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- Central PA
I apologize in advance for poor grammer and spelling as Im on my phone.
I just purchased a 93 sn sj on Sunday for a good price. I knew the hull had some major repairs at the time of purchase, however, I did not know that it was done with polyester resin. After taking out the engine And everything else to do some work and clean I noticed the resin on the inside of the hull was chipping up. That’s when I realized I was in a bind. A few hours of scraping lead me to this. A huge hole with cracks all the way up the hull on either side. The hole and the cracks don’t scare me too much but the rot does. I have no idea how far the rot goes and there are other spots on the ski where a repair was completed but likely suffers a similar fate. I did a quick scrape on an old repair towards the rear to find pure rot underneath (pictured). So this is where I am at, repair or part the ski out. I have never done glasswork but I have a good understanding of what all needs to be done with real epoxy resin from posts and videos I have seen. I see the following as my options and I have questions attached to each.
- Repair the ski, probably would have to separate the hull due to the crack going all the way up (I really don’t want to do that). Sand the absolute sh*t out of all the repairs until the rot is all gone (I fear by the time Im done sanding there may not be a hull left). Is this too big of a job for a guy working with glass for his first time? Is it worth it? I have more than enough projects already that I can barely manage so If this is going to take over 24hrs of actual labor its not worth it to me.
- Part the ski out including the hull. In this case how much would a hull in this condition be worth? Something a surf builder would be interested in?
- Do a very poor patch job repair but with epoxy resin, likely leave a ton of rot and not have everything as smooth and true as it should and ride it for a season or two, not care about longevity, then part out. The whole Idea behind this ski was to get into stand ups for a decent price point to see if I really like it or not and upgrade from here, kinda beat on this ski and learn how to ride. Any thoughts on this one?
Thanks!
(P.S. the only good thing about a polyester resin hack job is that it is easy to remove)
I just purchased a 93 sn sj on Sunday for a good price. I knew the hull had some major repairs at the time of purchase, however, I did not know that it was done with polyester resin. After taking out the engine And everything else to do some work and clean I noticed the resin on the inside of the hull was chipping up. That’s when I realized I was in a bind. A few hours of scraping lead me to this. A huge hole with cracks all the way up the hull on either side. The hole and the cracks don’t scare me too much but the rot does. I have no idea how far the rot goes and there are other spots on the ski where a repair was completed but likely suffers a similar fate. I did a quick scrape on an old repair towards the rear to find pure rot underneath (pictured). So this is where I am at, repair or part the ski out. I have never done glasswork but I have a good understanding of what all needs to be done with real epoxy resin from posts and videos I have seen. I see the following as my options and I have questions attached to each.
- Repair the ski, probably would have to separate the hull due to the crack going all the way up (I really don’t want to do that). Sand the absolute sh*t out of all the repairs until the rot is all gone (I fear by the time Im done sanding there may not be a hull left). Is this too big of a job for a guy working with glass for his first time? Is it worth it? I have more than enough projects already that I can barely manage so If this is going to take over 24hrs of actual labor its not worth it to me.
- Part the ski out including the hull. In this case how much would a hull in this condition be worth? Something a surf builder would be interested in?
- Do a very poor patch job repair but with epoxy resin, likely leave a ton of rot and not have everything as smooth and true as it should and ride it for a season or two, not care about longevity, then part out. The whole Idea behind this ski was to get into stand ups for a decent price point to see if I really like it or not and upgrade from here, kinda beat on this ski and learn how to ride. Any thoughts on this one?
Thanks!
(P.S. the only good thing about a polyester resin hack job is that it is easy to remove)
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