Fixing Dings and Small Cracks in Your Surfboard

Regardless of whether you are a beginner or a pro, you’re going to get dings your surfboard. And with minor dings, you don’t want to drop your surfboard off at a surf shop to get it fixed. It could take days and cost you valuable surf time. So learn how to fix  surfboard dings and save money and time in the process.

Before you get started you need a basic surfboard ding repair kit. You can buy one from your local surfshop. It needs to include fiberglass cloth, resin, and catalyst of you can contact the Surfguy for materials (321)956-3268.

Here’s How:

1. Isolate the dings on your surfboard. It’s good to scrape away all the wax or sand from around the ding. Then roughly use mid-grade sand paper and lightly sand about a inch diameter around the ding. Wipe away the dust.
2. Using a razor blade, cut away the damaged fiber glass. Again, lightly sand away the rough edges of the remaining fiberglass.
3. If any of the foam inside the ding is wet, you need to let it dry completely. You can use a hair dryer to speed up the process (on medium heat). Be careful to not overheat your surfboard.  Also, use masking tape to section off an area about an inch around the ding to stop any resin from dripping onto other parts of the surfboard.
4. Using scissors, cut a section of cloth to completely cover the damaged area (dings).
5. Pour the desired amount of resin into a sturdy plastic cup and add a few drops of catalyst. The more catalyst you add, the faster the resin will harden (and the more brittle it will be). So don’t over do it. Either way, you need to get to work at this point since the resin will immediately begin to harden. Solar fired resins are a great way to fix it without using catalyst (doesn’t work at night).
6. Pour enough resin (with catalyst) to cover the entire ding and them place the cut section of cloth over the ding. The cloth will absorb the resin and adhere it to the surfboard ding. Make sure no resin is getting through your masking tape.
7. Wait about 1-2 hours. Solar fired resins harden more quickly due to bright sunlight-vs-cloudy days. Make sure the resin is firm enough to sand. Then check out your work. The ding area should be totally covered, and the resin should be hard.
8. Now, sand the ding with dry sandpaper to get it flat (be sure not to over-sand and re-open areas of your ding repair. Also, be sure not to sand areas outside around the ding where you might weaken your board’s original fiberglass. You can use wet sand paper to make it completely smooth at this point.
9. You have learned how to fix a ding. Now, grab your surfboard and go rip.
10. If all else fails contact the SURFGUY for 24 hour expert ding repair, all makes and all models 321-956-3268