After buying a surfboard - with the dreaded hibiscus motif - I did some research on re-painting, called some surfer mates - and eventually found a really cool Auto-paint supply shop. The boys at the shop (actually it is two huge industrial sheds absolutely packed with any and every type of paint paraphernalia) were quite bemused by my request, as this store is more for the hard-core hot-rodders, they were not used to little blonde girls strolling in wanting to paint a surfboard! But they offered me a beer and lots of advice. More importantly they shared my interest in colours, from metallics to flecks, enamels and acrylics. They were concerned about whether I could remember the steps in the process so wrote me a list, and told me to call them if i needed any help...... *bless !!
After two days of masking tape the perfect curves I was ready to start.... the photos below outline the process.
