V.E.S. Custom Alva Eddie Reategui Build

Someone's history and board is about to be saved! This board is going to the V.E.S. fountain of youth!!!

Grip tape removed and intact (cleaned and new adhesive applied but still needs to be recolored and sealed). Grip tape residue removed from the board as well. And now it can be re-applied to board once it has been refurbished through the VES process. Grip tape history being saved!

Stickers removed intact, sticker residue removed from board.  New adhesive applied to stickers so they can be reapplied to board if desired. Sticker history being saved! 

The top graphic is now sealed along with the fixed wood stress cracks 

and wood chips. And it has been done in a way to save the look of history that this board came with.

The bottom is now V.E.S. sealed and the razor tail fixed with a custom color to help match the tail guard that has been ground down. And yes, it did get a little cracking in the pink color when sealed. The cracks were there before, they just became more apparent after the seal process. At this time I was still trying to figure out the variable relationships between the skateboards moisture condition, the woods degradation, the graphics thickness over a stained board, and the V.E.S seal. Every single board and its problems are different, and I was trying to find a way to cover a broad spectrum of a board conditions to relate better with the V.E.S. seal. I have since figured most of that out. For me and the way I was learning this uncharted way of refurbishing, it was better to work on multiple boards, with different problems and conditions to get to a clear consensus on how the V.E.S. seal would react to most vintage skateboards. 

Just like any skater doing a trick, the more you practice the better you get. 

This griptape  was refurbished with custom fluorescent paint and sealed to last and look great for year's down the road!

Under this light you get that great neon orange color out of the refurbished grip-tape..

This board is truly a work of art but after being sealed it will stay this way for a long time. This board is also still in the shrink-wrap that was done right after work was done.

Throwing a little red with the blue light does help bring out more 

orange color, out of the grip-tape..

Depending on the board, condition and color, using both lights can help make it display brighter.