Bought a used Dom, checks on repairs?

[Matt_s]

Was fortunate enough to find a 5'6 Dom in a shop in Cardiff the other day used going for £250 with tail pad n fins, still bright white with one little pressure dent on top and a couple of dings repaired underneath. Was an impulse buy as it was 300 less than new and looks like its in perfectly good condition.

My only concern and I'm probably Being really over the top is wether it's dry inside with the repairs that have been done.

I weighed it by weighing myself and then weighing myself holding the board and it appears to be about 4 or 5 lbs or around 2kgs

Is there any checks I should do? Or things I should keep an eye on baring in mind someone else has done these repairs and I'm not 100% sure of its repair history.

Looking forward to trying it out as I'v always been curious about the Dom but since I have an el fuego and sweet potato I couldn't justify a full price Dom or spit

[prjwebb]

2kg with a tail pad sounds about right to me. How does it feel compared to your other boards?

[Matt_s]

Thanks for the quick reply

Do you mean to hold ? Or surf, havnt been able to surf it yet.

It feels same weight as my ef under my arm (5' 9 and same vol) so im pretty sure it's not logged.

Do you thibk it Would it hurt it if there was even just a little though?

[prjwebb]

I think there would have to be a decent amount to cause a problem. Certainly enough to create some weight difference.
I'd say if it feels ok then dont stress on it. Aside from drilling a hole in it you'll never know so I'd just enjoy the board!

[Matt_s]

Thanks,

Sounds like good advice to me, I'd definitely make more of a mess drilling into it

[Slowman]

Yes the ultimate test is whether it floats you. Even if there were a few molecules of water left inside it is not a solvent like acetone that would eat the foam and weaken the structure. As long as it floats you and is the expected weight I wouldn't worry.

Large amounts of water is a different story but the extra weight would be obvious. From what I've seen large amounts of water cause all kinds of contamination by absorbing into the channels between the foam cells bring with it salts which then crystalise and make it harder to get the water out - so time is of the essence in removing water, do it sooner rather than later!

[Matt_s]

Thanks that's good advice I didn't know what the score was with a few drops being left

[surferireland]

FW will discolour around the damage if there is leakage. If you are worried post some pics of the damage, I get my little brother to do my repairs - they take time and patience - both which Im in short supply of - and skills of course

[Chris]

if its 4 or 5 lbs then I want it!! that is a great weight. rip that thing!

[Matt_s]

if its 4 or 5 lbs then I want it!! that is a great weight. rip that thing!

Sorry for the late reply guys, its been a busy week. Appreciate the feedback. I have posted a pic of the ding and my progress with it so far in my attempt to get a nice dependable fix.

Chris - its about 4 and half lbs nice and light! feels good under the arm! so hope its all good!

Ireland - I sanded back the one ding that looked a bit substantial to see if i could do a neater job at fixing it (first job proved not to be the case, but im learning from my mistakes). It looks like its had a small ding about the size of 2 coins, I cant tell how deep, they seem to have filled it with some putty, glassed it and painted it white (it actually looked ok) I wasnt even aware of the putty until I sanded it back.

The only thing that worried me a bit is that once I sanded it back there seemed to be a tiny little hole next to the puttyed area. I stuck a needle in a little to test the strength and I ended up chipping a little bit away about 5mm into the board. You can see it in the photos (through the layer of resin/fibre glass) Im not really sure what was in there but it was kind of dark grey, not sure if this was some other fixer/filler or the colour of the foam.

My action so far on this attempt has been to mix up some resin, put some chopped fibreglass in the hole and then put a layer of fibreglass and resin over the whole area. Im going to sand it back, use a white posca pen and then glass it finished.

Does that sound like it would work? or do you think I should worry more about that grey colour where I chipped into the board a bit?

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