myiW Current Conditions and Forecasts Community Forums Buy and Sell Services
 
Hi guest · myAccount · Log in
 SearchSearch   ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   RegisterRegister 
help identify this board
Goto page Previous  1, 2
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    iWindsurf Community Forum Index -> Windsurfing Discussion
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
jp5



Joined: 19 May 1998
Posts: 3394
Location: OnUr6

PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Any ideas on how I should go about repairing this?"

Use a chain saw to create 5 equal length pieces then deposit in trash can.

Or

Use for Viking funeral.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
jingebritsen



Joined: 21 Aug 2002
Posts: 3371

PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

why risk the chainsaw? just use an axe.
_________________
www.aerotechsails.com
www.exocet-original.com
www.iwindsurf.com
http://www.epicgearusa.com/
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
nw30



Joined: 21 Dec 2008
Posts: 6485
Location: The eye of the universe, Cen. Cal. coast

PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why risk dinging the axe on a rock under the board?

Wait for a new moon night, then burn the sucker, it will put out a black column of smoke, hence the new moon night time burn. Been there, done that.

Burn it as an homage to the bringing of good wind for next season.
We will all appreciate it. Wink
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
rgomez



Joined: 13 Dec 2012
Posts: 112

PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hahaha Very Happy Thanks guys...I think Ill skip wasting my time trying to repair that.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
GURGLETROUSERS



Joined: 30 Dec 2009
Posts: 2643

PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But why waste what could be used as a decent sledge for snow covered hillsides? A paddle to steer, is all you'll need.

Mind you, if it goes anything like old 'busted up' fibre glass kayaks, you'd be well advised to carry an reinforced umbrella ( of the type some scandalous fellows keep handy for leaping out of second floor bedroom windows when they hear irate husbandly footsteps pounding up the stairs) as an air-brake!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
jp5



Joined: 19 May 1998
Posts: 3394
Location: OnUr6

PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to agree with NW on this one only, bury the sucker so it stands straight up then torch it and dance around it naked while blasting "Stairway to Heaven". Guaranteed to bring wind (or the cops) the next day.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
dsgrntlxmply



Joined: 16 Jun 2010
Posts: 255

PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Torching it might actually be the way to make it repairable, with something like G/flex, TAP Poly-Weld, or Mr. Sticky Poly-Bonder.

The trick here is that polyethylene can be bonded by some adhesives, if it is carefully cleaned then given a flame treatment. The principle is that the flame modifies the normally low-energy surface state of the polymer by oxidizing it, making it much more bondable.

One reference suggests a water test: if water beads up on the surface (as it will on unmodified polyethylene) the flame treatment did not work. If water wets the surface evenly, the flame treatment worked and the surface ought to be bondable.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    iWindsurf Community Forum Index -> Windsurfing Discussion All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Goto page Previous  1, 2
Page 2 of 2

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You can attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum

myiW | Weather | Community | Membership | Support | Log in
like us on facebook
© Copyright 1999-2007 WeatherFlow, Inc Contact Us Ad Marketplace

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group