has anyone salvaged an old wood deck by fiberglassing it?

T-Hawk · Posted: May 11, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

Gnarly Dancer 42, those boards put a whole new meaning to the word "trashed".
But you must be a pretty sick rider for that to happen to your boards. Birthday

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

this thing is as solid as a rock now. it weighed 8 pounds and now it weighs 9 from the fiberglass. i may still do some sanding and paint it, but you get the idea.

here are pictures after fiberglass:

*Nate · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 1230 City: Nokomis

You should have put some sick decals/patterns on the base before you applied the fiberglass.

T-Hawk · Posted: May 13, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject:

Looks sick, bro! Nice work! Very Happy

Lousy Hero, wordd.

goride · Posted: May 13, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

how many layers of fiberglass cloth did you use?

also how much did it cost in supplies?

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

goride, i wraped the edge where it was broken like a taco with a sheeet and then put a sheet covering the top, and a sheet covering the bottom

it costed me like 10 bucks for two packages of 8 sq feet fiberglass cloth, and i was out of liquid hardener so i had to pay 6 for a new tube.

i had a can of resin before i started but those are about 15 bucks

Lousy Hero, i would have, but the directions say to clean it with aci-tone to remove any paint, so that would kind of be redundant

goride · Posted: May 13, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject:

no smoking when using acetone kids

solvents + open flames= you on fire Very Happy

*Nate · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 1230 City: Nokomis

It turned out pretty decent though...props

T-Hawk · Posted: May 13, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

goride,

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

yeah i just rode it, it feels so nice just like the first time i rode it Very Happy

its super strong too, i landed upside down on kickflips a bunch and would have been destroyed if it werent for the fiberglass

Parker · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 1731 City: Norman

goride, now i can be safe

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

skimboarder · Posted: May 13, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject:

that is sick bro

glad you got them fixed up, i didn't think there was any hope the way they looked before hand.

good job Smash

goride · Posted: May 13, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject:

I really gotta get my lazy ass in gear and refinish my 484 el cuattro which is a replica of the 4-trac.