bubbles

rward
January 2004
I went up the east coast recently (Plett Wedge - Great BReak!!)
and came back with a hand sized bubble in the bottom (underside) of my board.
Whats the best way to fix this?
Advice I got so far is cut an X across the bubble, then stick the "flaps" with glue and plak it all down.
Is this the best way? is there a better way?

Cheers for any advice.

richard

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3 Replies

Kelly
January 2004
Unlucky!!!

I've seen this before and the risk with cutting a big X across the bubble is that they'll lift, so best bet is probably to follow this advice off the ebodyboarding site:

Quote:
DELAMINATIONS/BUBBLES: If by sheer misfortune, your rail, nose or tail begin to seperate from the core of the board, or the sun bubbles your board, you can repair it yourself. First of all, you have to dry out your board. This means standing it up so that the water runs away from the damaged area, and you may even need to take a hair dryer to completely dry it out. You'll need SpongeRez (available in our accessories section) or a hot melt glue gun. They're cheap at your local hardware store. In the case of a delamination, split the two seperated pieces of foam apart and simply inject hot glue or SpongRez into the opening. Don't be afraid to use alot, it's cheap. Push the pieces together and hold them for a couple of minutes. You can scrape off the excess glue while you're waiting. After 2 or 3 minutes, the pieces should be bonding well, and you can leave it overnight to set.
For bubbles in the slick skin or anywhere else on the board, slice a small opening in the base of the bubble and make sure to dry out the inside well. Simply squirt in some hot glue or SpongeRez, push the bubble flat, and hold it for a few minutes. Then leave overnight with a large book or other flat object on it.

http://www.ebodyboarding.com/tips/insidedge.htm

Key would be the small opening, make sure it dries out and use a glue (preferably SpongeRez) that will handle the water and then apply some pressure overnight.

Good luck ...
rward
January 2004
yeah, forgot entirly about spongerez,
was about to pump half a tube of silicon into it...
(now that woulda been dumb...)

Cheers kelly!
Marthinus
January 2004
Make a hole with a needal in the center of the bubble then sqeeze all the air out with your fingers and then put some superglue on the hole to ceal it

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