A little late....

General Discussion
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Okay, so here’s the deal (I’m gonna try to make this as short as possible). 

Maybe some of you remember my first build from last September, a 5’8 fish that I glassed with Solarez.  The board has been used a few times since last Septemeber, and has worked wonderfully, although its appearances leave some wanting. 

Not too worried about the top, at the moment, as it is covered in wax, but the bottom has recevied a few speedbumps from a wild tent pole (long story) and in general, it bumpy and streaky and just… not pretty. 

I took to it today with my sander loaded with 150, and (maybe some of you ALSO remeber) that my sander just did not enjoy being flat on the board, meaning it hopped and pushed the board and just wasnt doing its job. Not to mention, the paper got clogged super quickly, which is a pain.

When I did the hot coat, I added SA, but I kinda just winged it (I get too excited in these situations). Not sure if it was too much or too little.

Question is, which is it?

I patched the holes up and more serious bumps from last fall, and i’m planning on doing another hot coat on top, this time with premixed uv cure stuff.  Is that gonna work? What is a boy to do? I want to make this board perttier and more surfable and improve technique (obviously).

I still have my shortboard from last fall to do, too. Gonna take my time glassing, no colors or anyhting. 4oz clear all around, which will hopefully make life a little easier.

Thanks for reading.

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OH!

A very important thing I cannot forget.

Is this still usable?

My surfacing wax was outside all winter, and I’m sure it got plenty cold, so maybe the bottle cracked or something? I don’t know, you people are the experts, not me!

There’s about a quarter bottle left, so some of it definitely went missing.

The reason I am asking is because (get hyped, everyone)** I’m expecting**!

Yes, that’s right, I’m expecting 2 new blanks in the mail shortly (98Y and 65R, for a nice piggish log and neck beardesque thingy), and I am completely going against my better judgement and might take another swing at glassing.  I can always order more SA, but I’d like to use this up first.

Thanks duders.

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Do a test batch with your SA before you commit to using it on your board. And, never leave resin or any other liquid used for glassing outside where it can freeze.

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Try heating it up. Sometimes when it gets cold, it thickens up. Make for a shitty hot coat. I live in So-Cal. I heat mine up during winter.

Give it a shot. It’s probably still good.

Barry

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Forget about it.  You can't hold me respomsible for what happened in that IRS office.

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Thanks for the tips.

 

I’ll let you guys know how it turns out.

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...........Resin Reseach..........let me know when you are ready

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hey dude, I use 1mm of SA to every 50mm of lam resin to convert it. Use a measuring laddle and you should get it right without having to wing it too much. 

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Thanks Zack.

I follow your tumblr. Some real awesome work coming out. Keep it up dude.