Fixing the Topsheet

[Guest astan100]

Hey guys,

Somehow in my oh so careful summer storage, I managed to mess up my topsheet a bit. So, it looked like someone took a knife and shoved it into the sidewall of the board (maybe a few cm's down from the topsheet) and pulled up. So there is like a 1/2 inch section of topsheet peeling up with a slight bit of the board attached.

So, what do I do know? I could probably epoxy this thing to death, but should I just let a "professional" fix it for like 20 bucks? I just don't want to get water in the board because it's almost brand new and would hate to start ruining it already.

Let me know what you think.

-Allen

[carvedog]

for $20 that is probably not a bad option. It doesn't sound like it needs tons of epoxy but just enough to fill the slit. When I have repaired sidewalls we used two part epoxy, clamps with flat metal plates (scrapers) to put pressure on both sides. I very lightly oiled the scraper so that I did not epoxy the scraper to the board. Don't know if this will help.

Jerry

[Guest astan100]

yeah, for 20 bucks, lord knows I'll do it wrong or something and then hate myself later.

If this was on an older board, I might try the fix myself. Keep the opinions coming though.

[RJ-PS]

Make sure the "professional" is a professional.

There are lots of horror stories that come when you trust hundreds of dollars of equipment to people that aren't trained and/or don't care.

[carvedog]

and then wipe the scraper and then clamp it. As this is the last step it does not put any oil into the epoxy.

Done a fair number of repairs this way and never had a problem. Sometimes what I think and my advice (for lack of a better word) doesn't come out quite right.

Jerry