Repair large pressure ding w/crack

I've been surfing a long time and have always repaired my own dings. (Not always like a pro, but usually well enough to keep boards in service...)

Yesterday I got a ding on a BRAND NEW BOARD that I'm not really sure how to proceed on. It's basically a large pressure ding on the deck, right next to the stringer, with glass torn along the stringer for about 2-3 inches. See Photos.

My questions are: do I need to remove the deck cloth throughout the pressure ding in order to repair it properly? Or can I just sand it down and repair over it? There are no cracks in the pressure ding area other than the edge that borders the stringer.

In my old-school DIY ways, I've always pulled off the fiberglass throughout the damaged area, then filled with Q-cel, and finally added 2 layers of cloth. But in this case I'm not sure I shouldn't just sand down through the hot coat all around the area, then lay Q-cel along the crack and through the pressure ding, and finally lay glass on top over all of it. In fact I saw a video online from a pro ding repair dude in Hawaii where he apparently did just that.

Or should I not even try to deal with leveling up the entire pressure ding (the cloth is contacting the foam underneath fine), just fill in the part next to the stringer, feather it out a bit, and just live with a pressure ding?

Opinions?

 

WTF is up with this forum? I've been surfing Ocean Beach for 30 years, up to triple overhead+; I've surfed Maverick's, Sunset, Puerto, etc. Who gives a crap?

I was surfing by myself yesterday, on a small-to-medium-sized day, I was goofing around and my board hit me on the back of the head, hard. Just a freak accident. In fact I got a concussion, which has never happened to me before in my life. None of this has anything to do with the freakin question.

After seeing all the lame keyboard warriors chiming in here, I am damned glad I didn't provide any kind of welcome/intro/profile info. Let's see... New Hampshire. Yeah brah, you got some killer waves up there. NOT. I've surfed Rye on the Rocks, it's gay AF. I grew up on the east coast, I know what the waves are like there.

F U

 

Hey Mitchell, thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for. And my follow up question was gonna be: could I just use Solarez? I've never used that stuff...

One detail: would you do a little Q-cel layer alongside the stringer just to make the transition to the compressed side less abrupt?

 

Thanks Mitchell.

And for the record, there is absolutely no indication on the Registration page, or on the Forum FAQ, that one is expected to "introduce" oneself on the forum before asking a question. That may be local custom, but I've never visited this forum before. I certainly didn't expect that asking a simple ding repair question would invoke a series of insults and chidings.

 

It's "would have", and you ended your first sentence with a preposition. Central FL SUP huh?

GAYMO

 

Hm, that's actually pretty funny. I can take a joke. But "go kill yourself" is not really very helpful

 

Don't worry, you won't see me again. I wouldn't be "blowing" (your term) if I hadn't been told to go kill myself, been accused of being a kook, dropping in on people, etc., all for asking a simple ding repair question. I've been to Hawaii and Mexico countless times, I know what it means to respect the locals and wait your turn, and learn the local customs. But as I said there was no indication anywhere about newbie etiquette, and I read through it!

Enjoy your little club.

 

Dumbass Florida white trash, you believe in GOD just like a ****ing idiot. Voting for Trump no doubt. Always remember, SUPs are not surfboards, and you are a kook.