Mini Log Restoration

I could not believe my luck at the recycling centre on Sunday, a perfectly neglected, damaged and abandoned, little log was for sale. I asked the lovely lady on the checkout what the go was, she said it "had a price" before taking off with me on her heels. I whined that the nose had been snapped off and "was on the move again". Luckily, she seemed to sympathise, may be she knew about surfboards? "Its seventy but I think we can do better. Forty". Snap!

48 hours later and I had a couple of hours up my sleeve to repair it.

Step 1: Clean wax residue and sand off old bog any lose fibreglass. Bingo! The break only damaged the deck, the bottom was intact meaning all I had to do was "glue" the crack and glass the deck.

Step 2: Ensuring that I'd sanded a dish or hollow I filled the crack with thickened epoxy, then laid over some glass tape, wet on wet style. Its quicker and bonds well.
From here sanding and filling....

Meanwhile I removed all the old wax to reveal a pretty nice old 8' single fin surfboard with a cool logo. ( see above)

There's another ding bogged with grey gunk that needs repairing, and probably a few cracks and depressions that need sealing. But then its off to the beach on my $40 little log. If I can ride the nose, it'll be priceless. 
POST SCRIPT:

1.   Got to surf "Little Log" for the first time just two days later and I'm pleased to report it goes really well. Not wanting to stress the most to much, I didn't put any wax on it and well, let's just say I wish I had. The biggest surprise is how differently she goes compared to a tri-fin. Slower to get onto the wave, in fact at every point is slower. You do fewer turns per wave and the feedback is electric. Like going back to house and carry days, it's slower paces and much more enjoyable. Even though she's just eight feet long, I did manage a few walking steps and some real gliding across the face of the wave