Snowboard repair, how to ?

[Surf Quebec]

I've been hit by a softbooter....

What would you do to fix the board (SG Full Race T 163 2009) ?

The nick is 2cm long.

[stupidlong]

a good two part epoxy
two metal scrapers
and a good C clamp

tape your board with blue painters tapearound the affected area
have your scrapers and clamp handy

mix your epoxy on a peice of card board
stand board on edge and drizzel in

if you tape to the edge of your top sheet you make a pocket for epoxy
after epoxy drizzeled

one scraper on base and one on top sheet
let both scrapers hang off edge a little to make a place for squeesed out epoxy to go
let epoxy cure and sand off exess:AR15firin

[Bobby Buggs]

Stephane, Sorry to see your damage. Maybe check with Bruce, if it has a chance to be successfully repaired I bet he would tell you.

[SEJ]

I think stupidlong pretty much has it right. Buy GOOD epoxy, not the 5 minute crap (Tognar tools), clean it best you can (I would hose it down with 100 % isopropyl alcohol, not rubbing alcohol which is 30 % water. (good degreaser without attacking the resins), and get it damn well dry. (The IPA will help with that). Good epoxy, clean and dry substrate, you should be fine. Just make sure you have the clamps from HELL ready. Don't want to be figuring this out after you've applied the resin.
I'm sure it will still be visible, but as far as mechanical integrity, it should be fine. Just approach this task with patience, take the time it needs to do it right.
Case in point:
Came home last year, pulled my RC out of the sleeve,(which is still a beauty queen ) and WTF. Big chip on my topsheet at the tail, still hanging on by a thread. No big deal, clean it, dry it, epoxy it, put a spring clamp on it with some wax paper to protect from squeeze out, DONE, go to bed. Well, the spring clamp slowly slipped off by it's own pressure, (thanks to the wax paper) and in doing so tipped the chip, where it then got epoxied into place. If only I had spent a little more time making sure everything was all OK you wouldn't see it, but you can sure see it now!

[lowrider]

I agree with stupidlong you can do it but preperation is key. The damaged area has some material that now occupies more space than you may be able to reduce by clamping. With a small utility knife remove some of the bruised sidewall plastic and maybe some of the glassfibre.Leave the top sheet intact. As far as having two pieces of metal not everyone has some in their home so a couple of kitchen knives would work ,a small 'c' clamp you can get at a hardware store or CTC. Costs about $4.00. Cover any place epoxy can spill ,Tape between board and knives keeps things clean.Toothpicks work well for mixing and application. Mix a larger amount of epoxy than you actually use (its harder to get the ratio correct when mixing very small amounts) and you want to ensure you have a strong mix. Everything you use that touches the epoxy with be garbage after it sets so be careful ! One hour set time is stronger than the 5 min.epoxy After application of epoxy and clamping you can place the repaired board over a heat vent and leave it alone for a day to cure. As it heats it will become more liquid so anticipate where it will drip as it cures.Remove from heat and allow to cool down before trimming Patience pays, if your mix was accurate it should be good to go. After removing the clamp slight trimming of excess epoxy with a sharp knife will be necessary sandpaper finishes the job. Good luck you can do it !

[crucible]

Follow the instructions above and that chip will buff right out.....

Geo

[rjnakata]

I'm not sure which one would be the best for this use, but look into some of these epoxies. (http://www.sanford-epoxy.com/Epoxy.htm)
They come in those little dual squeeze packs and they are pretty economical compared with Hysol. Most are not quick-set.

I used one of their urethane based products for a base repair.
I like the safety of squeeze packets...there's nothing like glue that never dries.

[stupidlong]

glad to hear I'm dooing it wright....
Thanx for reading between the lines for him
I didn't have time for the fine points at the time but it looked like you needed some input quick

If you did the wrong thing it could all go horribally wrong horribally quick

oh yea metal scrapers are the bomb
you can use them for ssssooooo much




HOHO JOE
from
Da NORTH POLE

[heroshmero]

I'm probably gonna get flamed for this but I've found good old super glue to work very well. Same drill... clean it, glue it, clamp it.

[stupidlong]

Super glue is like vinal sideing
it works but it dont look to good

Ive used super glue to mend a peeling top sheet
after some ones 5 min epoxy didn't work

I hate the white film left behind after drying
have you found a good way to deel with that

I was thinking a little vasoline

[Surf Quebec]

Thanks for all replies.
Healing is in progress, the patient will rest all night long...

I'll post a pic tomorrow

[bobdea]

Stephane, Sorry to see your damage. Maybe check with Bruce, if it has a chance to be successfully repaired I bet he would tell you.

yes, he's probably the best person to ask. that or send it to PTC for a tune. PTC/Mike repaired a pretty brutal edge ding for me guessing he could deal with that pretty well too.

[AutumnOrangeGT]

Epoxy works wonders :cool:

http://69thvirtualfightergroup.com/Members/needacar/Snowboards/DSCN0981.JPG

[Surf Quebec]

The board is repaired.
I've use epoxy that is used for under water repair.

Not as nice as I would like but I think it will do the job, i've used a delicate sand paper to have a soft feel.

[KingCrimson]

Scribble over that with a sharpie and you'll be good as new. Nobody noticed the cleaved-off nose repair on my Coiler..until somebody said "Hey, is that marker scribbled all over your board?"

[heroshmero]

+1 on the sharpie. That's the other trick I've always got up my sleeve.

[Surf Quebec]

I did ask at Sigi Grabner Snowboard what would they do to fix the board.
I got an email from Sigi himself !
Basically it is saying what have been said on the thread.