How to restore a 40 yr old surfboard part 3

[@pogimestiso]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I learned alot!!!

[@christianbarraza9134]

thanks brother I am a beginner but what I learned here speaks out directly , learning if you may. I am 41 years old always had a swimming pool , finnaly getting into surfing.

[@billstonebraker5304]

Great! I love the water

[@billstonebraker5304]

I love the water been surfing 60 years and now stand up paddle surfing

[@derektsuji9520]

My first shop board was a Stonebraker Lightning Bolt bought from the Kapiolani shop🤙 Bought a couple more from you when you were behind Chuns Market in Haleiwa 😀

[@raeanker3078]

Thanks for the great video mate , you sir are a genius ,I recently had a work accident loosing my eye and had to retire after 30 odd years as a plumber ,I've been going troppo looking for something to do and thanks to your videos I've started repairing some of the 12 surfboard and rescue boards myself and son and daughter have accumulated over the years ,cheers from down under.

[@billstonebraker5304]

Great! Thanks for the comment and if you need help I'll try to give you all the knowledge and experience I have. Blessings Bill

[@granthall2325]

Watched from start all three... WHAT a difference that was great to see a master at work!!! Now all we need is to see you surf it!!!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Here is me and my grandson SUP kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqC7eqOued9oo7c

[@camiologytv7149]

I have two boards from the mid - late 90s the one is a T&C and the other from a brand that no more exist, it both needs a fair amount of work on it, and this video gives me a bit of confidence to start with the small things. Thanks

[@billstonebraker5304]

Have fun with your new project

[@billstonebraker5304]

Awesome

[@dcvargas8917]

Simply amazing Bill.

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thank you PTL

[@oneworldsurfer]

Thank you for making this incredible video... I found it because looking to restore a board. Much appreciated!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Awesome hope it turns out well

[@sbeedak7646]

superb and inspiring, thank you Bill

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thank you

[@CCaddy]

Beautiful work on a classic board! Thanks for sharing!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thank you

[@indigoblueviolet]

Wow! Thank you for putting all these video's out this was really great to watch. I got an old surfboard for $50 bucks and it looks faded like that and has some patches. I have hope that I might be able to do something with it. I only have a drill so maybe I would have to buy a polisher/sander. Thanks again.

[@billstonebraker5304]

Yes you would or rent a sander

[@danielbates7754]

Cheers for this. Legend. Fixing a similar board now. First time for me though.

[@billstonebraker5304]

Let me know if you need help

[@Goomer]

Great Tutorial, I got a bunch of old logs that I've rejuvenated, but nothing like this. Fun watch.

[@billstonebraker5304]

Keep at it. After 50 plus years it's still fun and every board is a challenge

[@davidbotsford2947]

Awesome video, I have a few old boards Looks like I have a new hobby!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Have fun

[@bornfirefull]

2018. Great Job! I'm thinking about repairing mine the same way but with my own design! Your's looks amazing! Great job and thanks for the tutorial!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thanks

[@komrad8083]

Awesome videos! Great to know I can some day restore my grom boards as well. Thank you for the tutorials!

[@AlfredoGarciaPertuz]

I just wish I had a board, don't even have a car... Great video, thank you.

[@robertelsensohn6973]

Amazing resurrection ! Could you tell me about the very interesting Angulo wind SUP hanging on the wall? Thanks, Barney

[@billstonebraker5304]

9'8" X 32" Ed came to Hawaii and worked for me before going out on his own. A great board but as I told Ed and his son Josh confirmed it had a little too much rocker and pushes water. I used the templet to design a 10' board w/ less rocker

[@robertelsensohn6973]

@@billstonebraker5304 : Thanks Pastor Bill. After starting sailboarding on a HY-FLY 300 ( the supertanker) , my first good sailboard was a larger SURFTEC ANGULO - rocked my world !

[@robertelsensohn6973]

Actually it must have been a Randy French / Angulo - mid to late eighties...

[@billstonebraker5304]

@@robertelsensohn6973 Years ago Randy was in Hawaii and gave me or I might of paid something for a 12' Mickey Munoz. Still have it cover and in my garage but I do mostly SUP. The Angulo is much later than the 80's I also have an 11'11" Angulo that blew off my car and broke in half and there is a KZbin of me fixing it.

[@robertelsensohn6973]

@@billstonebraker5304 I watched it Bill. Good job getting the rocker correct- The only one I did was not quite so successful and surfed a little oddly afterwards. We are probably close to the same age ( 72 for me) . These days, for me also, it is almost all SUP with occasional surfing and flat water windsurfing. We moved from Colorado to just up the hill from Torrance Beach in 1960, at the end of 6th grade. The surfing explosion was well underway. Your friend and fellow pastor Rick Irons and his brothers Jimmy and Phil were royalty there. All of us gremmies were awestruck by their surfing abilities and general air of coolness. An incredible era ! I thank the lord for letting me survive it and for the many blessings that have been bestowed on me since . Mahalo and Aloha from Monterey.

[@marcalmandome7786]

Dear Bill. Thanks to you I am restoring a surfboard and I am using your video as guide! 100% Million thanks! I am now about to "paint" it with polyester resin + black opaque pigment + catalyser. My question regards to the amount of opaque pigment to add to the poly resin as I want to cover 100% what is underneath (I have repaired a lot of bumps with Qcell filler + resin and also the original board design has a pattern I want to cover). THANKS again!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Marcal, black covers well. If I were to do a 10' board I would use about 16oz of finish resin and two tongue depressor scoops of black. As you mix splash the color on the side of the mixing container to make sure it is opaque. If you can see thru add a little more color. Blessings Bill

[@marcalmandome7786]

@@billstonebraker5304 Thanks Bill! you are a legend!

[@shauneamber9906]

Great Video Mate . I'm off to re sand an old Mark Richards boards I have here . Thankyou !

[@billstonebraker5304]

Have fun. Let me know if you need any help

[@norcalrod]

Chee Whoo Uncle. From the Mainland, awesome video. I love the detail of the pin-striping and the details of taking the Pakalolo off the board. I'm working on my first board that I bought in 1977, and you totally inspire me. My only concern is where's the breathing filters as your sanding the resin. Take care and Mahalo.

[@bryankam1220]

Bill, thanks for the amazing videos. I"m in the process of restoring a 9'0" Gerry Lopez, hope to consult with you for advice. At 67years young still surfing on south shore of Oahu.

[@billstonebraker5304]

Awesome

[@hostelseixe6713]

absolutly great video, and inspiring do some more repair job and keeping boards....you never know ;-) !!!!!!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thanks

[@marcaldelasheras1565]

Hello again Bill! I am almost done with my surfboard restoration project that I started thanks to YOU! (many thanks again) and of course following your steps. I have two final questions PLEASE: (1) after the resin+pigment coat, do I need a final resin-only coat before polishing? and (2) would the polishing process fix/cover a little scratch marks from sander I made in a corner using 40 grit sanding pad? THANKS in ADVANCE!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Yes a final gloss coat with finish resin is how I finish the board and then polish. Deep scratches under the pigment coat will still be visible but when you do the final gloss coat those scratches will disappear. Make sure you light sand, by hand, the pigmented coat before the gloss coat. Any scratches in the final gloss coat can be rubbed out by using 320 then 400 then 600 wet or dry sand paper with water then a polish with some grit and finally a finish polish like in my video

[@colinolive9063]

Awesome result. Was that just normal resin with the pigment on the first initial coat?

[@billstonebraker5304]

Finish resin is the final coat w/ color pigment added. You can use laminating resin with color added when fiberglassing the board. But what I did was only finish resin with color pigment added.

[@colinolive9063]

@@billstonebraker5304 Thanks mate....

[@drdarrow]

May 20, 2018 - I'm very impressed. Thanks for all the details of your process. It really came out beautiful! *Questions:* 1) two times you referred to thinning the resin with "styrene" - did you mean to say acetone? I have looked up Styrene Thinner, and it seems to be a thing... but it also seems to be a "preference" for people wanting thinner, workable resin. Would acetone be sufficient? 2) What are the white, covering painted patches made out of? The ones you made before the red to hide dark spots. White-colored resin? The red was colored, resin, right? What about the white for color patches? 3) Then at 4:36 you say "...and then I glossed it" Does that mean you made up a batch of glossy, clear finish resin and paint-brushed it on? Sorry for all the questions. _61-year old surfer-has-been_ that wants to restore an old 9' 8" x 22" x 3.5" longboard that was laying out by a dumpster - and it's pretty thrashed. Even the garbage man would not take it. Which leads me to... 4) If you were to sell this, what would you ask? (I'm trying to figure out whether I should just buy a used longboard ($300-900 here in Carlsbad/Encinitas) or put the money and craft-time into restoring. ;-)

[@billstonebraker5304]

1-Acetone cleans the resin off your hands and brush by dissolving the resin, much like paint thinner is used in cleaning up enamel paint. Styrene is used for thinning resin so it flows more evenly. Honestly I have used acetone to thin resin on rare occasions but it’s not recommended when you can get styrene. 2-Finish resin with white pigment then lightly sanded 3-Gloss coat is clear finish resin applied over the red pigment and black pin line that is lightly sanded before the gloss coat is applied. 4-Depends on who made the board. If it is a name brand board and can be done as you see in the video it may be worth it but if you’ve never done it before you might want to take it to a surf shop and see what they would charge. It can be a real mess if you’ve never done a recondition before. Plus if you need to take the fiberglass off and reglass it that would be a problem. I know a lot of the soft top boards they sell a Costco are becoming popular here in Hawaii and are very reasonable price wise.

[@rudyrod100]

Beautiful!

[@joshporter4912]

absalotly stunning

[@wheelmania]

Great vid i watched the lot Got a resto to do myself so this was helpful Cheers lee

[@billstonebraker5304]

Good to hear

[@nikolasdevoe870]

Can the board be surfed again or is this restoration just for the board to be displayed

[@xMagicSeaWeedx]

thank you so much, you really helped me a lot man, God bless

[@billstonebraker5304]

PTL

[@billstonebraker5304]

Awesome, blessings to you as well

[@keithrudd5991]

bro how much would it cost to do what you did on board

[@billstonebraker5304]

I do it for love and peace of mind but I've had a brother who has done one of my boards who I consider the 'the best' at it and I paid $500

[@johnmcculloch5736]

Nice job !!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thanks

[@MrMMeijer]

Wow I love this stuff! Giving old boards new life, really I’m stoked to have seen this revive! I do board repairs here in the Netherlands, surfing and windsurfing. What kind of paint do you use? Groeten uit Nederland!!

[@billstonebraker5304]

The finish coat in with polyester finish resin w/ color pigment

[@MrMMeijer]

Bill Stonebraker would it be possible if I send you an email with my questions?

[@billstonebraker5304]

@@MrMMeijer Great, yes

[@bobonagata970]

Mahalo Bill for taking the time to make this video. Amazing content and production since I can tell you did most of it alone. Yes, I remember all your boards in the Kapiolani Bolt shop. Glad you are resurrecting your creations and I love the board's new name! Your neighbors must love you! :) Just curious: do you ever use the UV curing resins?

[@billstonebraker5304]

Neighbors love us and no I haven't used the UV resin. Ted at Fiberglass Hawaii showed me the process years ago when I was buying supplies but still love the old school style. Blessings Bill

[@lowellkurashige9342]

@@billstonebraker5304 Bill, I watch your video (all 3 parts) over and over just to get the proper vibe before I start a new repair. Mahalo again for taking the time to make your video. One minor question: could you have used your first grinder (with a different pad) for the final polishing? Noticed you changed machines. Just curious if you could have gone with just one machine with "expert" finger control. Mahalo again.

[@billstonebraker5304]

@@lowellkurashige9342 Thanks for watching and hope your repair works out well. Blessings Bill

[@robertwalker6588]

Not sure if this has been asked. But I’m curious of about how many hours you had into this project start to finish. Looks awesome by the way.

[@billstonebraker5304]

I took my time and have another job, I'm a pastor, but you could do a project like this in maybe three days start to finish. You have to wait for drying time of resin before sanding and finishing. I think I spent a week, if I look at my gopro time line I can be more precise

[@dropdeadbeats]

that was fantastic

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thank you

[@Tossphate]

Once a board has become waterlogged, is it possible to reverse that?

[@billstonebraker5304]

Usually when a board has water in it the fiberglass separates from the foam. You can strip that portion of glass off let it sit in the sun or in a dry area and it may take a week or two to dry out then repair with new fiberglass the area you stripped.

[@cod-tarzan]

I love this video because it shows a really good job restoring a board I do have one question how did you get the resin to turn out so red what type of pigment did you use I would like to know because I'm trying to restore a board that I had gotten or I should say rescue one because the owner before did such a bad job on the repairs on it

[@billstonebraker5304]

Sand it really good with 60 grit then 100 grit so pigment will stick. It is a solid red opaque pigment. Add enough to the resin so it is not see through. I get mine from Fiberglass Hawaii fiberglasshawaii.com/resins/colorants/pigments/pigment.html

[@billstonebraker5304]

Opaque red pigment for polyester finish resin from Fiberglass Hawaii. I think it is a 'Pittsburgh' product.

[@haigtchakmakian7151]

I have a Steve Wilson vintage surfboard will you help me restore it😀

[@billstonebraker5304]

Don't know Steve Wilson are you sure it's not a Steve Waldon longboard?

[@d.j.tetoshaper4942]

great job !!!

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thanks

[@darrenharvey2205]

You live on Oahu? I have a Sparkey three stringer, needs restore.

[@billstonebraker5304]

Randy Rarick is the man you want he is the bestimages.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrVk.HlUydf6VsAZwEPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTEyajZsOGE3BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQzAxNjFfMQRzZWMDc2M-?

[@rodrigo9015]

Hey I've seen 3 parts of the tutorial. It's so great, beautiful job. You inspire me to repair boards I've found broken on the street. I'd would like to show you and maybe you can give and advice.

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thanks

[@billstonebraker5304]

Send some photos, I'd love to help anyway I can

[@barclaysauers255]

As you obviously know from over 60 years surfing, many boards come and go. Most go. I have to ask if this board was ridden by you in the 1970's. Just curious. Great job. I know this is much more difficult than making something new.

[@billstonebraker5304]

No I didn't ride this board. I made it for someone. My favorite boards were round pin tail single fin which was current in the 70's. The first twin fin in Hawaii was of my creation by accident when I fell on my board surfing Diamond Head and it broke in front of the fin box. The front half was 6 feet and I wondered what it would surf like if I put two fins on either side of the tail break. I called it the 'incredible bullet' and it really worked well.

[@barclaysauers255]

@@billstonebraker5304 .....and that M. R. guy was inspired. (putting words in your mouth)?

[@meradu2]

nice work

[@billstonebraker5304]

Thanks

[@joesurfer9754]

I wish he would have used that yellow color over the length of the stringer both sides.

[@kayvandervalk1169]

Sick

[@KwabGwass]

Bill, amazing set of videos. I have a vintage stinger that’ needs restoring and your videos are a perfect guide. Was wondering a few things, what white material did you use to cover the dark sports on the bottom before painting red? And also you mentioned in a comment you used laminating resin, I have fiberglass Hawaii’s surf sanding resin. Was the laminating resin used in every primary repair coat? Mahalo for the time and energy you put into recording the process. Very much appreciated.

[@billstonebraker5304]

The white stuff was resin w/ white pigment so the dark spots would not show through. Aloha Bill

[@robertwalker6588]

Also what are the names of the materials you used?

[@billstonebraker5304]

Laminating resin (Silmar manufacturer) and Finish resin and 6 ounce fiberglass cloth

[@billstonebraker5304]

Polyester finish resin

[@topdeckdog]

Flash Gordan