I mean... Can anyone tell me if the guy from the shop fked up, cause if he did, atleast I can ask him for a compensation, like fix it for free or idk..

 

Cause certainly he thinks what he did was right and said it doesnt matter as long as i can use it.

 

Oh no! I was pretty upset at a shop once, and It motivated me to learn how to maintain my gear better myself. Maybe you can get a free tune in the future from them, if you're interested. He should have warned you it was a trade off between gloss and scratches. I told evo to keep that free tune lol.

Marhar uses a 3M clear sticker for their gloss top sheet. I believe it's like that clear bra stuff for your car. Other than that, maybe you could spray it with a gloss clear coat.

Honestly, I'd just remember the days when it was new and shiny, and shred that deck mercilessly.

 

I don't know... sounds pretty stupid sanding the top sheet because of some scratches...

 

Ok you can't really fix nor is there any reason to fix top sheet scratches (sure ou'll hear nail polish etc but it's all gonna look off a bit still). Did you tell him to try doing whatever he could because he's not wrong, thats really the only way to get rid of them is to get rid of the entire coating.

That being said without seeing it if it's just not glossy now it should ride the same so nothing to worry about but if he sanded down any of the fiberglass etc then well it's a different story.

Moral of the story, when you have a cosmetic issue with your board leave it, don't try and find some weird way to make it look like it never gets ridden, it's not cooler to have a new looking snowboard, they're tools not art. And don't bother with that shop again because he should have been like there's no way to fix it and given it back to you

 

TBH, it sounds like another troll.

 

If this is serious, you can vinyl wrap your topsheet for about 20 bucks using whatever color you want. its pretty easy, except for cutting the edges.
this is this years bataleon party wave, didnt like the black topsheet so wrapped it in satin pearl white

 

If this is serious, you can vinyl wrap your topsheet for about 20 bucks using whatever color you want. its pretty easy, except for cutting the edges.
this is this years bataleon party wave, didnt like the black topsheet so wrapped it in satin pearl white
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That's really cool. I have a Pencil + without a top sheet that I'm thinking of fixing up with some sort of new top sheet. I'm not sure a vinyl wrap would stick to it properly though.

 

You should have hung it on the wall when it was brand new if you want to preserve it. It will get a little more fucked up every time you ride it.

 

The problem was he did not bother to explain/warn me about sanding off the top coat... He just went "i can get rid of all those scraches for u, its just 15bucks u want me to do it?" , and i was like "good as new?" and he said "yeah, leave it to me ill get it done for u."...

Well if i knew he had to sand it off, of course I wldnt even bother to ask him do it...

Anyways thanks for the input guys.
Much appreciated.

 

You can re-shine resin that's likely the topsheet coat with a finish sander, very high grit sandpaper with a bit of water on it (wet sanding), then rubbing it with a polishing compound.

 

Even cheaper buy a can of plasti dip and go nuts, should at least last a season if you lay it down thick enough

 

This is hilarious. OP, you should see the top sheet on Custom - chipped, scratched, binding marks, paint fading and yellowing, painting peeling/peeled off, etc. It's the bottom and edges of the board that matter.

 

You could give an automotive clear spray on topsheet which would fix up all the scratches There would be a little bit of prep' required beforehand though. I've done this on a few peoples boards and it looks great. It is going to get scratched everytime someone runs over it though.

A lot of manufacturers are going for satin finishes now rather that a gloss polished topsheet in order to be more environmental with construction process.

The best thing you can get to keep your board from getting damaged is to get a cover. You will generally do more damage off the mountain than on.

 

I have epoxy edge/top sheet repairs that have lasted ~20 years. The epoxy is all yellowed now, but I don't care how my ~20 year old rock board looks.

 

May I know the brand of epoxy you used? Tyvm

 

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