The Phases

There are two planned Phases to this project. Phase I is to take the front half of the board, cut it in half the other way, and make two shelves out of it. The board is in bad shape so the primary challenge, for both Phases appears to be in the refinishing of the surface.

Phase II is to take the back half, put 4 legs underneath, and two lightbulbs out front to create a sort of dog-looking bench coffee table that will rest at the foot of my bed. I will post design sketches soon.

The pic you see here is of a test area. I used "Ooops" cleaner to loosen up the old wax and scraped it off with a trusty 5-n-1. After the area was clean, I sanded down the fiberglass using coarse grit sand paper. Then I mixed up some epoxy resin and laid it down thick. Once it drys I'll try sanding it down and putting on another coat.

Making the Cut

My dad used to surf growing up and held on to his "Mako" surfboard for many years. Over the years it made it's home leaning up against the shed till one day my dad said he was going to sell it at a garage sale.

Quickly I jumped into selfish mode and claimed the board hoping to preserve it's place in our family. Shortly thereafter I moved to Lakeland, FL into a residence consisting of only one room. This brought to surface the fact the the surfboard, in its present condition, would not be able to move in.

Due to my excessive zeal for creativity in arts and crafts, I realized that the only thing to do was cut the surfboard in half and make it into something (I think King Solomon would have done the same thing). If surfboards have waistlines, that's about where I cut it and you can see the pieces above (cutting done at the Fox).