Water in board

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FilthyAmatuer
FilthyAmatuer
WA
877 posts
WA, 877 posts
7 Nov 2004 1:45pm
I have some water in one of my boards... how do u get it out and how do you find out where its in. i read somewhere that a vacuum helps? if so how would i rig that up, and could i use a vacuum cleaner?
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Haydz
leski
leski
NSW
661 posts
NSW, 661 posts
7 Nov 2004 5:38pm
"how do you find out where its in?"
well it 'll be good first to know how it got in, and find the crack/hole..to fix it.
(or if it is through the screw )????
then there are different technics depending on how much water is in it.
You could drill little holes and set the board in a way that the water will drip out..
if you 've got a vacum pump you could suck the water out by the crack/hole
(after doing another little hole somwhere else in the board).
usually most of the water will get out slowly via little holes, sucking with the vacum pump just take the extra bit and tend to dry out the foam a bit more which is good. (using a vacum cleanner might work too).
in both case when sucking the water out you need another little bottle on the pipe so that the water doesn't go inside the pump/vacum cleaner.

I 've got a feeling that you live on the East coast?(from previous posts) no?,
if in WA you could always contact me and borrow the vacum pump to suck the water out.

good luck
FilthyAmatuer
FilthyAmatuer
WA
877 posts
WA, 877 posts
7 Nov 2004 6:57pm
cheers for the reply, nah, Im in Perth... I think the water is getting in through the bung... coz i was blowing into the board as hard as i could and i could blow anything... will go get annother bung, and maybe put some silicon lube stuff around it... or will that damage the board?

Where abouts do you live?

Haydz
Mike72
Mike72
WA
28 posts
WA, 28 posts
7 Nov 2004 9:55pm
Filthy,

try this site:

boardlady.com/water.htm

Cheers,

Mike
leski
leski
NSW
661 posts
NSW, 661 posts
8 Nov 2004 1:35am
I live in Cott, so let me know if you need anything.
thanks Mike72 for the site, good stuff
Greenroom
Greenroom
WA
7608 posts
WA, 7608 posts
8 Nov 2004 11:54pm
hey hayden
where are we going on sat
email or sms or call
technology these days you can track a person down

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FilthyAmatuer
FilthyAmatuer
WA
877 posts
WA, 877 posts
9 Nov 2004 2:28pm
hey leski, cheers for the help... i sent you an email.

And Greenie, it all depends on the weather, i working till 2 on sat... but the sea breeze should hopefully be in by then? But will give u a buzz when i finish work...

Later

Haydz
Greenroom
Greenroom
WA
7608 posts
WA, 7608 posts
9 Nov 2004 9:38pm
might do an arvo trip to lanos

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FilthyAmatuer
FilthyAmatuer
WA
877 posts
WA, 877 posts
9 Nov 2004 11:03pm
If you wanna go to lanos, i can go sunday, will deffinately do an arvo trip if the forcast is good and my board is usuable... bu sat prolly not coz i gotta go out to dinner afterward. so will let you know... i am saving like a madman to get a new freeridish board

Haydz
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