Last night I decided to hotcoat the bottom of a board so I can finish it today. I think it was a bit to humid, cause half of the coat didnt harden and its a gummy mess. I up it in the garage last night with a fan on it, hoping it would kick, but no luck. Is it a lost cause? I was thinking about leaving it in the sun today and hoping the heat/sun would evaporate any of the humididty and make the resin kick, will that work? or am I pretty much screwed and just need to scrape it off, cleanit up and start again? I know one thing, no more hotcoating under the stars... It was so peaceful though and relaxing, that is until i saw it starting to not harden all the way around the rails. Any advise is much appreciated.
Having been through that scenario, I can relate. I asked too, and the consensus seems to be scrape it, clean it up real good, sand the part that did harden, and do it over. Which is what I did. Bet you weren't lovin' life LOL! Building another step deck?
Thanks Huck. thats what I did and it came out great. No one will ever know. This ones not a step deck. Its for a Guy going to the Golopigose islands next week. BTW: Hows the progress on your wooden step deck coming? I havent seen any updates lately.
Its on the backburner for now. Glad to hear your fix came out good. Post up some pics!
Here are a few pics, pre screw up. I still have to final sand it then Ill post a few completed pics.
epoxy of pe resin?
Did you buy that board at Target?
Just kidding. Looks great. Been a long time since I could ride a 5'7"!
I don’t know what your exact circumstance was…
But, I have found that 90% of the time a hotcoat that did not cure completely and had gummy spots was due to over-brushing. Once the resin starts to kick and the SA rises to the top, it can’t be disturbed. If you brush it after a certain point the SA will not settle to the top and thus never does its job.
I learned this the hard way, of course.
That makes sense because I did actually brush those areas later again just to make it loom better. That ddnt go well at all. Oh well thankfully swaylocks and 60 grit paper made it turn out perfect. Btw huck: that target was a request by the owner, it’s on all his boards.
Howzit Sammy, You hit the nail on the head there and it is something that new builders do since they don't realize that the longer the resin just sits it has more time to level out plus let the wax rise to the surface. I feel the the resin needs at least 3-5 minutes of sitting time to make the best finish. When doing glossing it is very important to get your brush work done ASAP so it can level out and if it seperates it still has time to flow back together. A for glossing I like at least 5 minutes of sitting time but no longer than 10 minutes Aloha,Kokua
Kokua, it’s definitely a nice learning curve. I haven’t even give glossing a try. I don’t buy glossing resin and can’t find anyway to make a cheater gloss resin with regular lam resin. 320 grit finish for me. Maybe a little spray on clear for a lil better finish on colored boards. Its been fun learning how to build/glass/install fins/ and finish surfboards with hands on trial and error. Definitely thankful for all of the experts on sway that share their knowledge. It’s just to bad the economy is going so bad. Doesn’t seem like a good time to invest in a start up board building business. Anyway, thanks to all of sways for the help.