A Quick and easy Tutorial on how to fix small scratches and white spots on carbon foil boards!
Вставка
- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- Say goodbye to small scratches and scuffs on your carbon boards! Appletree Surfboards co-founder Wieger Buurma teaches you a fast and easy technique to get rid of those annoying white spots, with the help of simple supplies. Give it a try! This technique basically works on any matte carbon fiber products. So this will also work for foils or for other brands boards.
What you need to fix it:
Sticker remover/white spirit
Sand paper (wet and dry)
Finishing spray
Prepare the area for spray paint
So if you’ve got all these products, let’s go. Make sure all the grains of sand are gone. I only sand this area with the 400 grit with my hands. I go in small circles to get the biggest scratches out. But you don’t want to sand too far because you don’t want to go through the top layer of the board. So this is literally enough. Just blow it away. You can see that if I blow away the scratches come back. It is just to prepare the area for the spray paint.
Clean the area
Feel if you feel some scratches. These scratches are really small. They look heavy, but they’re actually very on the top surface of the board. I’m just gonna clean the area with the sticker remover or white spirit. And again, be careful, so don’t pour it over your board. Just a little bit on your paper towel. And then just clean the area that you want to start spraying later. Remove the excess.
Wait for it to dry
Now you can see the scratches are gone because they’re basically wet and they’re filled with this stuff. I just really need to wait for this completely to dry up.
Okay, so it’s been a few minutes, we’re back. You can see all the sticker remover has completely evaporated off and the white spot is back again. You can actually see that the spot is a little bit bigger because of the sanding that I did with the 400 grit.
Spray it
Now it is time to spray the varnish. Make sure it sprays nicely. Make light movements and then try to hit the right spot with the spray paint. Try not to spray too much. So literally, super light movements. Better to do 20 light sprays than too much at once.
If you do too much, you risk making it super cloudy when it dries. This is usually because the area has not been cleaned well or so if you spray too much at once. This is acrylic paint, so it dries super fast. You can see it’s already drying while I’m talking.
Let it completely dry
When that’s completely dry, you can do a second layer or a third layer. But don’t go too heavy. Usually two layers is more than enough. Give it a couple minutes. You can see it’s completely dry again. Basically the scratches are gone. If you feel it now, it feels rather smooth.
To finish it off
This paint is actually more matte than the finish that we use. So to completely finish it off, in this case it’s not really necessary, but I’ll still do it, we’re going to use some of the 800 grit. We should be super careful with this and we need water. So, just water the area. Get plenty of water on there, and then just sand it super light, literally with no pressure. This is just to blend it in completely. Take your paper towel, dry off all the water.
Easy as that
And that’s basically it, so simple as that. Three small steps, maybe five minutes, you removed all your scratches. Now this works for small scratches like sand scratches or scratches you got on your board in the car. It will help you to keep your board in tip top condition. - Спорт
Used this method on my foils and they are brand new 👍👍
That's great to hear!
The lord of the dings!
Awesome info! Thanks!!!
Thanks Joe!
Hey! Thanks for the great content. Is it possible to use wax remover instead of the adhesive remover?
thanks! yes definately, as long as it's not waxy itself. break cleaner from a spray can also works well, plus it does not "eat" the core, so it's not that risky.
Is the spray Matt varnish clear or black ?
Hi there! The one we use is clear, it gives the best result on the clear carbon boards.
Promo*SM 👏