tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231653021205587343.post2266499180774736057..comments2023-10-11T04:24:53.766-07:00Comments on ...og.surfapig...: bing 2680Mr. Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795551869921185215noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231653021205587343.post-33128488223030312172010-06-12T09:49:18.585-07:002010-06-12T09:49:18.585-07:00cheers platty. i guess thats right. i can only ima...cheers platty. i guess thats right. i can only imagine what you have seen. i am steadily chipping away at this board. yesterday I hotcoated the bottom. today i hotcoat the top. she will be water tight then. I think I am going to surf her before i get my fin. the knocking the fin off bit and re finning her makes me wish i had a grinder. i need to remember which of my mates has one! <br><br>i am doing all this repair in my front yard on a stool and a bar chair. i'm guessing a proper workshop would do me well.<br><br>my wife is always wondering how i will be when i come in from a session of working on the board. i get encouraged, then i get discouraged, then i get encouraged.... classic!<br><br>the board is shaped well. I am guessing when I get the proper fin on this board she will be an AMAZING rider. my buddies say she goes well even with the fin she has on her currently. we'll see. i do think I am going to give her a go before i re fin her. I only wish I would have taken a picture of her before I stripped the wax.Mr. Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795551869921185215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231653021205587343.post-61732456820752093392010-06-11T23:13:10.531-07:002010-06-11T23:13:10.531-07:00Hi Mike. Welcome to my world. The Bing I restored ...Hi Mike. Welcome to my world. The Bing I restored a few years back was a bit like yours. Every time you look at it another problem jumps out at you. These old boards do try ones patients at times. But IT will be worth it in the end. platty.PLATTYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10601415692034024133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231653021205587343.post-46181825495037398862010-06-10T11:12:52.210-07:002010-06-10T11:12:52.210-07:00patch,that's just it...the board isn't a c...patch,<br><br>that's just it...the board isn't a complete loss. it is structurally sound, no delams. there were these few cancer spots that were at just the wrong spot on the board. it has been a repair that optimizes time usage. its one of those situations, that require the board to be turned this way or that for the fill to set up just right. <br><br>the thing that keeps drawing me into this board, is its design. the board looks so simple, near perfect. i am SO curious to see how she rides eventually. well that, and the fact she is a beater. i am stoked to get a beater in my rotation. i am ULTRA stoked to get this board in my rotation. <br><br>last night's repair session nearly broke my spirit though. i was sanding this lam spot when a cancer i had previously over looked opened up...and i was SURE i hadn't over looked any cancers. FUCK wasting that kind of time.<br><br>what a journey!Mr. Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795551869921185215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231653021205587343.post-53457336560059977632010-06-10T10:12:01.393-07:002010-06-10T10:12:01.393-07:00Hey Mike, I didn't realize the board was as ta...Hey Mike, I didn't realize the board was as tattered as it is, I saw Jason surfing it in SanO several weeks back.Patchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152607139063732073noreply@blogger.com