It's no secret that I can't stand scratches on foils. Well - having bought this HPS 980 used, it wasn't really finished to my preferences - but neither did I have the time to getting it dialed in.
On the Sunday run at Hickam, launching from the boat ramp I inadvertently assumed I was in deep water a little bit too early. I ended up with a couple of really minor scratches (which in turn activated my OCD and then I looked very closely at the subpar finish).
With the weather turning south (at least less than ideal). I went ahead and used the solid paint marker I had bought and used it to fill the scratches that I placed on the foil along with the other minor scratches from the previous owner. These were all really minor and wouldn't affect performance in the range these foils are usually used in - but these represented things I needed to tune up (I've been an engineer for way too long).
This evening I wet sanded the foil through 400-600-1000-1500 grits.
This is way smoother now.
And I even placed a Donaldson trailing edge on.
Since I proved to myself I can pump this foil back out after riding a wave through the good parts, I want to go back to the ART999 and see the differences.
I'll actually go through and use the solid marker on both the HPS700 and the ART999 this evening and sand those in the next couple of days (as the surf is forecasted to drop).
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