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i’ve got several (too many) boards that didn’t ‘work’ for me. all gripped, all shit enough to not be interesting to someone else. most of these are bbs boards, that just too steep for me.
without going full brimmer, and parking my embarrassingly heavy suv (so shameful) on them, how much weight is needed to flatten these suckers out? can i do it with dumbbells?
my idea is to acetone/sand a few, try and flatten some, on these boards that i already don’t like. so when i inevitably fuck this up, it’s not a big loss
You need hundreds of pounds or just the front wheel of a car
thank you.
@Mbrimson88
how long do you park on your boards to flatten em? how heavy is your vehicle?
please and thanks.
I have a Corolla (more weight in the front end), so a relatively small car and park with the board under the front tyre for half an hour to an hour, depending on how steep the kicks are, often doing two at a time, one under each front wheel, just to make it more even on weight.
Best way to first check is just drive slowly over the board to see if it handles the weight, but even five minutes under bigger vehicle tyres can do a lot and not break a board, when a friend tried it too.
If you are worried about it, try the lighter end, eg engine in the front, drive over or park under the back only with a bigger vehicle.
I also do it on smooth concrete floor with a board box (or any cardboard) sheath to protect the deck, especially if it is gripped, so before taking the graphic off or anything else, select one board you would be least likely to miss, then at a time when the tyres are not hot from driving, place it just behind or in front of the back wheel and gently drive over it.
Hot tyres will flatten it way more in a shorter time, and colder weather is less likely to help it flex out. Also after parking on it the board will usually look impossibly flat and dead, but it usually springs back after 24 hours or so.
I would do the gentle drive over it first, then park on it for five minutes one way (eg on the tail), then five minutes the other way (on the nose) and leave it be for a day or two and check the angle of the kicks after that.
Never broken a BBS board, but I have seen others break some Dwindle boards. I have done this to BBS, PS Stix, Clutch and some other unknown woodshops and they all worked well.
If a board is dead cold it is less likely to flex and more likely to break, so if it is a cold environment, leave it out in the sun for a bit, both sides to make it easier.
Neen Williams
at 1:20 he mentions his technique
Yeah that was an interesting watch when it came out, before doing any of this, so I definitely did not do it first and took advice from others who had been doing it for years with boards going back to Daewon and his 90s customisations, but I will say, it has definitely helped me with my busted old ankles with the tail especially being more mellow and making everything easier.
As the board feels weird if I just do the tail, I try to do it evenly so both kicks mellow out which means it works how a mellow board should, not flat tail and steep nose.
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