The Jim Parkinson Airbrush Mystery

Soz, lot on this arv...

The board was painted yellow on the bottom - not resin tinted but thick house paint. I wondered why, the deck was mint, the bottom couldn't be too bad, and considering Jim Parknson was both a shaper and an airbrush artist of renown I set to work.

Started sanding and soon realised the paint wasn't just there to cover up a toasty bottom. There was some airbrush art underneath and the surrounding foam was snow white.

Excited.

Kept going with 80 grit on a belt sander, the paint is thick as fingernails, and soon the fragments of a pattern were appearing. 

Good there's something there but dubious about it being a mural or something notable.

Paint dust flying everywhere, coating everything, and I'm barely a third of the way into it. I can see now it ain't gonna be a mural, it's an airbrush patternof some sort, but it should look unreal sanded back then finish and gloss coated.

The fin is original and electric blue colouring which matches the logo and paint.

More to come later...

udo wrote:

Paint Stripper - Turps or Acetone on a Scourer - ?

Took it down to show Parrish Byrne and ask for advice. He suggested physical removal, not chemical. I guess to spare the old resin.

mikehunt207 wrote:

Done any more sanding ?
Interested to see what's been covered up.
Nice outline

Too much swell at the moment. Reckon I'll finish it later this week.

The outline and foil are unreal.

Spent a few hours sanding and wet rubbing today. Still a few dots and streaks of yellow left. I'll try and get them tomorrow.

Few dings to fix, then I guess a fill coat and gloss. Should come up well.

Also, reckon Backyard is on the money about the board's history: I'd say it was stolen and the identifying features painted over. 

The bottom is schmick, not toasty at all, so there's no sane reason to paint over it.