Hang It Up On A Surfboard Wall Rack
Storing your surfboard can be a challenge if you have just recently developed a passion for the sport of surfing and haven’t gotten a chance to get yourself a surfboard wall rack.
Many people leave their surfboards on top their vehicles or lying on their bedroom floor because they have no other place in the house to store them. This should not be you!
I would therefore like to introduce you to the different types of surfboard wall racks that are available to suit your particular individualized needs.
How To Use A Surfboard Wall Rack
There are two common but different ways of using surfboard wall racks in your home.
You can choose to mount the surfboard wall rack purely as a functional tool to hold up your surfboard. This is especially useful if you wish your surfboard to always be out of sight.
The garage is normally a good place to place it especially if it is not accessible to anybody else except you.
On the other hand many people like to display their surfboards, especially if they are aesthetically pleasing. The surfboard wall rack that you choose for this purpose needs to be the right size and style for both your type of board and home.
Anti-Slip Pegs and Mounting
Most surfboard wall racks offer you a choice of anti-slip pegs to fix on to your surfboard wall rack to prevent your board from sliding right off.
Whether you will need these pegs will mostly depend on the surface of the racks hangers and the slant of the wall that you are going to be mounting the surfboard rack on to.
It is very important to either ask or check for these rack accessories, as you never know when they will come in handy. You may decide to move to another city or home where your new place might not have the same type of walls.
Wooden Surfboard Wall Racks
Many people like to display their surfboards in their homes, especially if they own an nice, antique wooden surfboard.
Wall racks that are made of wood, like The Hawaiian Gun Wall Racks, are the most beautiful type of surf wall racks you can purchase for this purpose.
Though more expensive than other types of surf wall racks, their beauty make them ideal for use as surfboard display racks in any home.
Wooden wall surf racks utilize wooden hooks, often made from Mahogany, with metallic clips to fit into the walls of your house or garage.
You can find these for sale in many local and online surf shops which will provide you with a do it yourself kit.
Inside the kit you will usually find a paper guide insert that will explain to you exactly how to fix the rack to the wall, what size surfboard the wall rack can carry and how much weight it can withstand.
Just be sure that when purchasing one of these surfboard wall racks all of the screws are included in the kit. There are usually holes bored into the hooks or hangers, where you will insert these screws, making it easy for you to install it onto any wall.
So before you leave the store or hit the buy now button always ensure to check that your surfboard size and the wooden wall rack you are purchasing are compatible and that the kit includes everything you will need.
Clear Acrylic Surfboard Wall Racks
There are also clear acrylic racks in the market that uniquely assist in the displaying your surfboards in your house by enhancing the look of the boards on your wall.
These wall surf racks do this by giving the impression that your surfboard is hanging in the air from glass hooks protruding from your wall! This is a very nice look!
Clear Acrylic racks generally retail for about $40 USD.
Plastic Surfboard Wall Racks
Plastic surfboard wall racks utilize reinforced plastic hooks on which you hang your board.
These plastic hooks are made of tough heat resistant plastic known as ABS or Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene. This is the same type of plastic used in pressure piping systems and some golf clubs.
Contrary to what you might think, these types of wall racks are often just as strong as or even stronger than the wooden ones.
The downside of these racks however will be the lack of a nice finish to complement your home décor if you intention is to put your surfboard up for display.
None the less a nice thing about the plastic wall racks is that the plastic hooks and pegs do not rot or rust as easily as wooden and metal racks. This can be very important as salt water can be very damaging.
The plastic surf wall racks also comes in a variety of colors and shapes just like the wooden variety to suit your particular style.
Metal Surfboard Wall Racks
Last but not least, there are a large number of metal surfboard wall racks available. These wall racks are made from steel tube support arms which are usually covered with foam padding to prevent the metal from damaging your surfboard.
Like I mentioned above these metal surf racks have the downside of rusting over time, but with the foam padding covering the metal arms contact with salt water is kept to a minimum.
You should also be washing the salt water off your surfboard before placing it onto any surfboard wall rack anyway. This will also reduce rusting.
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