The fin needed to be removed to repair the areas of delam either side of the stringer.
Friday, October 03, 2008
REBONDING UNDER FIN
Resin was poured into the void and clamped. As seen in the previous photo the fin was set into the board. The hole left behind was filled and re glassed.FIN
The fin had two layers of 10 oz cloth added to both sides prior to resetting. The base is 10 1/2" and 8 3/4" high. It is set 1 1/4" from the pod.Sunday, August 10, 2008
DECK
It measures in at 10'51/4" x 22 3/4" @ 5'1 1/4" from tail x 3 1/2" thick.Nose is 15 7/8"
Tail is 14 5/8"
The pod is 6"
DECK
This board was in above average condition before the restoration. Most of the repairs were to the nose and tail. With one large, partly repaired ding on the right rail. There are some water stains on the deck and rails.The board has three 1/8" cedar stringers and double 10oz volan glass top and bottom with four finger cut laps.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
FIN
The fin is 9 1/4" high and the base is 12 1/2" The trailing edge is 5" from the pod at the base. The tip over hangs the pod by 2"
Sunday, June 22, 2008
FINISHED DECK
I guess you could call this board a double ender or an egg. It is 7'5" long. The deck and bottom are cambered. It is stringerless and has a Greenough Stage 3 fin. There is a circular knee patch centred over the logo. Hard to place exactly time wise, but it is obviously from late 66 to 69.
DECK & BOTTOM
Although not visible in this image, the whole nose half of the bottom has delamed and the foam has shrunk about 25 to 30mm. There are numerous water stains, dings and the tail has been crudely repaired.
READY FOR FILLING
This image shows the extent of the work needed on the bottom. The rails had also delaminated. These were rebonded. FOAM REPLACED
All the major lows have been filled with foam and sanded down. A dry layer of resin and Q-cell was than screeded over the entire area.READY FOR GLASSING
This image shows the repair ready for glassing. Q-cell sanded, any minor lows filled and sanded. Rails ground around onto the deck.READY FOR PIGMENT
All the other lows and dings have now been repaired. Two coats of pigment will be applied. The first is a thick filler coat. This is sanded and final fairing is done. Any residule lows are touched up and then the second pigment coat is applied. Once cured it is wet and dry sanded and polished.To see the first pigment coat being applied click on the link below. Thanks to Nathan Oldfield. The footage is from a teaser for his latest movie "SEAWORTHY" due for release late 2008.
http://www.vimeo.com/2248581
FINISHED DECK & BOTTOM
The finished product. Orange pinlines top and bottom.No that is not a mural on the bottom. Just the reflection of the photographer. Check out the white Socks and sandals.
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/mDillon.html
Saturday, April 19, 2008
BARRY BENNETT NAT YOUNG SURF DESIGNS STINGER
This board is a Nat Young Surf Designs Stinger. It was built at Bennett Surfboards in Brookvale NSW Australia. In 1976 Nat started out on his own after shaping his pintails at Bennetts. So this board would have been made prior this period.
PRE RESTORATION
There is no way of telling if Nat shaped this board, or if it was shaped by one of the Bennett team, as the board was in such a state of disrepair.
According to its owner, it had been laying in the mangroves infront of his neighbor’s house for about 7 or 8 years before he decided to retrieve it from its watery fate. So it goes without saying it was in pretty bad shape when I got it.
ORIGINAL BOTTOM
It must have been laying bottom up. Because the bottom was so badly sunken and distorted, that in some areas it need almost 1.5" of foam replaced to bring it up to stringer level. The original fin had been cut off.
GLASS STRIPPED
The deck was in better condition as far as foam condition was concerned. Though it look like someone had got to it with a pickaxe around the tail. A large area of glass was missing in the area under where your back foot would go. FAIRING BOTTOM
I decided that it would be easier to strip the glass of the deck and bottom. I left the glass on the rails. The bottom was prepped and replacement foam was bonded, reshaped, filled and faired.
READY TO BE SANDED
The deck needed less work. It was given a sand to reveal fresh foam. The deep holes were filled a little low. Then the deck was glassed with a layer of 6oz lapping onto the remaining glass on the rails. The bottom was glassed with a layer of 6oz cloth also lapping onto the remaining glass on the rails. Then all the remaining low areas on the deck were filled and sanded fair. I did this because if I filled the lows on the deck and tried to sand them fair on the foam, the foam surrounding the filled areas would be sanded away. The second deck laminate was added. 4oz cloth this time.
LOGO UNDER FILLER
A layer of 4oz with the new rice papers then laminated. Then the deck was filler coated.
ORIGINAL LOGOS
The deck logos were barely visible under the yellow and crazed glass. The bottom Barry Bennett diamond shaped logo was completely gone. All that could be seen was the diamond shape.
NEW LOGOS
The logos were removed. The plan was to restore them and rebond them to the board. But this soon changed. I was helping out a good friend who has been in the industry for years. He was working at Bennetts in the 70’s and had shaped some of Nat Young Surf Designs shapes during this period. We were sorting through some of his accumulated clutter and out falls a rice paper exactly the same as the one on the board. I told him that I was restoring this board and he was kind enough to donate it to the project. The NYSD font was sourced online and a new rice paper was made using my home computer and printer.
FINISHED DECK & BOTTOM
It may not seem it by looking at the board in its pre-restored state, but the original colour is pale blue. This was revealed after removing the deck logos. So the board painted pale blue. The deck being a few shades darker than the bottom, lapping onto the bottom to give the impression of a cut lap. Once cured the board was topcoat cleared, wet and dry sanded and polished.
SCOTT DILLON D FIN
This Dillon was in well used condition when it came in for work.
It measures in at 9'1" x 20 3/4" x 2 1/8" Nose 15 1/8" Tail 14 3/4"
PRE RESTORATION
It had been painted with some sort of paint. Not pigment coated. This was removed with paint stripper.
STRIPPED DECK
Considering its age, the deck was in fair condition. Numerous dings, but no delams or soft spots. Apart from the logo. Which was removed, cleaned up and rebonded to the board.
STRIPPED BOTTOM SHOWING DELAM AREAS
The bottom was a different story. Large areas of delam on rails and on bottom toward the nose. These areas were rebonded. All the dings repaired.
The board was given a heavy sand. Then the bottom was laminated with one layer of 4 oz cloth. A second layer was added to the rails.
FIN
The fin is made from chopped strand matt, rather than cloth. There was a large area of delam under the fin. Holes were drilled either side of the fin. Resin was injected and the holes glassed over. They were hidden under the pigment coat.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
SWEET COUNTRY CORN
Sweet Country Corn was a brand built by Bill Cilia (Nirvana Surfboards) while he was working at Shane Surfboards in the 70's. Bill can't remember how many boards he built under this label. But he does remember how he came up with the name. The story goes that Bill was sitting down with Shane one day at the factory and they were discussing what name he could use on these new boards. At the table was a can of Sweet Corn.This board had a basic restoration. Dings repaired, gloss and polish.
BARRY BENNETT SINGLE FIN DECK
This board was shaped by Russell Head. Late 70's early 80's. Single timber centre stringer with two resin glue up stringers added. As seen in the original photo the deck is in good condition. With only two areas that needed covering. The ding on the left rail and the area where the old legrope plug had been removed.
BARRY BENNETT SINGLE FIN BOTTOM
Unfortunately the bottom was not in the same condition as the deck. Plenty of dings, and a number of stressies needed repairing. Once the dings were sanded, the bottom was sanded and filler coated. The whole board was fine sanded and painted. Red pin lines and lightning bolt added. Clear coated, wet and dry sanded and polished.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
BENNETT TRACKER WINTER 2007
There seems to be a fair few of these boards floating around. This one is the third that I have restored. The last two were shaped buy Geoff McCoy. Some body had set fire to the tail of this one. So the area behind the fin was pretty much destroyed. That is the area where Geoff McCoy had initialed and printed the basic dimensions on the other two boards.
PRE RESTORATION
These two photos show the board pre restoration. The rails had been painted and some crude repairs had been attempted around the fin. You can see the black, burnt glass in the photo of the bottom.
PIGMENT LAMINATE
The pigment laminate with cut laps has been capped with a layer of 4oz. The new fin was then set on top of the 4 oz. The whole repair was filler coated. All the other dings were repaired, and the board was sanded ready for glossing.
NEW FIN
The new fin was made using 10oz Volan glass and general purpose laminating resin. The GP resin was used to achieve the old look. The template is from the original fin.
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