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Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« on: May 07, 2020, 08:54:11 PM »
Asking for a friend. lol

I’m finishing this foil SUP and trying to just prototype and not be a perfectionist. I’m shooting for say somewhere between Pono and Big Green. (Sorry guys, I had to, y’all made it ok for me to just go for it and I’ll never repay the fun I’ve had.)

But as far as watertight, do burn through spots leak? I’m figuring there’s some sort of capillary action around them but I wanted to ask.

I’ll probably just spot fix instead of another hot coat to keep weight down but I’ve never seen this discussed. I’ve gotten way faster at sanding but even with it, I’m trying to move fast and get these into the water and figure out the next size or shape without a lot of fuss.

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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2020, 10:51:58 PM »
Spot fix and be done

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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2020, 11:00:28 PM »
The master has spoken!  Thx man.

I’m still curious about water tightness but you are not the cat for that. I doubt you’ve ever done an ugly repair in your life. ;)

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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2020, 03:05:01 AM »
Ultrasonic leak testing every board before it goes out the door is the only way to be 100% sure.

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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2020, 06:39:54 AM »
SC, I have a 'friend' that sands through rails too.  He's half done with a board for his daughter...

DW, Is ultrasonic leak testing something that people with liberal arts degrees can do or ? Gizmo + procedure?
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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2020, 07:04:50 AM »
Attach a vacuum pump to the goretex port. Scan the board using a ultrasonic leak detector. Easy, but expensive test device.


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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2020, 01:35:31 PM »
There are a lot of different types of "ultrasonic" testers that are used for different applications. There are the kind that are used for non-destructive testing of metals which use different types of sensors / transducers that give feed back to an oscilloscope. It's still using sound, but it's measured differently. The type you are looking for is one that has a small microphone / transducer that can hear in the non-audible range of ultrasonic. The devices vary in sensitivity. Some hear better than others. Since we can't hear that high of a frequency and amplifying it still won't help us hear it, we need it converted to a lower (audible) frequency. The cheap devices use a pitch shift circuit to do that but, the microphone / transducer is crap, and you have to use your Punk Rock spent ears. You pay more money for a better microphone (more sensitive), better circuitry, and a some sort of electronic meter that registers when a leak is detected. No headphones needed. These cost a lot more.
Some come with ultrasonic sound generators that create the sound on one side (of say a wall), and the receiver/ detector on the other side. With a board, the vacuum pump is drawing air into the board, and where ever there is a pinhole leak it will hiss in the ultrasonic sound spectrum. I would imagine the smaller the leak, the higher the frequency, the more sensitive the listening needs to be. 

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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2020, 08:44:52 PM »
DW I was looking at the cheaper ultrasonic testers on eBay. TD thx for the reviews.

I’m for sure weighing this one before it hits the water. Now to go watch those reviews. But I’m figuring they are better that a stethoscope lol.

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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2020, 08:45:50 PM »
Oh, and it looks better today. Something to be said for patience and a fresh perspective.

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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2020, 06:57:42 PM »
Ok I forgot how things you can add resin when. You're not fill coating. I haven't had to do it in a while and it was so easy that I painted a couple of.low spots too.

Also went for it on the rails.

Here's a pic so no one else feels ashamed of a little aggressive sanding.


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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2020, 07:44:21 PM »
You have to sand boards a lot to get really good at it. I don't, so I'm not.  ::)
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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2020, 07:52:23 PM »
You have to sand boards a lot to get really good at it. I don't, so I'm not.  ::)

TD, Word.

SC, if you want something to chuckle about, I have that one board from about 2 years ago that I did so poorly on the rails...well long story short after 19 months of wallowing in shame and a 'fresh perspective' as my daughter decides it's hot outside and it needs to get done. We just came in from patching about 20 different skippers and sand-throughs. Awesome to have her help and her playlist and someone to motivate me to complete it. Maybe I'll bump the thread...
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Re: Sand thru’s / burn thru’s, what can I get away with?
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2020, 09:38:41 PM »
Amazing. In the end it’s mostly smoothed lol. But I’ve decided not to worry about a foil SUP. So many knocks and scratches that it’ll be constantly filled and such, so I’m running it pretty raw. Looks great in the water lol.

I’ll try a little harder on my prone foil as I suspect it’ll see less knocking around.

 


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