snapped my epoxy(EPS) stick last week and trying to get it back on the water ASAP.....

stuck it together with qcell last night and got the bottom nice and ready for the cloth today but when i flipped it over i found out the qcell had melted the foam around it ......

everything is nicely aligned so wondering if i can just get some pour foam in there or if this will also melt the EPS, or if it might be better to hollow it out and stick more EPS in there(not what i want to do.... then how do i secure it without melting it?)......

would the melting not have happened if the epoxy wasn't already going off in the pot?(took a while to get the qcell to mix in in my overfilled cup).

Sorry to hear dose not sound good,best scrap it and get yourself a newie,no matter how good your repair work looks its a massive weak point be lucky to last a session.

On Gumtree i was amazed at just how many people are advertising to do board repairs. Id get someone to look at it

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Macaha said..

massive weak point be lucky to last a session.

i reckon its gonna be stronger as it will probably have lots more cloth covering the snap area.

spoke to Steve at Surf Shack and he said it was worth a shot.

With EPS i reckon 90% of the strength probably comes from the glass and not the foam

Hopefully Bunnings has got the right stuff

Fair enough,must be worth giving it a go them,good luck.

i've know faster curing epoxy to do this- a volume upped batch to fill your board might have generated heat. have you tried a slower curing type of epoxy

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laceys lane said..

i've know faster curing epoxy to do this- a volume upped batch to fill your board might have generated heat. have you tried a slower curing type of epoxy

have you come down from your high yet

If it's a Surftech it would be worth the repair as the're built very strong and would repair reasonably well , but if it's a lesser quality brand I'm with Mac..start afresh if you can afford.

Yep .... and there's plenty of options in the for sale section in here for one example if you want to save pennies , it could go again at any time , keep her as a backup board or make a coffee table out of her

You can not use poly on an eps blank. - it will melt the foam. maybe able to save it by digging it out and using some foam in a can from bunnings $10. Make sure you use epixy resin on eps foam

Yep..Expanda Foam..able to fill many a crevice..

Difficult but cheap repair lol.....save yourself the drama & celebrate the excuse for a new board