I have an 08 Hyperlite Era board that has a big problem. the top plastic sheet is peeling off at the edges and it is dragging in the water bad. i dont want to buy a new board but i cant fix it. I have already tried a permanent epoxy-resin but it was destroyed after the first use. I am now thinking of shrink wrapping a resin type plastic onto the whole edge but i dont know what i am doing. Does anybody have any suggestions?
Try going back to epoxy and try again. This time prep the surfaces by sanding with a fairly fine sand paper, and make sure all surfaces are dry. If you attempt to epoxy to either a too smooth surface, a water wetted surface or a surface that has another wax or adhesive on it the epoxy won't adhere properly. Clean and sand the surfaces first and the epoxy should be stronger than new. Good luck with your repair..
The easiest way is to joint compound over the peeled areas, then sand (wet sanding is much neater) prime and paint. If the damage is really bad, you'll have to cut out the bad piece, screw in a new one, tape the seams, then sand and repaint.
