easiest crease repair I've ever done

[@Jim-fe2xz]

Funny to me that they actually think that one ply of unidirectional carbon fiber strands adds measurable strength (without a real stringer) but hey it "looks high tech cool" right? Or maybe it's cool to tell friends you snapped another board on a regular basis. To each their own! Anyway, another nice repair!

[@smallkinedings]

Definitely blows my mind the sheer amount of this type of construction that comes through the work shed. I get it for a certain level of surfing for sure but, being in a pretty small country, I see my customers out in the surf more often than not and the surfing rarely justifies the board choice, especially for the price tag on these things!

[@willferris469]

I am happy to hear I am not the only one with a hatred towards this hi-pro eps/epoxy carbon things. Honestly I can not stand fixing them and for some reason everyone keeps buying them. Any way cheers from Florida! Love the videos!

[@smallkinedings]

Gday Will! You're far from alone in that haha! Can't remember if I said in the video but a repairer down in Auckland was telling me last week he's considering a $50 surcharge on all EPS board as he's just over the hassle of them! Hows Florida? I watch a spearfisherman on youtube whos in Florida keys and it looks unreal over there!

[@willferris469]

@small kine dings I like the surcharge idea. Florida is pretty killer, I am in north Florida and the entire state is pretty dang awesome, if only we had more waves.

[@alaindupuis1137]

Thanks man 🤙🏼

[@Andy_XT]

1. Congrats, both for the repair and for the video. I use mostly epoxy and there is no way I can get that finish. Hats off to you, Master! 2. To all of you watchers who are not subscribed yet: do it. How can you not? This is very likely the best channel of the kind!

[@smallkinedings]

Cheers Andy!!

[@happydayz549]

Great video as always! Do you rate any eps epoxy boards? Ones with wood stringers? Or strictly PU person? Thank you!! 🤙

[@smallkinedings]

Glad you enjoyed! Wooden stringer is definitely an improvement on no stringer or faux but I just can't get behind a product or material that is so poorly effected by water. Dings are an inevitable part of surfing and having a product that sucks water in and is so damaged by it so rapidly just doesn't make any sense to me

[@deribrown]

Totally agree with your rant about eps boards, so no worries there.

[@TaranakiGreenfields]

Too easy bro. Love these vids.

[@smallkinedings]

Appreciate it man!

[@ETYSURF]

expertly done sir

[@smallkinedings]

Cheers man, appreciate it!

[@dudeleboski2692]

Im Subbed!

[@Monstamonkey]

It might be worth trying a fibre glass safe paint stripper to get the paint layer off before sanding. I'd try a small area first to be safe. That's where I'd be starting. Would hand sanding be an option? I know it's slow, but it would avoid heating up the paint and might be the only way out too. Charge for the extra time and effort.

[@smallkinedings]

Hand sanding is a real option and can definitely be helpful. Being epoxy I wouldn't be putting any kind of stripper on the surface. Possibly if it was a poly I might do a test but when it comes to epoxy I'm a big advocate of keeping the material list contacting the board surface to nothing but sand paper and resin. Especially on these lightweight, high performance boards, the glassing is so thin that any risk of something like stripper making contact with the EPS foam isn't something I'd be messing with.

[@BrianGorberg]

This looks like a solid repair. I stopped riding eps boards with no stringer because i buckled or snapped 3-4 of them. It seems like an eps baord with a stringer is MUCH stronger, except hayden shapes seems to have some good tech. My hypto krypto lasted 10 years and that thing has been beat to hell in heavy tubes. when I repair buckles I would make sure the fiber glass wrap completely around the rail and some into the bottom. I always heard that the rail is where the buckle starts so I try to make the rails super strong. I also seen people do the diamond method of cutting the fiberglass where the longer part is the stringer and I have seen the butterfly method. The butterfly method is shorter at the stringer and longer in the rails. If the rails are the strongest part of the board, then maybe the butterfly is better?

[@smallkinedings]

100% wanna wrap those rails, without a wooden stringer the rails really are doing all the work! As far as butterfly vs the Diamond, I tend to use the diamond more but as long as that cut is tapered out it's A OK in my opinion! I get a few Hypto Cryptos few the shop and they definitely seem to hold up better than a lot of the other EPS/carbon options. Still had plenty come through creased over the years but generally they seem to mostly be FCS replacements or general wear and tear.

[@bean3280]

Great vid as usual, im just wondering how you get such a nice finish, i often find the fibre glass pattern showing through after all is said and done, how do you avoid this? Generally happens when i hard sand and doesnt go away with my hot coat

[@smallkinedings]

If your cloth is showing through your hotcoat then you are either not saturating your cloth enough on lamination or you are sanding way too hard. The only hard Sanding before pouring resin (in the case of epoxy) should be to feather your cloths edge, the cloth over your repair needs the lightest of buzzes with the sander just to scuff it. No pressure on the sander and just glide over it a couple of times. In the case of poly, you don't need to sand before your resin coat at all

[@bean3280]

@@smallkinedings thanks a lot, definitely the latter is the case, I think I need to prep sand harder, and maybe use lighter cloth, I typically use a 6 or Oz depending on the board

[@dudeleboski2692]

I personally charge extra for those MIAs (Made In Asia). FireWire being Lacquered is some strange top coat….

[@smallkinedings]

Worth it for the money they saved buying that doo doo board for sure!

[@raphaeldrayton6599]

loks good!

[@smallkinedings]

Cheers Raph!

[@dmac5678]

just damaged my JS HYFI board and I can verify as well, they're shit! Fell on my back on the bottom of the board, broke both left and right boxes...

[@smallkinedings]

Sorry to hear that! I'm sure in 10ish years the surf world will look back at this current EPS and carbon construction in pure disbelief!

[@dudeleboski2692]

Is your MIRKA RO multi speed? Like an air powered one?

[@smallkinedings]

Yea, works same way as the air powered dynas. More you palm, faster she goes. Very ergonomic I find for long days of lots of sanding

[@dudeleboski2692]

Single stage top coat….. used all of the time in China, UK

[@damiencollins8124]

Maybe I’m a weirdo, but I actually prefer fixing epoxy boards haha

[@smallkinedings]

Epoxy has it's up sides to work wit for sure. If the board is built well they are a pleasure to work on for the most part unless theres water in the EPS