refinishing a skate

csparks13 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 7 City: Houston

I have an old LF wakeskate that has seen a better day. I want to take the foam off and sand the paint off the bottom. Then stain it and grip the top. What should I use to seal the stain with? Any advice is appreciated.

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

Marine grade clear varnish.

Poo · Guest

i use this stuff called sanding sealer, take about 15 minutes to dry and then you give it a light sand and add more, and do your painting in between coats, the cool thing about it is if you put enough coats on, it will give a smoother surface, because with sanding there may be some flaws, or some holes in the board, this stuff eventually fills them in, its really nice stuff.

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

I was going to do this to an old LF. It's gots some chunks on the bottom and on the rails, what's a good wood filler to use? Do I need to get some marine grade stuff?

csparks13 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 7 City: Houston

Thanks for the info. I will post some pics when I finish.

csparks13 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 7 City: Houston

Where is the best place to get some grip tape? I want the large size tape.

dudufigueiredo · Posted: Mar 02, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject:

bmr712 · Posted: Mar 02, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

TAD, I used some caulk. some of the marine stuff. it's like $2-3 at lowes and I had a puddie scraper and smoothed it to flow with the board. It sands really easy to so if you put a little to much

bmr712 · Posted: Mar 02, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

csparks13, newwakeskates.com $15

csparks13 · Faceplant Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 7 City: Houston

Thanks bmr712. I will check them out.