Hi Chip,
at Cerritos Greg used the yellow spreader.
I’ve only done one board, but applied a technique we use for boats, first I wetted out the blank with a roller, then when that started to get a little tacky, lay out the glass and smooth it out then finish wetting the cloth with a roller and brush out any of the froth that you sometimes get from using the roller. The spreader seemed to waste more resin to me, and this definately helps when getting the cloth to conform to curves. since the board is tacky when you lay the cloth out this works best if you have help to lay down the cloth.
still think sabs is the man
i tried a few different ways and his way is wot legends are made of
Hicksy , Lavz , and I , having met him , and seen his boards , and picked his brain last night , we sure got the strong impression Mike knows his stuff ! [and is humble about it , in the process ! good stuff !]
ben
hmmmmmmmmm…
brush lacks control of resin material regulation
i.e.
how thick resin underneath glass
brush harbors too much material.[resin]
glass to resin proportion critical
in generating integrity of
finished product.
…ambrose…
from the labs
so do you use a squeegee [or some other amby contraption ?] for your boards and rails ?
chheeerrrs !
ben
Three cheers…
Ambrose’ wave…
Howzit Brother Brose, Yep squeegees are the only way to go in my mind, tried a roller once and ended up having to pick the fibers out of the rail. I do like the yellow spreaders for cleaning up the rails but I have enough squeegee left for 1 regular size and have 4" left after that so I’m going to make a rail squeegee out of that. Aloha,Kokua
Hi chippy
I use a 4" mohair roller (or my dick if the roller is too big!) to wet out glass, then use the plastic spreader to remove excess on the flats, I find the roller does the rails so much easier than just a squeegee, also not a drop on the floor.
Hot coat is pressed in with the spreader and then brushed out with a 2" brush at intervals until too tacky to brush anymore this makes sure all th pinholes are filled.
Hope this helps.
On my first attempt at glassing I fashioned a make-shift squeegee thing out of some left over cork tile (rails on the hollow). This is not a mistake that I intend to repeat. Brushes for me lads.
Jase (MMM)
…photos , PLEASE !!
I made a ghetto one by getting a piece of card board from an popsicle box and coating it in resin and letting it dry . . . will try Herb’s idea . . . i’ve got broken vert blinds . .