Can I mend a snapped board?

[hulkiebear]

I bought a board from ebay and on the first outing, there was a crack and it had snapped in the middle.

 

I don't want to discuss the whole"you should get your money back..." thing, just if and how I can mend the board.

 

It looks as though the outer glass/mat has given up and the core is not to badly damaged. It was only a case that the board broke during normal use, not when landing a big jump or major trauma like that!

 

I'm thinking, can I clean of the glass to the mat then add some more mat and re-glass?

 

I will post some pictures when I can.

[Andy C]

Did it snap like in two? Presume you're talking about a twin tip?? Can't see it being mendable if so, they need to be pretty strong in the centre.

[CKB]

You can repair snapped boards but you have to ask is it worth doing if it broke so easily in the first place.

Its quite labour intensive requires specialist equipment & hence costly.

some info HERE

[hulkiebear]

Basically, it has been sitting in the shed for the last year or two and either, needs to be fixed and get on the run, or get binned!

 

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[mick]

Bad news first. Bin job for sure. That will never be strong enough to use. Now I don't know a lot about the construction but I do know that if its glass mat it will be laid from end to end to form a continuous length. Just bodging a bit in the middle won't work.

 

Now the good news. I need 2 fins. Specs are on 'wanted' section. I'll pm my addy. Well they aint no use to you thats for sure.

 

Link to fin request. > http://forum.kitecrowd.com/wanted/2-fins-184771.html#post2192600

 

 

As Bob would say " Can I fix it? No its f*cked"

Edited July 18, 2010 by mick