I found a hole in the bottom of my mid sized board a few days ago and was really bummed because I do not have enough money to spend on surfboard repair. Well I looked online and found this stuff called Solarez. This stuff works great and only takes about 10 minutes to use.
Epoxy Surfboard Hole
Above is a picture of the hole I found in the tail of my epoxy board. Unfortunately, the guy at the surfboard shop did not ask me whether I had an epoxy board or a fiberglass board so he gave me the polyester Solarez resin that is meant for fiberglass boards. I found this out after I made the repair haha but oh well it still worked great to make the board water tight. I read online that the polyester version of the Solarez resin can eat the foam used inside epoxy boards. Luckily I did not have to use much so I don't think it did much damage.
Solarez Resin
Again, the stuff I used is for a fiberglass board NOT an epoxy board so this is another case of learning from my mistakes. After I added the resin in the shade I put it in the sun for about 5 minutes to let it cure. This resin cures very fast in the sun. It doesn't matter if it is a cloudy day either, it will still cure from the UV rays that make it through the clouds.
Sanding down the rough edges
After the resin cured I sanded off the rough edges and I was done! There are lots of techniques you can use to avoid having to sand as much as I did, which I found out after the fact, but even if you don't use those techniques a little extra sanding should give you the shape you want.
Water Tight Board!
I really don't care how this boards looks just as long as it is water tight so I am happy with my first attempt at repairing a hole. I will definitely get the Epoxy version next time. Not bad for the $3.25 I spent though.
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