Hi, I have an old Mistral Explosion Concept with a busted finbox, I want to try and replace the finbox myself but cant find any info on how to go about it. Anyone have any ideas? Cheers
Bayblaster, try this site, got some good info, and if you cant find any data, send her an email, she usually answers quickly. A few on this site probably will give you some local data and info as well. boardlady.com/contact.htm Mineral
yer i'm with mineral on this one, i'm about to fix the nose on one of them this week, by the time you buy the epoxy, carbon, sandpaper and fin box, if you can find one, i think it's a power box, your already around $100 and if you haven't done it before about 3 hours of cutting and sanding. the boards prob worth $250 if it's the type i think it is. unless your bored give it a go...
Well sold my Techno and all I have left is the Explosion and a Naish wave. I'm a student so no money for a new ride. Anyway I already have a finbox and will try to fix it. It wont be pretty but if it f--ks up then I'm after a new board anyway. Do I need to make two wood stringers?
No forget wood stringers! Did you check that board lady link??? Bet she doesn't suggest anything like that! If the box needs reinforcing it's better done at the surface, I've no idea what construction method your board uses, if it's polypropylene you haven't got much chance of it working, there's not much that sticks to it very well.
If it urethane/polyester or styrene/epoxy you've got a much better chance of making it work.
If it's urethane/polyester without a sandwich construction, you can inlay some 5mm thick timber around the box top and bottom, make it so there is about 50-75mm all around the box. Then a couple of layers of 6oz cloth over the lot will clamp the top and bottom of the box.
If it's epoxy sandwich construction, that should be strong enough to hold the box, but if in doubt you can use a couple of layers of carbon on the bottom for extra strength.
Does that make sense, or are there more questions?
