The KSMALL project

With some birthday money, I picked up a used 6' Al Merrick tuflite Ksmall.

I bargained the sale down from $225 (without fins) to $180 including fins (Future Fins Vector VFJC1) because the kid had a crappy spray paint job done, and it looked like it had a cheap nose job. The overall condition of the board was good, and I could tell that the original paint job underneath was not harmed. I would have paid more for the board, but I do like to bargain.

With roughly $30 in supplies (lacquer thinner, rags, paint, sandpaper, clear coat, and polish) and a lot of elbow grease, I was able to fix up the board pretty close to how it's suppose to look in its original condition.

Before

The top part of the nose was painted black,

and the bottom had this weird painted design.

From far away it's not the worst looking thing,

but up close it's pretty F'n ugly.

Middle point

Got the paint off with lacquer thinner and fixed the nose

with some epoxy resin, some sanding, and some primer.

The nose

Now

Tried to find the closest Krylon color to match the board.

Gave the nose area 2 coats plus 2 coats of clear coat.

Sanded with 1500 grit wet sand paper (using soapy water)

and finished with polish.