HOT ROC RESTORATION

This is a Hot Roc single fin swallow tail. Built in Brookvale on Sydneys Northern Beaches by Micky Mac in the 70's.

PRE RESTORATION

The bottom of this board was in pretty poor condition. It had stress marks from infront of the fin to the logo. Numerous dings on the rails. And the nose and tail tips needed rebuilding.
The deck was ding free but has a lot of heel dents. Plus a legrope plug set well forward.

STRESSIES

This board had some pretty major stress marks.
The whole bottom was sanded down to the glass.

DINGS REPAIRED

The tips of the tail and the nose were rebuilt.
All dings reapired and low spots filled.

PRE AND POST LAM

The bottom was re glassed and lapped around onto the deck, covering the original pinlines to protect them, when the filler coat was being sanded.

UNDERCOAT

After the board was glassed, filler coated and sanded, an auto acrylic highbuild undercoat was applied. This was left to cure for two weeks. The board was checked for pin holes and they were filled with spot filler. The undercoat was fine sanded and the colour coat was applied.

PAINTED BOTTOM

The stringer, fin and logos were masked off. The rails up to the original pinlines were also masked. Then auto acrylic paint was applied.
This was also left for two weeks to fully cure before the gloss coats were applied.

LEG ROPE LOOP

As with alot of leg rope plugs in the 70's,
they were set along way foward on the tail.
So the old plug was removed
and a new
loop glassed on.

GLOSS COAT

The acrylic paint was given a fine sand.
And the board was gloss coated as normal.

THE FINISHED PRODUCT

Wet and dry sanded 600,1200,
and 1500. Then Machine polished.

HAYDEN SURFBOARDS

This board is a "Hayden" built in the late 60's. Built at Hayden Kenny Surfboards, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is 8' 4" in length by 23" wide. The wide point is 4' 3.5" from the tail. The nose is 18" and the tail is 15.5" and it is 3" thick. It has a production number behind the fin 2990. The bottom is cambered. It has a Greenough stage 3 fin.
11.75" high and a 10.5" base set 9.5" from the tail.

THE UNRESTORED BOARD

The board was in a pretty poor state of repair.
The tail had been chopped off and the foam was exposed. There was a large delam on the deck toward the tail. Caused by the ding on the deck to the right of the stringer letting water in. This board was being ridden up until the restoration. So it had absorbed a lot of water. Particularly in the tail and under the deck delam. The rails were covered in dings. These were repaired and a pigment coat was applied to the trim lines, top and bottom. The tail was rebuilt and the delam on the deck was re bonded. New yellow pigment coats were added to cover the repairs. New black pinlines were added. Then the board was glossed. And finally polished.

GLOSSED DECK AND BOTTOM

These two photos show the bottom freshly glossed. The brighter yellow pigment coat was added to cover some restoration work. New pinlines were added. The rails were pigmented to the cut lines. The red inside the cut lines on the bottom and the darker yellow on the deck are original colour work. Painted onto the blank.

THE PROFILE / FOIL

The profile on this board is quiet flat
compared to other boards from this period.

THE FIN

Glossed Greenough stage 3 fin.