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If you’re curious. I can send you my venmo username.Geez. I'm trying to imagine how I'd feel after having to lose $1500.
I might do that and start cutting into the bubblesI wouldn’t just toss it. It would be fun to take it apart and see what’s going on inside and then toss it if it’s hopeless.
I may try that.If you want to strip it, take a dremel and cut along the rail apex. Then you can peel the deck half and the bottom half off. If the bond sucks, which sounds likely, then it'll come off clean and the blank might be ok.
If it were a foam stain, it might've been a bad bond between that resin and the lam resin.
You’re right.nothing is hopeless unless it's in a million pieces
throwing it away would be a waste
some kid willing to strip it let it dry and re-glass it will have a board shpaed by whom ever big name shaper has his name on the stringer.
the shape is the most important part of a board
the glass is just "protection"
with an aquarium pump some plastic sheeting, tape and a hose you could bag on some hobby balsa once stripped and then glass it with UV if you want.
you can do the same to suck the water out as with cotton to absorb the water
punch some holes on one side, and punch some holes on the other and suck the water out on the opposite side
they've been doing this with sailboards and surftechs since they started using epoxy "skinned" eps construction.
what are the dimensions?
Sounds like the deck and bottom will peel off in a big sheet. The rails might be trickier and might pull some chunks, but not if the foam stain went out to the rails too. One way to know for sure.I may try that.
Will it just come off in big chunks?
I’m not sure it’s repairable.If it were me I'd use a straight edge and a razor knife, not a dremel. Find the edge of the delam and tape off a rhomboid (no squared off corners and just keep tracing the line with your knife against the straight edge until you get through the glassing. Don't take off any more than you need to. I definitely wouldn't go after the rails unless you're committed to trashing the board and you want to take your final revenge. They're probably not leaking anyway.
After a certain point you want to make the repair part of the look of the board.
I know I would.You would be "Labeled" by some here and in the "Industry" as" Hard to Deal With" not being " Torlerant" as one of my shaper freinds put it , not being content with constant QC problems , Or "Suprises" on each batch ;-).
Which is why boards like Firewire are making a killing in the market.We all make the mistake of thinking the quoted price is for something to be done correct ;-)