Repair of ripped Parkes Pad

Fossil Man · Post by **Fossil Man** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:03 am

Got a board with a tear in the Parkes Pad ( the black kind w/ bumpy texture) and was wondering what's best glue these days to bond that material back together. Pad is also starting to peel off deck, saw Joe's post on related topic but would rather not use a spray (Scotch 90) adhesive if there is a good alternative. Was about to go old school and use contact cement for both but thats likely not the best fix for either of those repairs

Post by **joe** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:41 am

You can get a pint of heavy duty contact cement at the hardware store. This will also work fine to reattach the pads. The prep work of cleaning the pads and the board is the hard part, and key to a long lasting repair.

wolruss · Post by **wolruss** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:31 pm

Or just go & see the man & get a cove pad, mines going on my newy from AB that I'm picking up at Coffs.

Cheers Wolruss

Casey Patelski · Post by **Casey Patelski** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:08 pm

Wow Walrus, You've had that pad since the Phillips Isl contest that Shewy shuttled to Oz from Kneelo Cove USA. Please post a pic of your newy with the Cove Pad. Cheers.

Bill E. · Post by **Bill E.** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:17 pm

Any automotive trim adhesive will work and can usually buy it in a little spray can at WallyWorld/AutoParts store.
Get it dry and clean of wax, use a solvent or even gas on a rag.
Spray the adhesive on a cereal/cardboard box and apply with a q-tip with the tip cut off. Large areas can be masked with tape and sprayed on both surfaces. Let er dry for about five while keeping the pieces apart, then press together and squeeze out any excess or air.
Let dry overnite if you can, then surf it up.

wolruss · Post by **wolruss** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:23 pm

Yeah Casey no worries, this is the first chance I've had to use it, the pads on the other boards are hanging in there.

Cheers Wolruss

Fossil Man · Post by **Fossil Man** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:22 am

I was all set to use one of those little bottles of contact cement then I noticed the label only said "water resistant" and I wondered if maybe environmental issues had needlessly compromised the integrity of yet another product. Back "in the day" we used contact cement on those wetsuit material kneepads and they held up ok. How about Aquaseal ?

Tinso · Post by **Tinso** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:35 am

Has anyone thought about using the (oh no!) SUP deck grip and covering the entire back half of your board?
If the stuff is thick enough it'd be great, as it would allow for getting up and moving your knee position around a bit as required sometimes.
Probably very similar to the cove pad principal, I guess. Just haven't looked at an SUP close enough to tell (not interested in them enough to get close

maxb · Post by **maxb** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:30 am

Just mi9x a semi-hot batch of resin,put on a thin layer put down the pad,and problem solved.
Works great
Max

Big Fred · Post by **Big Fred** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:29 am

Tinso, Dakine makes a good SUP pad thats nice and grippy, and I have one on one of my flashpionts. but the cove pad is the way to go. cheers mate