Surfboard Repair & Restoration Including Buckle, Ding & Healie Dent Repairs, then Paint & Gloss Coat

I caught my fin on a rock and buckled the tail of my longboard. This prompted me to repair a bunch of other damaged areas on the nose and bottom, then finishing the restoration by redoing the paint and applying a gloss coat.
I've done relatively simple repairs in the past, I'm not a professional, so this is intended for a Do It Yourselfer facing similar issues. Hopefully this will provide some ideas, and also insight on what to expect. Besides the materials and techniques used, what you'll need is time and patience.
I'm pleased with my results, the board is strong, watertight, and looks much better than what I started with.
I ordered much of my supplies from:
fiberglasssupp...
greenlightsurf...
www.cleanlines...
The polyester opaque colors I ordered on Amazon:
www.amazon.com...
Music is courtesy of:
Salmonella Dub: "Problems"
Johnny A: "Oh Yea"
Joe Bonamassa: "Drive"
Grover Washington Jr.: Winelight
Thanks for watching. Good luck with your repairs.
(Note: I'm not in the Google Partner's Program, so I don't get any add revenue. I understand that Google places adds where appropriate, and that the musician's copywritten materials are compensated appropriately.)
Tags: Surfing, Surfboard Repair, Surfboard Buckle Repair, Surfboard FinBox Repair, Surfboard Fin Box Repair, Surfboard Ding Repair, Surfboard Dent Repair, Surfboard Healy Repair, Surfboard Healie Repair, Surfboard Paint, Surfboard Gloss Coat, Longboard Surfboard Repair, Longboard Repair, Polyester Surfboard Repair

[@chriscoralAloha]

Amazing work.

[@futronixindustries]

great clip, really enjoyed your story telling.... thank you mate

[@leahbrettt]

Beautiful job

[@SilverShadow2LWB]

I agree that trying to color match a curing product is too hard to predict. Paint or dye is the best way to color correct and match. Then put on a surface coat over that. Nice job.

[@Binarysurf]

Excellent job, great explanation as well as the quality of the video. I'm mid way repairing couple of my shortboards, your video is great help on understanding what I need to do and how to do it. Thanks for your content

[@jameslangridge1674]

I have just watched several board repair tutorials, and yours was easily the best by a long margin. Simple to follow, aimed at beginners like me (repair beginner), and so well explained, with the important details included. Well done! On a separate note, I have an old 9'2 that I bought for just 11$. It's got about 8 big (3-4 inch) repairs needed, but the fin plugs, and leash plug are all ok, the top deck is good and the bottom deck looks like it is in a similar state to yours. I am undertaking an almost identical project to yours, except I don't need to colour-match, thankfully, as the board is completely plain. I hope my repairs turn out as nice as yours did.

[@thienho3868]

Thanks Bob! I've been thinking about how to route the fin box without a jig and your "fence" thing seems to be a winner for me!

[@rydertremble8364]

stunning

[@cameraman2149]

Wow holly smokes great job. Almond makes beautiful boards and you restored it so well!

[@mahalohawaii3336]

Best repair video i've ever seen. Very clear, fun, and simple to watch. Fastest 20 min ever. I love the dub as the first track! Especially love the finished product of the board looks incredible! Such a terrific job! Now I will try to repair my board properly. Hope you make more videos soon. Hope you get a good one on your board this summer. Aloha from Hawai'i!

[@immortalwound9172]

Wow man, great job. Got a couple of boards that need color matching, and I found that your beginner-friendly and detailed explanations of each step are unmatched across youtube. Also, I dig your living room conversion to workshop!

[@Jim-fe2xz]

Very nice work! I did some minor repair on a used board I found for my son in law for Christmas and a minor chip on my daughter's board that had a custom airbrush shaded graphic. I am lucky that my daughter has a lot of art classes and experience behind her. She nailed the color matching where we used some acrylic artists paint she had that I then cleared over. Color matching truly is an art form and you did great! Both of these boards are epoxy and the repairs were very small and cosmetic only so no glassing or full gloss coating.

[@bikerider270]

Fantastic

[@davidneilson3508]

It turned out fantastic 🌴👍👍😎🌴

[@alex_black991]

Joe Bonamasa i like it. Very nice job SIR. Dont know nothing about surfing. Enjoed the video. Thanks

[@tru.skater999]

Truly awesome repair the board came out amazing your dedication to everything was next level too, props man beautiful board hope you got some nice waves on it 🔥👍

[@mauipuamana]

It's nice that your wife allowed you to do the repairs in your home.

[@susanribyat9450]

Catch a wave in Paradise!

[@daveroche689]

If you first spray the masking tape with clear coat the color spray won't blead under the tape. 😉

[@andrewkesin8650]

Fabulous job, Bob. Totally impressed. I got a board for you if you're looking for a project! lol. See you in the water.

[@MrBob4244]

Thanks Andrew. Missed you the last few times I saw Andy. See you next time. Bob

[@dmac5678]

Is there a reason there was no fiberglass over the new finbox? Also, after applying spray paint color you have to resend the paint before glassing?