and save a young ladies holiday --------------------------------------------
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BRO! So good! Love the narration while you work on the boards. Your client will be stoked! True craftsman
Unreal, what so much easier to edit as well 😂 many thanks!
My Bru you have made my backyard ding repair business so much better here in sunny south Africa.i love you so much brother
He has helped mine as well.
Lekka! Did I use that right? My absolute pleasure man 🤙
Yeeew spot on bra. Chamoion!
This temporary repair is better than any repairs I've seen (or done myself, no need to say). As usual: thank you for the video!
Should last for quote some time of she treats it right! My pleasure, thanks for watching!
all good both ways bro,x
Entertaining and packed with lots of helpful information - as always.
Thank you so much for your videos!
Appreciate it! So stoked people enjoy these videos. How was the audio with this "live narration"? Good enough or a little tough?
@@smallkinedingsaudio was good in my opinion - was able to understand every single word.
But you should really wear the mask 🤣
great job and amazing vid as always bro! defiantly something i will take into consideration and a good option to be familiar with.. thanx for another piece and looking forward to the next one!
Definitely a product worth keeping around! Shot for watching, appreciate it!
Talking about ding costs. Culde you do a video how to calculate, how match to charge for different dings?
I have definitely under charged hahaha
We’ve all been there and I think many of us continue to do so! I’ve attempted to film a pricing video a couple of times but it’s very hard not to make boring as all batshit! I’ll keep working on it but I’m thinking a live stream might be a better forum for that topic!
What an amazing channel! Just found your videos and watched all of them in a day. I have learned a ton.
One thing I am still curious about (which may be dead obvious to someone with experience) is how to sand down a deck with a stringer. You're working with materials that have different hardnesses and different removal rates. What's your process to make sure the deck is smooth once you're finished? If you already have a video for this and I missed it, let me know!
Binge watcher! 😂
Glad you enjoyed!!
I'm assuming you mean when shaping a board from scratch?
Keeping the stringer down with the foam is one of the hardest bits because as you say, they sand at very different rates. Everytime a step is completed during the shaping process, a thumb plane needs to be run along the stringer to take it down to the foam level. The hard bit is not gouging the foam with the thumb plane because then you have to sand the foam again and plane the stringer again. Eventually you'll end up with a toothpick for a surfboard 😂
I have used this product for everything, including mixing q cell batches. I just add a couple drops of hardener if the ding is deep so that all the resin cures. I've used this buckles, rail dings, holes, etc and I've never had a structural problems. All my ding repairs are finished really fast and last forever.
Winning stuff for sure, will be ordering more tomorrow. Because I buy poly in such large quantities if I'm going to add MEKP/micro balloons, I'd just stick with my standard poly as it works out cheaper in the end but adding catalyst is certainly possible
For those repairs, you can use the wide transparent sticky tape instead of masking tape. you can fully cover the area with the tape and it lets the light pass through. Also, they sell small UV torches from $5-20 depending on size. That saves you going out with the board and allows for any emergency overnight repair. Just don't look at the light.
This stuff is very thin, I dont think the ol packing tape trick would be much use with this stuff, at least not on a rail. I do have some UV torches in the workshop but they're nowhere near as fast as the NZ sun in summer. I do use then in winter though
the self reflection on respirator vs commentary is classic! Being poly that means it wouldn’t play nice with EPS?
Haha, nothing quite like catching yourself out in some bullshit! Correct, this stuff would eat EPS up like a dog on a lamb bone 🍖
That’s the better way of doing your vids. Thumbs up from me
Nice! Will try and do some more like this, just gotta time it so the mechanics next door aren't making too much ruckus
Ha, that in the UK would net you 25-30£. God we are such grovelling Peasants here!
That's more than 60NZD so probably not too far off. Location plays a big roll as well though, how much competition is in the area, how far does the customer have to travel to find the next closest repairer, what's your countries pay rate for other professional fields like panel beaters, wood workers and master builders? Ding repairers are generally grossly underpaid though I'm discovering
rad video mate, I've only been using sanding resin been going ok doing small dings and fills, but our others videos are pressing me to get laminating resin too to tackle biggers repairs and rebuilds, thanks for sharing your knowledge, chooowhhhhhyyooooo
Also curious on your thoughts for using sanding resin only on smaller ding?
I know plenty of guys who use sanding resin for lamination of dings. It seems to work alright for them. I wouldn't trust it for large laminations but fir small stuff it seems to be fine. I don't really do it as I'm normally fixing boards in batches so laminating a bunch at the same time. I also don't wanna add that extra sanding step that comes with using sanding resin for laminating because I'm lazy 😂
Your Audio is good and music is Sweet As bro
Good news, cheers!
Just tackled my first big repair, your videos were so helpful, thanks dude. Glassing a nose is a bit of a bitch but it can only get better! Yeeewww
Nice one, good to hear! I do have a TIP OF THE DAY when it comes to clothing noses. They can be very tricky but once you've got the rough sequence it all comes together 🤙
Best video yet
Amped!!
Looks really Good!
Im new to working with the UV catelist power.
Is it needed to ad the surfacing wax, when you do the Hot coat?
Or you just ad the UV catelist powder to the Poly resin an good is from lamentation and Hot coat?
Im no expert on UV catalyst as I’ve only used it once (the one in the video is pre mixed) but my understanding is that you need to mix your catalyst into styrene monomer. You then add your catalysed styrene to your resin the same way as you would add standard MEKP.
If you’re looking at a sanding coat, you still need to add your wax additive as per usual, for a laminating coat just add your catalysed styrene. 🤙
If you google “shapers sun bake” they have pretty good instructions and information in the product description. That’s what I used the one time I used it for a board build
dude amazing! Where did you buy it?!?! I've looked at getting the UV additive for poly resin but this would be sooo much easier... noone ships resin internationally to NZ that i've found?!
I had a random bloke come in with some ex stock that he used to sell as a surfboard manufacturing supplier. I'll have to see if he's still carrying some when I run out of the current supply but it might be something I look into bringing in myself if not
@@smallkinedings haha gotta love it. ive just ordered sunbake so hopefully that is as good
Nice work.would give to product ago.but has been raining for 10 days on Sunshine Coast no sun..could UV litghts that mite work
Rains just hit us today after a couple of bangin weeks of sun! Flooding again now 😂 uv lights would work, I do have a little uv torch that does the trick slowly but the uv lights are pretty pricey!
i have found that uv resin tends to yellow over time and become brittle maybe it keeps curing with sun exposure. Just my experience
Very interesting, I imagine that's brand dependant and how they go about levels of UV inhibitors and styrene content. Might do a repair on one of my boards today with it and keep tabs on those factors. Many thanks, that gives me some things to ponder
I've never had this problem. Maybe you didn't add the cloth or sand the surface before adding resin? Maybe it is the specific brand or you used resin that was years past the expiration?
Thanks again Fella. You have a preference for wet and dry, which I haven't used for about 40 years, fine grades of discs being easy and available. Is there an advantage to using wet and dry?
Yea, think it's just old habits from automotive painting. The advantages would be that it cleans the board and gives a good visual of what the repair will look like once it's polished.
Because I'm using an orbital sander it allows me to do my final grits Inna straight line getting rid of any swirl marks the orbital created. Because it's cleaning the surface too it means that I'm not gonna get a lump of something stuck under my sandpaper leaving nasty scratches behind on my finer grits
Your last point re lumps under the paper is only too familiar! :(
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I used to use this same exact uv resin got me started out. Can always add mekp to the resin and use it as regular poly resin. Why would this repair not last as long or "lifetime" compared to a normal repair? I remember in the video you couldn't sand a bigger area due to pinline but how does this resin impact ding repair lifespan?
Usually on a repair like this I would work to a much larger area, making sure to cover the surrounding area with a larger patch of cloth. That area by the pin stripe in particular was sanded pretty hard during the entire process but the cloth doesn't overlap that hard sanded area onto lightly sanded original glass so in theory that edge is a little weaker than if I had removed the pin stripe and laminated a larger patch.
damn i did the conversion 100 AUS to USD is 66$. Either that price is crazy high for a small hole like that or I've been WAYYYYY undercharging.
You are under charging without question. I would say 95% of the repairers I've spoken to around the world are.
From that $100 bucks you need to take out tax. Let's say that leaves you with $80, then take out let's say $20 bucks of materials (resin, sandpaper, masking tape), now we're left with $60. I'm $40 per hour so that's 1 and a half hours labour I've now been paid for which covers the repair time as well as time spent with the customer on pick up and collection as well as any sitting down at home to do invoicing (if they require) and ordering/collecting new materials to replace what I've used.
The other important thing to think about too is that I have repairs in the shed that I could make $200 to $500 off. This board is taking up valuable rack space. As long as this board is being worked on, I can't use the rack for higher paying jobs so that needs to be accounted for. They are essentially renting that rack space. Where other repairers might charge $50, I have no use for $50 and when all is said and done, I would end up working for $2 per hour or losing money (which many repairers do).
None of this takes into account my rent, power and wear and tear on my tools, in this case my sander and usually if I wasn't filming my respirators and filters.
Scrutinize the next 3 jobs you do, take all of these factors into account and find out what you're actually walking away with financially. Then, increase your prices. Edit: im NZD, not AUD but won't be too far off what you converted
@@smallkinedingsDidnt know NZ had their own currency right on. Good tips, I guess you have to account for time, materials, quickness, size of area repaired, etc for pricing.
@@dmac5678 it's pretty new, we only just got the internet a couple of years back. This year I think they are planning on rolling out smart phones 😂
Was the client of that board cute?
Hmm, only met her parents 😂
Can Ozzies work in NZ without any issues?
Do you like sheep?? Just kidding ROTFL...
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I see a Roger land?
Mate, got the eagle eye! You did indeed spot one, what can you tell me about Roger Land?
@@smallkinedings I can't make out if the logo says Roger land or Land? There to different shapers and business owners. I have a Roger land in my collection along with couple atlas's and a peter byers, brain Weaver list goes on. I restore them as I hobby. I use your content to give me ideas.