Perfect timing. I was just looking into this so when this video popped up I thought it was the UA-cam AI. Glad it was Blue planet instead! I learned to how to use stick epoxy, and re-glue deck pads from your vids. Now I can fix up my foil that look like it got into a fight with a tiger!
Very helpful video! I live in the Caribbean and have been foil surfing for a little over a month now. My foil has got plenty of scratches from hitting rocks.
I have a white Takuma Helium and I have been using an acrylic paint pen I bought from Lidl. It's liquid paint, but the tip is like a hard sponge or felt fit and you can press it to pump paint from the container to the tip. Takes a while to dry, but it fills smaller scratches and it's easy to sand once dry. For a quick touch-up, nail polish works too (and can be removed later with acetone, if you want to do a more solid repair). I suppose if the foil has a nasty crack on it and it has a foam core, you might want to be careful with acetone (and possibly nail polish too) just in case it dissolves the core. For something like that, I would use either SolarEZ (quick and easy) or Hempel epoxy filler (takes a long time to cure).
This worked great, all my foils are smooth again. Best lifehack in years! Thx
Yes, I noticed better performance for sure, it’s worthwhile! 👍😎🤙🏼
Worked great on my takuma foils 😊
Thanks for that, insanely helpful. Used filler up until now, huge timesaver.
Agreed, this method works great! 🤙🏼
Perfect timing. I was just looking into this so when this video popped up I thought it was the UA-cam AI. Glad it was Blue planet instead! I learned to how to use stick epoxy, and re-glue deck pads from your vids. Now I can fix up my foil that look like it got into a fight with a tiger!
Perfect thanks 🙏
Very helpful video! I live in the Caribbean and have been foil surfing for a little over a month now. My foil has got plenty of scratches from hitting rocks.
Yes it happens, unfortunately
Best tip ever. A lot easier than fixing with epoxy resin.
Yes, much easier
Great product, thanks for the info
👍👍
Can’t wait to try
Nice, I actually found a noticeable improvement in performance from filling the scratches like this, it’s worthwhile! 🤙🏼
Thanks so much for the tutorial 😊🤙
You’re welcome 🤙🏼
I have a white Takuma Helium and I have been using an acrylic paint pen I bought from Lidl. It's liquid paint, but the tip is like a hard sponge or felt fit and you can press it to pump paint from the container to the tip. Takes a while to dry, but it fills smaller scratches and it's easy to sand once dry. For a quick touch-up, nail polish works too (and can be removed later with acetone, if you want to do a more solid repair).
I suppose if the foil has a nasty crack on it and it has a foam core, you might want to be careful with acetone (and possibly nail polish too) just in case it dissolves the core. For something like that, I would use either SolarEZ (quick and easy) or Hempel epoxy filler (takes a long time to cure).
Yes, epoxy with filler is the proper way to fix scratches but this pen works surprisingly well with less work and quick dry time.
A little spritz of matte clear coat over the whole wing as a final step leaves a nice even finish.
Good idea 👍
I imagine a conversation like this' "Oh sure Robert, you can tune up your foil but can't replace my hammock?"
😂🤙🏼
Miraculous!😯
👍😎🤙🏼
Does it need to be this Low halogen pen or will other solid markers from sukura work?
I have only tested the low halogen markers
You want to use a small block while sanding
That’s a good tip 👍
Just ordered two. FYI. The discount code doesn’t work anymore.
Oh shucks, I guess it was a limited time offer. Good stuff though, you won’t regret it
2k car clear coat to make it shiny again 😊
Good thinking 👍