Surfboard Restoration Al Merrick Step by Step

My 16 year old son Elijah chose this beaten up Al Merrick from a pile of boards left for dead as his second board to restore. It had a damaged nose, several dings, a busted FCS2 fin box and broken grip pad. He used resin, fibreglass, expanding foam, Cabosil, together with the FCS2 jig to fix the fin box, and spray paint to make it look and feel like a fully restored newer board. Enjoy the video and feel free to comment

[@viliam69]

Top job man, thank you for sharing.

[@TaranakiGreenfields]

EPIC! What a finish. Time to shred!!

[@samlogan9243]

sick repair, do you mind saying where you get your expanding foam from?

[@gregssurfboardrestoration]

Meury Enterprises
40 Glenvale Crescent
Mulgrave Vic 3170
Phone: [phone]
ECOFOAM GP450 004

[@gidi3555]

Why do u use expanding foam and not q cell?

[@gregssurfboardrestoration]

Bigger cavities like fin boxes and large dings it’s best to use use foam because surfboards are made from foam, keeps the board light. You’re not pouring heaps of resin into the cavity. I do use resin/qcell for small dings and usually a thin layer over the expanding foam before fiberglass