Easy Foil Scratch Repair

• Posted on 3 October 2023
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Foil repair pen is a quick and easy way to repair small scratches on foils. It is a crayon like adhesive pen that dries black and has a quick drying, durable bond. The pen is easy to use, simply apply it to the damaged area, let it dry and wet sand it.

The proper way to repair deep scratches or gouges on a foil is to use two part epoxy filler.

For smaller scratches, this is a much easier and faster way to repair your foil:

Aloha friends, it's Robert Stehlik. Today’s blog is about repairing little scratches on your foil using this low halogen marker pen, which my friend Rueben told me about.

I'm using it to repair some scratches on my foil, the front wing and the tail wing. Basically, if you're foiling in Hawaii in the waves you're going to scratch your foil at some point. It's really hard to avoid scratching your foil unless you stay in the deep water all the time and never catch any waves. 

The effects of small scratches on performance are very subtle, for most users I don't think it has a big effect on how well the foil performs, but of course for high speed performance, a smooth foil is better than a scratched up surface.

The pen is like a thick crayon that fills the cracks. You can apply it over all low spots that are kind of white and scratched up looking. After it dries, you can apply a second (or more) layers to make sure all the low spots are completely filled in.  Once it is completely dry you go over it with some fine grit wet sandpaper.

My foil before scratch repair

Foil after scratch repair, the paint is wet sanded off the surface so only the paint filling the scratches remains.

To order the Low Halogen Marker Pen:

I’m happy to report that repairing scratches on your foil makes a noticeable difference in how smooth the foil performs, especially at high speeds, I definitely recommend giving it a try.

Aloha and see you on the water,

Robert Stehlik