What do you guys do when a perfectly good boom loses a bit of its grip . Can it be replaced. I tried electrical tape and that DOESNT work.
Cheers

go to the pharmacy and get a roll of bandage tape, it's the only one that does not slip

cheers mate
reckon that would work

I've saved some very thin packaging foam, that works OK, but tends to tear a bit, and can be too thick and makes your arm pump up.
The best way is to buy some regrip from your friendly windsurf shop.

I've used bicycle inner tube in the past. Got a fat tube from the bike shop dumpster.
Cut a short length and slipped/stretched it over the bit of the clamp that hinges around the back. That's where the outhaul pressure bears.
Lasted about 3 years.

Go to The Home Depot and buy a can of spray paint that has non skid properties in it and spray it on. You can spray it on more or less to get the desired grip you want. Make sure it's suited for metal. Then if the paint is too agressive, spray some flat color spray paint over it in order to get the grip to your liking. Make sure the paint has a primer built-in or buy a primer. Great little trick!!!

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powersloshin said..
go to the pharmacy and get a roll of bandage tape, it's the only one that does not slip

Umteen years ago I went to a sports shop and got a roll of tennis racquet handle grip, cloth type, that long ago I cant remember how successful it was. Have used the bandage tape on sticky rubber handle bar grips on a bike, didn't work that well kept lifting from the end and left a sticky residue where it had lifted from.

Has anyone ever tried that instead of the normal grip?

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bigtom said..
What do you guys do when a perfectly good boom loses a bit of its grip . Can it be replaced. I tried electrical tape and that DOESNT work.
Cheers

I do squats and lunges.

There is a silicon tape you can get from Bunnings called Tommy Tape. Comes in various colours. It only sticks to itself but bonds almost instantly at the overlap. You can spiral wrap a bit over the affected area. Also work brilliantly at the ends of the boom grip to stop it peeling off.

Replace the bad section with foam from an old fin cover. Us contact adhesive or superglue. Sand smooth.

Easiest fix, still run into windsurfers who'v been sailing 30 years who'v never thought of it.

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barn said..
Replace the bad section with foam from an old fin cover. Us contact adhesive or superglue. Sand smooth.

Easiest fix, still run into windsurfers who'v been sailing 30 years who'v never thought of it.

I love the idea but isn't it too thick? Or do you sand it after?

Gloves?

Argh! I thought you were talking about a slipping clamp. Forget about the inner tube. Buy an EVA regrip roll and some contact adhesive.

First you have to strip the remnants of the existing grip off the boom. The easy way to do that is put the arms in a polythene garbage bag with a half a cup of acetone and leave it in the sun. You should nick holes in the EVA here and there to let the fumes through but try not to breathe that stuff. The grip should just about fall off.

The replacement is as per the video, but you don't need that roller thing. The only caution is that you have to set things up so you can work fast because the contact adhesive has to be given time to flash off but not more than about 20 or 30 minutes before sticking it together. You cut the excess off after gluing with a craft knife and then sand it smooth.

whitelionwindsurfing.blogspot.com/2012/02/diy-windsurf-boom-re-grip.html

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Boom-re-grip-video/

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MartinF2 said..
whitelionwindsurfing.blogspot.com/2012/02/diy-windsurf-boom-re-grip.html

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Boom-re-grip-video/

regripping a boom is very satisfying, and the new grip lasts for years. You don't need to be a professional to do it. I did my boom and about 4 years later it is still going strong.
Getting the old grip off is the hardest part, but the acetone trick looks like it makes that easy.
Go for it!

I personally would NOT use acetone on a carbon boom !