A mate needed a softboard for his daughter & when I offered him mine he offered me this 
Its a circa 1985 - 1990 Santosha shaped by Mark Ogram dims 6'6 x 19 x 2. The 2 inches is maintained from the rocker to the front fins & the photo's don't do the depth & awesome'ness of the channels justice. Its only got a few light pressures and a very small delamination on the bottom Santosha decal which is also has a small hole.
I want to clean this board up & ride it, I reckon it will be sick. My friend said it rides great, but he has another old board that is his favourite.
Obviously it needs a light sand & from memory these speed finish boards were basically boards which were sanded & then didn't have a filler or gloss coat.
Considering the glass is so old I'm worried it might be brittle & break easily. So I'm tempted to have it glassed with like 1 ounce glass or something. At the very least I want a fresh coat of resin on it.
What do you guys think, will the age of the board make it weak? What do yuz reckon I should do?
I wanna ride this thing so bad, but not until I know its strong.
Select to expand quoteMickPC said..
A mate needed a softboard for his daughter & when I offered him mine he offered me this
Its a circa 1985 - 1990 Santosha shaped by Mark Ogram dims 6'6 x 19 x 2. The 2 inches is maintained from the rocker to the front fins & the photo's don't do the depth & awesome'ness of the channels justice. Its only got a few light pressures and a very small delamination on the bottom Santosha decal which is also has a small hole.
I want to clean this board up & ride it, I reckon it will be sick. My friend said it rides great, but he has another old board that is his favourite.
Obviously it needs a light sand & from memory these speed finish boards were basically boards which were sanded & then didn't have a filler or gloss coat.
Considering the glass is so old I'm worried it might be brittle & break easily. So I'm tempted to have it glassed with like 1 ounce glass or something. At the very least I want a fresh coat of resin on it.
What do you guys think, will the age of the board make it weak? What do yuz reckon I should do?
I wanna ride this thing so bad, but not until I know its strong.
Real nice looking sled mate, my neighbor has one very similar.
I would ask these guys as they are super helpful... Its the backyard surfers group on FB.
www.facebook.com/groups/1716467161964739/
Definitely worth restoring to ride-able level...
Looks like it's in pretty good condition. Personally I'd just give it a good clean with wax and grease remover, fix any dings so it's water tight and ride it. Give it a very light wet sand or polish if you want it shiny.
Wouldn't restore it or reglass anything.
If you really wanted to preserve it you could throw a coat of resin on it but channels etc would making sanding it a bitch and probably cost you more then the board would be worth if you outsource it.
Edit. How bad is the delam? If it's not to bad. You can drill a small hole in it and syringe some resin in there and put some weights on it till it goes off.
Remember that pro speed finish it just spayed on from a can (over the glass) if recall correctly
nice looking board love the channels
Mick it looks pretty good - if that was mine I would sand it with around the 180 grit -( handsand or sander at low revs )basically to rough it up to allow the gloss to form a mechanical bond - then gloss cost - tape rails , paint on gloss , use a small roller on rails to smooth out any runs - hopefully no more sanding needed , but if gloss coat is a bit rough rough - sand through finer grits starting around the 240 , then polish - I just use fibreglass polish from super cheap auto and car polisher .
l wouldn't add fibreglass unless you have cracks or dings to patch- adds weight - lesson learnt in board I patched few months back - layed an extra layer of 4 oz in the bottom - made it too heavy for me
like SP said those Channels will be fun
2nd SP's idea to deal with delam. Used the same technique on an old twinny and it worked a treat. Good luck
Select to expand quoteSRrat said..
2nd SP's idea to deal with delam. Used the same technique on an old twinny and it worked a treat. Good luck
Two hil5es is even better . let the air out as the resin goes
Fix delam, clean up and light sand 400 grit and rather than gloss coat resin and polish - spray clear coat for new look especially with channels 
Was a epoxy board builder and one time in maui did polyester dings.
Boss was impressed I could power out work that looked great without polishing time.
I've got an old Santosha but not channel bottom. Creased so rebuilt it for tow in with high density foam insert on bottom and ply patch on deck with foot strap inserts. Extra strength and weight powered through chop.
