I just bought a yummy brand new Magic Ride lxt plus a protective padded bag case. The board comes with a funny sticker telling me not to put it in wet when storing? I asked my buddies at the club and they said not to worry about it. They say they do it all the time and that the worse that can happen is that the paint on the board will smudge. Do you guys agree? We have no running water so I use disposible wipes to remove seaweed and sand as best I can. But drying things down is not that easy in our cold and wet climate. What are the risks if I dont?

Can make the paint bubble from osmosis

However, some seem to do it bad and others not (I've never had a problem with any board ever, but seen others turn to looking like a plucked turkey just from apparently being put away wet)

And interesting:

www.glasurit.com/au/blistering


So humidity and crappy prep causes it ....... but board companies will blame wet bags? I wonder......

SurferKris said..
Due to osmosis the water can actually get in under the top layer of paint and lift it off from the primer. This will then show up as small water-filled bubbles all over the board...

+2

DEFINITELY DONT STORE WET BOARD IN BAGS IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE HOT AND/OR HUMID

Had it happen to one of my boards this year, I had no idea it was a thing. Now I transport boards in a bag but take them out when storing.

Pretty sure the board had a bad paint job on the bottom, on closer inspection it was full of pitting and when I sanded and repainted the affected area the masking tape I put on to protect some of the good paint pulled the paint off.

Living in qld probably doesn't help and it occurred during the mass rain events we had earlier in the year where we were at basically 100% humidity and close to 30 degrees for days on end. I'm not sure if the board might not have done it even if it was out of the bag, it would have been hot and humid AF in the garrage

Never ever had an issue with this . It's either my boards are well made or it's never warm enough in Victoria to cause an issue

Mr Hooper said..
How many products can you think of that it's ok to store in a damp, sweaty invironment for long periods of time ? Pretty much none.
It can't hurt to put your board in a wet board bag for a little while but let it out to dry off and breath when you can.
It's not just paint. It's not great for your foot straps or your deck pads. You also may have small dings in your board that you don't know about.
Forget about the big bad board companies trying to cover their arses, It's just not a great idea long term to leave your board like that.

In my case I had the bag open but hadn't removed it from the bag for the reasons you say, let the pads and straps dry etc. . But then also with the inclement weather conditions it wouldn't have helped. It also seemed to occur where the board was sitting on the rack.

I never would have expected this product that is made to be wet would suffer like this from being wet. Live and learn

Last year i rinsed my 1 year old (then) goya board, dried it for 3 days, put in a quality board bag with air vent, stored in closed basement storage with limited sun light in tropical island. 7 months later bag had little mold, footstraps had almost no mold but there was light osmosis under the board. Paint had started to come off at these areas after sailing with it.

Any idea how to avoid that happening again?

No. If your board has paint that permits moisture ingress via osmosis, get a different board or different paint job. That should not happen. The coating on any board, or any craft that touches water, is supposed to be water- and moisture-impermeable.

I store boards in bags all the time. For years. Never had a problem. The only moisture that occurs is outgassing from the footstraps. Bags breathe in and out through the zippers (and vents in some bags).

Mark _australia said..

Mr Hooper said..
How many products can you think of that it's ok to store in a damp, sweaty invironment for long periods of time ? Pretty much none.

Forget about the big bad board companies trying to cover their arses, It's just not a great idea long term to leave your board like that.

Good points.

My genitals ?

You don't want osmosis, particularly on the planing surface of anything that travels on the water!