- Location
- Austin, TX
I have an '04 superjet, I am pretty sure it is waterlogged...Anybody ever tried to put a dehumidifier in the engine compartment to draw out some water from the foam? Good idea? Bad idea? Thoughts?
Super Jet Dehumidifier to remove water
- Thread starter fluffer
- Start date
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
It may work for a minute. Once that water found a way in and out, its going to find it's way right back into the same holes in your foam....
Time to defoam, or at least put in drain plugs until you get through the season.
Time to defoam, or at least put in drain plugs until you get through the season.
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Its all about the surf!
- Location
- Oceanside, CA
Dude seriously that isn't going to work. So much hype on this site about Waterlogged skis. Who cares if it is water logged any way. The only guys who need to be worrying about that are the extreme flatwater guys who are trying to flatwater flip, etc, and that isn't going to happen on your 2004 SJ. Just go ride the thing and forget about the hype.
- Location
- St. Charles, IL
removing water the easy way
Here is how I unwater logged my ski without cutting anything.
My other hobby is woodworking and it is common to dry lumber in a kiln to remove moisture. So I figured bake my ski in a kiln to remove moisture.
So step 1: take ski apart down to the hull, & remove turf.
Step 2: weigh ski hull
Step 3: put ski in a kiln in the hot summer sun (the kiln i used was a corrugated steel box painted black) you just need to get the thing 200+ degrees to boil the water out slowly. I used a cheap oven/grill temp timer to monitor temp so I didn't get it too hot and screw up the plastic hull. Search internet for home built wood drying kilns.
Step 4: wait and monitor temp
Step 5: remove hull and weigh
Step 6: repeat until the weight doesn't drop any more
Step 7: Seal every damn bond line and crack you can find expecially the pump mounting thread inserts under the turf, I think that is where my water got in.
This process may take some time, but its the lazy way to do it. It worked for me.
Here is how I unwater logged my ski without cutting anything.
My other hobby is woodworking and it is common to dry lumber in a kiln to remove moisture. So I figured bake my ski in a kiln to remove moisture.
So step 1: take ski apart down to the hull, & remove turf.
Step 2: weigh ski hull
Step 3: put ski in a kiln in the hot summer sun (the kiln i used was a corrugated steel box painted black) you just need to get the thing 200+ degrees to boil the water out slowly. I used a cheap oven/grill temp timer to monitor temp so I didn't get it too hot and screw up the plastic hull. Search internet for home built wood drying kilns.
Step 4: wait and monitor temp
Step 5: remove hull and weigh
Step 6: repeat until the weight doesn't drop any more
Step 7: Seal every damn bond line and crack you can find expecially the pump mounting thread inserts under the turf, I think that is where my water got in.
This process may take some time, but its the lazy way to do it. It worked for me.
- Location
- TN
Kiln dried ski who would have thought it....^^^this guy did!!
- Location
- St. Charles, IL
Kiln Dryed
Just remember your not talking huge weight differences here. A gallon of water is just over 8 lbs so the weight change is not going to be huge. I remember mine only dropping like 9 lbs and I could hear the water sloshing when I shook it. So make carefull weight measurments in this process.
Just remember your not talking huge weight differences here. A gallon of water is just over 8 lbs so the weight change is not going to be huge. I remember mine only dropping like 9 lbs and I could hear the water sloshing when I shook it. So make carefull weight measurments in this process.
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onthepipe
- Location
- Goleta the Goodland
seriously..i find it so funny people spend countless hours defoaming their skis for no reason...10-15lbs for a rec rider is not noticeable..if anything it will help keep your ski hooked up when u are laying rail..i think people use it as an excuse to take their skis apart so they dont have to ride them
- Location
- St. Charles, IL
ReFoam???
Yeah I agree, the only reason I tried this method to get the water out was when I found cracks and suspected wet foam when installing new turf. I didn't want to cut my whole ski apart. And it took awhile to get the water out. I suppose it would have gone faster with afew holes drilled in the ski for the water vapor to escape easily.
Yeah I agree, the only reason I tried this method to get the water out was when I found cracks and suspected wet foam when installing new turf. I didn't want to cut my whole ski apart. And it took awhile to get the water out. I suppose it would have gone faster with afew holes drilled in the ski for the water vapor to escape easily.
Just get a used Thomas or Gast air pump and suck out all the water. Put the suck line where a drain would be and drill a small vent up top. I did this, it took three days in the summer to evaporate all the water. I also found all the leaks and sealed them until the hull would hold some vacuum.