just did a redeck - goo gone my friend

[Oahuwaterwalker]

Hello... new here...

I have a board that is a few years old and the deck was slippery from a few years of sun on the deck. After reading around, there seems to be a variety of ways to go at getting the old pad off, here's what worked for me.

1. Goo gone - soaked deck with an entire bottle and let it sit all day. In the areas where the goo gone was able to pool a bit (flat part of the deck) the pads came off almost effortlessly with a putty knife. In the areas where it did not pool, it took a lot of work.

2. After Goo gone and scraping, I used a power sander with 60 grit (CAREFULLY) to remove left over pad and old adhesive and finished with 180 before putting new pad on.

I cut my own pad out of some left over deck material graciously given to me by a friend. I made a template using paper over the original deck and it was VERY easy to cut out a new deck. I'll post photos later, but basically this process was $50 versus $130 for a pre-cut one.

I'll post photos soon, but I'm pretty thrilled with how it came out. Some solid NNW to N swell due later this week so I'm looking foward to riding a board that my feet will stay on!

[Oahuwaterwalker]

It's a little dusty in this photo. It seems the key to using goo gone is to use A LOT of it and to let it sit. New deck is pretty killer in that water beads off instead of being absorbed.

[surfercook]

Nice work. Redecking is NOT fun! My 9'11" PSH is THE most repaired SUP this side of the Delaware!
Redecked, repaired, buckled and wrapped, delammed and filled! You name it! Hey, whatdya want for 550 off Craig's!