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Postby roux » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:10 pm
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Postby joe90 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:56 am
Depends on damage whether structural or cosmetic. Looking at pics it looks pretty serious.
Numerous sites show how to repair Surfboards but not many for kiteboards.
I have tried repairs for friends using a tapered sanded and stepped repair process but I wouldn't do it as a living !
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A few more with some tips on a blog I did
http://customkiteboard.com/repairs.htm
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Postby foam-n-fibre » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:00 pm
It's hard to tell how structural the damage is, but for a first step, I'd mask around the area to prevent resin from gtting in all kinds of places where you don't want it, and then run epoxy into it from all angles. Maybe slightly thickened, but if so, only slightly. Then clamp it between to pieces of flat wood to squeeze it all into shape (I assume it used it be flkat and is not any more?) Oh yeah, and use plastic or waxed paper so the wood does not bond to your board!
You might then have to sand the area and add a layer of fibreglass. But, it's hard to tell the extent of the damage from the photos.
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