Crack In Board How To Repair

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johnp12345
johnp12345
NSW
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NSW, 2 posts
25 Jul 2005 6:10pm
Hello,

I have a crack in my board about 1-2 inches long. It an underground wavetray and the crack is running along a ridge in the board near to one of the tips.

Is this possible to repair ? Looked on the net but most sites appear to be talking about surfboards/windsurfing boards that have a different construction to kiteboards.

Any suggestions would be apreciated !
Kitehard
Kitehard
WA
2782 posts
WA, 2782 posts
25 Jul 2005 6:53pm
Without having seen the board, it totally depends where the crack is and why it is cracked. If the core is cracked or it is in a high stress area, youre pretty much toast.

They are made so thin and are bonded under vacuum and heat that if they crack anywhere stress related they are never really right again, unless you don't mind a big ugly repair. If it is only shallow ie gel coat depth, then maybe just put a little epoxy resin over it to keep the water from getting in.

Good luck, not many peeps around doing successful repairs on boards that thin.

johnp12345
johnp12345
NSW
2 posts
NSW, 2 posts
25 Jul 2005 11:03pm
Thanks for your help, does not sound good !

Bought it cheap as a learner board but if you get time there are two images to show the area of the crack.




Guess I will just ride it until destruction if its not easy to repair. Will get hold of some resin though, maybe it will stop it from shearing for a while.
captainkaos
captainkaos
WA
247 posts
WA, 247 posts
26 Jul 2005 6:01am
John.looking at the picture i would say you could succesfully repair it as long as the crack doesn`t develop much further along that release edge.i would sand along the rail where the crack is about 3mm(thickness of 3 sheets of 6oz glass) deep and about 50mm long.lay small peices of glass over the crack and apply resin.use epoxy resin.Give us a call if you need a small bit of resin and glass.i can give you some if you are in perth.

Karl

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