Final Steps

The OCD in me is definitely showing itself.  I mixed up a small batch of epoxy, used up the last of my cabosil to make a slurry - then tried to fill in a few known divots.

The main issue to be addressed was getting a sealing coat around the vent plug on the 5'2" prone foil board - just in case the epoxy used to set the plug in place did not fully seal.

The next issue was filling in low points around the leash plug and tail on the Dually Stubby.

Lastly - I took the remaining slurry and filled in what I could on the new 4'10", both on the top (where there were definite holes from the spray foam) and the bottom (a couple of spots that shrunk when the first batch of epoxy burned the interior of the board).  I'll sand all of these down tomorrow.

Modern Vent Plug

Yesterday I also ground down the top of the old manual vent plug, drilled out the guts and placed one of the gortex vents in the hole.

I need to place a bead of epoxy around the lip of the vent plug body, just to make sure it is all sealed.

Plugging Holes

After I drilled them out - today Marlon and I got the plugs (vent and leash) set into both boards.

I had over estimated how much epoxy we needed and had too much leftover - until I remembered I had some other holes to fill.  Looks like I'm getting started on the new two hydrofoils...

Getting Really Close

I've been working on the boards over this past week.  I got the fill coats on the top and bottom on Monday and Tuesday.  I sanded the fill with 40 grit yesterday evening.  And this afternoon I cleaned up the track openings and drilled the holes for the vents and leash plugs.

 

I'll get the plugs epoxied in tomorrow, and sand the boards with 80, 120 and 220 - just a quick hit with each to clean up the scratches.  I am contemplating spraying a top coat of urethane over the boards just to fill in any small voids and even out the top.  So the boards may be ready to get wet this weekend, but our schedule is full so I probably won't get them in the water yet.  I will also look around at a rear foot pad for these (maybe, still thinking about it.  Wax is just fine, but the right pad would make the boards cooler).