The new workshop

At last we have moved into a bigger workshop, no more juggling boards and plenty of rack space. The move has coincided with the best run of swell of the year and i have missed the lot. Still heaps to do but its getting there.

Epoxy sandwich construction repair

We get a fair amount of epoxy sandwich construction boards come through the workshop that have been repaired with normal ding repair methods, be it glass and epoxy or that nasty putty stuff. The repair might look good and will last a few months before cracking and filling your board full of lovely salt water. It only takes a few minutes for the water to get into the eps core but it can take a few months for us to get it out again. We repair your Surftech, resin 8 or firewire surfboards with the correct materials that will last.

The ding putty was removed to reveal shattered high density foam and compressed eps.

Damage removed

Eps core replaced

Sanded back and faired

Eps and HD foam patches laminated

Release film and breather fabric in place

Glass and HD foam vacuum bagged and left to cure.
Once cured we sand back and laminate with another layer of glass as with a normal repair.
Outer layer of glass on and sanded
Any imperfections or pinholes filled with a glazing compound and wet sanded.



Paint colour matched and ready to surf

Takayama rail repair

The damage on this takayama longboard had previously been repaired by someone else. This whole void in the rail had been filled with q-cell and glassed over. With no give in the filler the old repair cracked at both ends as the board flexed. We took out all the filler and replaced it with foam, re- glassed and colour matched the area, Then tripped over the sander left on the floor.