Hey all
I have an old windsurfer of plastic construction. I was wondering how to go about doing a repair? I have a split in the bottom and another puncture.
cheers
generally cracks and punctures happen when your sailing and unfortunately the board takes in water, maybe you should weigh the board and if it's hot to heavy get a hacksaw blade and rough up the area and fill with araldite , it mite not work but it's worth a shot, i did a nonslip on a plastic tiga with epoxy & divinicell dust , it was the best nonslip i have had
I'm with Mark_A - you should just repair to the local tip and dispose of the board.
Life is depressing enough, so avoid putting effort into fruitless pursuits....
yes i think your rite mark i'm sure there was a sticker ABS , i thought ABS was for the front brakes, every time you stick the board into a tight jibe the front brakes would engage, sink the inside rail and stop you dead in your tracks,but after saying that they were one hell of a fast board especilly to windward
Tiga mainly used "Microlite" and could be heat welded with a Leister heat gun with a special attachment. It was a type of polyethylene. Some types of polyethylene were "cross-linked" and when heat is applied, the material shrinks and the therefore the hole gets bigger!
Learned that real quick!
I think the early Windsurfers were just basic polyethylene, but when a professional board repairer was asked how to fix a Windsurfer, he said to clean the damaged area and silicone it up to keep the water out!
Good luck!
