I’m building a SUP (gasp!) for my uncle. Our breaks are uncrowned and he surfs in far away places alone (how it should be)
I’m having trouble sourcing anything but e glass that’s wide enough to glass with that’s a reasonable price ($14 per yard for the s glass I found)
I’m trying to avoid e glass. Hoping to run double 6oz s glass top and bottom.
Anyone got any leads or info?
I would try contacting someone like greenlight first hand and ask them directly rather than viewing what is on anyones site. I’m sure they can direct you to the right place.
Or this place after quick google search
http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/product_catalog/reinforcements/glass_fabrics/glass_fabrics.html
Thanks but none of that stuff is over 30" - I need 38" minimum.
I’ve contacted people - only in is us composites ($14 per yrd) out of my range.
Contact some boat builders, and marine suppliers, in your area. Morro Bay, perhaps.
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Would 3 x 4oz ‘s’ be an option?
Are you doing anything else under the standing area?
http://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,27149.0.html
Greenlight were the only ones that were regularly carrying a 44" wide 4 oz S by BGF. They told me last time I called that the wider (no 38" S available, I believe) S cloth is getting harder to come by. I’m on their call list whenever they get more rolls in. 910-799-2772 is the number number for Cape Fear Composites. Give them a call, nice people…and let us know what they tell you. Good luck in your search!
Just bought a 125 yard roll of 30" wide S2 4 ounce @ $5.40/yard which included shipping in that price. I’m not sure S-cloth supplies are too sparse right now. Maybe I’m missing something?
Sorry, I didn’t make that clear, did I. I meant the wide widths of S glass are appearantly becoming hard to find. With the advent of the SUP market one would think the wider glass would sell well. The Greenlight/Cape Fear guys kind of lead me to think that BGF may not be producing the stuff in the quantities they have been in the past. Don’t really know.
Thanks for the info everyone.
It seems I may end up going another route glass wise but we’ll see.
My initial plan was 2 layers of 6oz and a deck patch and 2 layers on the bottom and a fin patch. - durability is much more important than weight.
It sure seems like the market for wide s glass would be bigger but maybe with the majority of sups coming out of China the market for quality isn’t too big? - who knows.
I was looking for some in that width a month or so ago and was told by my cloth supplier that its not available in that width. It goes from 30" then next size is like 60" . If I wanted 38" I’d have to buy many rolls, thousands of yards. Haha
You could used narrower glass and overlap in the middle of the board.
This would also give you the added benefit of extra glass Under Foot.
Chris - I thought about that but it would leave me with less on my rails or having to do weird patch work.
I’m trying to keep it as clean and simple as possible, while making it durable.
I’ll keep this updated with what I come up with.
I tried to pull up Thayercraft’s website to check their stock and got a weird message. Anyone know if they are still operating, or did they just forget to keep their domain name current?
If you like to live on the edge, you could try Illstreet Composites.
They have horrific reviews on Yelp, but they have 8.9 oz satin weave S2 listed on their website. If you try dealing with them, though, do so at your own risk.
Get 60 inch cloth, trim off 22 inches, and set that aside for future use. (fins, repairs, etc.) You then have the 38 inches that you want to use. This is exactly how I would deal with the situation. Very little brain damage will be incurred.
I like Bill’s suggestion
I actually talked to Steve Thayer a while back. He has more irons in the fire than just his glass business. When I talked to him he was trying to get several old buildings he owns there in N.C. ready for fire inspection. He said that and a number of other things had made it such that he put the glass business on hold for a bit until he got some breathing room. Hope he gets back going. A good guy to do business with.
Thanks for that info. I hope so, too.