Ever wondered what to do with unsightly chips and dings along the rails of your SUP?
Try this:
Step 1
Fix the chips and dings with some epoxy resin (I used that two part pastey stuff you can get from a boat shop - it's already got micro-balloons in it and it's easy to work with). Sand smooth.
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Step 2
Get some gloss enamel paint from your local hardware and a good quality artist's brush (about 10mm).
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Step 3
Paint some random tiger stripes along the rails - making sure you cover all the ding repairs.
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The finished product:
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Notes:
- Try not to do it outside on a windy, dusty day, like me.
- Depending on your rail colours you may want to go for the zebra, cow or giraffe look.
- Be careful to now only get dings on the black bits - otherwise you will end up with completely black rails.
Thats a nice looking board right there casso... dj i knew you were a top bloke anyway but a richo, bowden &foley man , now I know you are passionate man, I love the tiges as well
Good job,looks great on top how neat is it underneath?
will it stop sharks being attracted to "yum yum yellow"
Nice Cass,
You guys who follow footy teams that have not won a flag for 30 years are sure loyal. Mine won in 2004 and not even close since and I am getting impatient and pissed....
Hi Casso
Can you give us the brand name of that two part pasty stuff so I can chase some up, nearest boat shop 100km.
...... "Fix the chips and dings with some epoxy resin (I used that two part pastey stuff you can get from a boat shop - it's already got micro-balloons in it and it's easy to work with). Sand smooth."
Thanks
Robdog
Thanks Casso, I reckon I'll go for a zebra stripe, one starting at the tail and going right up to the nose and back again down the other rail!
Ooooh, yeah, that's a tricky one to try and hide. The filler resin is pretty white - so you may not need to paint it at all.
Nice wrapping lines in the background of that photo.
robdog,thats the worst pic i've seen!
Not only is it a ****'y day but your rails are
worse!
I love Casso's fix, smart lad!
well done
mac attack
Yeah! I lent it to Brooko for one surf and that's how it came back!!!
No, seriously Brooko's innocent, I'll lend it to anyone who's keen to have a go at SUP and it has paid the price, I still love that board.