Cracked Carbon rickter

[JT_Freeride]

Someone got a little excited last night and landed on me. What's the best option to repair this

 

[Ducky]

What's the best option to repair this

Have the person that landed on you deal with it....best option

 

[whitca]

Have the person that landed on you deal with it....best option

LOL, unless you were camped on the backside of a wave and couldn't be seen.

Is that all the way through or just the surface layer chipped?

 

[TLR67]

Piece of Black Duct Tape... Dosent look bad at all....

 

[JT_Freeride]

LOL, unless you were camped on the backside of a wave and couldn't be seen.

Is that all the way through or just the surface layer chipped?

Just the surface seems like it's just the clear and expoxy carbon looks to be intact. Im trying to see what my best options are to repair or to prevent further damage.
The culprit is my good riding buddy. He tried to Re entry over me while I was sitting there because I broke my nozzle and decided that it was a good time to pee lol.

 

[whitca]

Maybe a light sand and brush on a layer of resin just to seal it up. If you really wanted to go nuts you could then sand/buff that out and shoot clear on it. A well placed sticker cures all.

 

[yamanube]

Maybe a light sand and brush on a layer of resin just to seal it up. If you really wanted to go nuts you could then sand/buff that out and shoot clear on it. A well placed sticker cures all.

I'd try this, add some black dye to the resin.

 

[long beach local]

a small amount of g flex painted in with chip brush covered by sticker or turf

 

[Ducky]

a small amount of g flex painted in with chip brush covered by sticker or turf

Yep, that would be perfect. And you can actually get the black dye to use in the glex and it will be legit.

 

[Balduccimoto]

Gflex is nice, but his ski is visual carbon and black dye will be very noticeable. Also gflex is normally very yellow and is meant for applications such as fasteners. Your best bet is to find a clear epoxy and try your best to blend it in by feathering out the damage at the edges, lay new epoxy on top and try to wetsand it smooth. It's going to be a mess because epoxy thins out as it cures. You're definately gonna want to use a slow cure epoxy and keep it in a relatively cool place. Maybe lay the epoxy on the damaged area and then wrapping it with saran wrap? I've used that trick once and it worked great.

Not many epoxies are truly clear though. Closest to it that I know of is made by Smooth-On and it's called XTC 3D. It's intended for 3D printed parts. The downside to the stuff is that it's very watery.

 

[Ducky]

Yea...I looked harder and realized it was visual carbon.

 

[BruceSki]

Looks like a good spot for an RTF sticker.

 

[Nate_D]

Resin research is clear as you can get and has built in UV inhibitors to avoid yellowing. It will be tough to blend the clear coat. I would tape off around it, brush very light layers of epoxy, letting each cure before the next. Then sand smooth. If you don't want to purchase an entire quart kit of the resin research, I'll be happy to send you a few ounces.


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[speedysprocket]

Anyone use the west system hardener that's meant for a higher quality epoxy finish, like visual carbon? Supposed to be UV resistant...