Hey everyone just looking for some advice here...

After every session Dad and i take all the vent plugs out of boards just for safe measures. However, lately when we have been putting them back in for sessions, we notice that if the board has been in the hot sun for a while that then vent plug starts fizzing and bubbling... Now Dad has dinged his nose a lot and the board would have taken in quite a lot of water over the years but we have repaired the nose so everything is okay...

At the moment i have it sitting out in the sun (being 40 degrees and all) upside down with a cup underneath it to catch some dripps that hopefully come out... is this the right thing to be doing??? whats some suggestions. just looking for some advice on what to do as it has clearly taken in a fair amount of water.

Cheers
Bubs

If it's fizzing, then your o-ring is probably shot. They need to be replaced reasonably regularly if you're always opening and closing the vent plugs. Good thing they're really cheap.

Even with water in the board, a properly sealing o-ring will not fizz.

As the board cools once on the water, it will be sucking anything around the vent plug into the board.

Getting water out is a mission, take JayBee's advice and read up on Eva's stuff on the Boardlady site.

Bubs, place board in the sun with the vent screw removed. Make a wick out of paper towel/ Twist it into a point and push it as far as it will go into the vent hole. Change paper towel once it is wet. Repeat till towel no longer gets wet

I've read, I think on the Boardlady site, if you put your board in a bag you should not undo the vent screw unless the board, straps and pads are completely dry. Where do you buy O rings from?

Are there cases of Cobra built boards being damaged by not undoing the vent screw, besides extremes of altitude changes?

Bender said...

Bubs, place board in the sun with the vent screw removed. Make a wick out of paper towel/ Twist it into a point and push it as far as it will go into the vent hole. Change paper towel once it is wet. Repeat till towel no longer gets wet

Don't use tp, if there's water in there, you won't get it out in one piece. I cut a few strips of dishcloth and keep it with my gear.

I sat my board on the back lawn on Saturday and forgot about it, middle of the day I returned and quickly loosened the screw, it was like releasing a tyre valve! I hope I haven't caused de-lam!

Sailhack said...

Bender said...

Bubs, place board in the sun with the vent screw removed. Make a wick out of paper towel/ Twist it into a point and push it as far as it will go into the vent hole. Change paper towel once it is wet. Repeat till towel no longer gets wet

Don't use tp, if there's water in there, you won't get it out in one piece. I cut a few strips of dishcloth and keep it with my gear.

I sat my board on the back lawn on Saturday and forgot about it, middle of the day I returned and quickly loosened the screw, it was like releasing a tyre valve! I hope I haven't caused de-lam!

Looking on the bright side, a good hiss means there is no holes in the board anywhere... like the hidden ones that are sometimes in the footstrap inserts and let water in

Mark _australia said...

Sailhack said...

Bender said...

Bubs, place board in the sun with the vent screw removed. Make a wick out of paper towel/ Twist it into a point and push it as far as it will go into the vent hole. Change paper towel once it is wet. Repeat till towel no longer gets wet

Don't use tp, if there's water in there, you won't get it out in one piece. I cut a few strips of dishcloth and keep it with my gear.

I sat my board on the back lawn on Saturday and forgot about it, middle of the day I returned and quickly loosened the screw, it was like releasing a tyre valve! I hope I haven't caused de-lam!

Looking on the bright side, a good hiss means there is no holes in the board anywhere... like the hidden ones that are sometimes in the footstrap inserts and let water in

inset a gore/vet" now now now "before your blows up like a balloon i gave the same addvice to a guy who forgot to screw in his vent, now the whole bottom has delaminatred