Any ideas?
I just ordered my first ever blank and after deciding on a shape/setup i’m starting to think about how it looks… so any ideas? Are there any interesting methods about that I should consider? I was considering doing the first coat of glass then using fairy liquid in a pattern, spraying and wiping off, has worked nicely on a friends skate longboards… I know sod all about how you’d ‘decorate’ a board so fire em off…!
Thanks, Rick
do a search for “mexican blanket”…
good luck
That’s not paint. That’s done with colored resin in the glass job.
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Oh!,,, so inspireing,,, hmmmm
Ahh great, doesn’t look difficult at all, what kind of colouring do they use, acryllic paint?? I’ve seen a few videos and none of them have said but i think it’s 1:1 resin to paint.
Second question, what is the best way to do it but not over the rails… so like on the sunburst superfish…
http://www.surfontario.ca/images/7s_super_fish.png
I was thinking, cut glass to size and then masking tape (duck tape possibly?) the edges down with plastic on the side i dont want to be effected by the coloured resin? Is this possible?
Thanks, Rick
Not paint, its resin mixed with pigment or tint (specifically made for resins). I think that mixing acrylic and poly/epoxy resin would result a bout of severe palmfacing and a prolonged period of laying low. Just don't do it, unless someone else on here has the experience with mixing resin and acrylic and says that it can be done. But I doubt this very much.
(Note pigment is opaque, while tint is transluscent)
Mexican blankets are not easy either. But you should do one anyway.
Many people will tell you that you should try as many things as possible on your first board.
Masking tape is the way to go. Type in "cut lap" into the search box to get an idea of how to isolate the rails (leave them clear).
Happy hacking.... :D
Awesome, thanks for all the info. I’ve decided that I can’t afford the mexican tint, nor can I afford to buy so many different colours of tint, pretty gutted. The only way I can do it now is if I can get a hold of a small amount of a few tints, and try and do a small version of this beauty… 
. Chances are looking like getting hold of a bit of a few different colours of tint is not realistic, I would just buy a few of the 500ml’s off seabase but it’s the only board I’m gonna do for an indefinite time so it’s not really worth it.
That’s a fast and cheap way to get some color on the board… no cutlaps required. Just dont’ get any running around the rail or you’ll get a mess on the other side.
Or… try a foam stain… color smeared onto the foam, then a clear lam. You can do all kinds of swirls, etc. with very little material (typical swirls waste a lot of resin). Iv’e done them with paint and tinted resin. You can get by with minimal numbers of different colors by buying primaries and swirling them together… where they mix will turn into secondary colors. Notice on that mexican blanked board how toward the nose, where all the colors started to run downhill and mix, you get that drab green? Imagine if it was just yellow and red… or blue and yellow… or blue and red.
Right, after deciding that i can't afford resin tints just for one board I have changed ideas, i'm sure the above posts will have been useful to more people than just me!.. Now I'm going to do a Pearl Jam themed board, gonna print of some tour posters and stick them on the bottom as a collage in the shape of the superfish' undersides graphics aforementioned. Two questions, when i've made the collage (without sticking it together, just lying piece on piece til i'm happy with how it looks then cutting out the shape i want and laying down piece by piece on the board) should I just stick it on a thin coat of resin straight onto the foam then glass over it or just put it under the glass and glass it normally?? Also, for a logo on the front i have a design but i want to put it on some transparent paper or something then under the glass on the front??? How do the pro's do it and what's the standard method for DIYers??..
Thanks a load! Rick
WOW. You are spending so much already for a blank. Cloth and Resin, but 15$ for pigment is breaking the bank?
I cant imagine “pearl jam collage board” will look like anything but crap. Maybe thats just me. Also you really should factor in those astronomical rice paper costs. Might be right up there with Pigment.
=) whatever you do, have fun and post it up!
what kind of wagen is it?
Ok, lets see http://greenlightsurfsupply.com/resintints.aspx
So thats $ 7.50 per tint. How many do you need for a mex blanket? 10? Thats 75 bucks extra…
Roll of rice paper in an art shop? 15 bucks?
Just sayin…
Imagine harder.
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WOW. You are spending so much already for a blank. Cloth and Resin, but 15$ for pigment is breaking the bank?
I cant imagine "pearl jam collage board" will look like anything but crap. Maybe thats just me. Also you really should factor in those astronomical rice paper costs. Might be right up there with Pigment.
[/quote] Hey bud, well the only place to buy tints from in the uk that i know of is about 250-300miles away so postage of 4 500g's of tint is pretty expensive on top of the 4 tins of £10 tint, probably looking at close to £50-60 (~$100S?) quid and then there's the wasteage of it all as I'd only be using a bit out of each tub, and wasteage of harmful substances is not a top priority for me, being a conservation student and all, =P. & rice paper doesn't sound too expensive... is that what I should use? & My pearl jam collage board can and will look epic!
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=) whatever you do, have fun and post it up!
what kind of wagen is it?
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Thanks for the kind words, and it's a mk1 vw caddy.. [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/38650_10150243590815383_582010382_13952337_3211321_n.jpg[/IMG] I quite like the way she's turned out so i'm gonna trust my creative skills, until the next failure anyway!
wow = nice caddy!
I've just ordered some pigments for my current build - got a set of 5 polyester pigments for £20 delivered (ebay, seller was in Belfast. there is also east coast fibreglass in newcastle and reckon on £4 ish for 100g of colour = 1:10 max ratio so 100g will do 1000g resin = one whole board lam coats. so, 100-150g resin per colour only uses 10-15g pigment = think of the number of boards you could do with that and it becomes pretty cheap) - its going to be my first go at a mexican blanket, but my fourth HWS... now, whats the worst that could happen....!
Best of luck! I dont want to rain on anyones parade really! I htink you could get away with 3 or 4 colors for it to be cheaper.
I really want that car.
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wow = nice caddy!
I've just ordered some pigments for my current build - got a set of 5 polyester pigments for £20 delivered (ebay, seller was in Belfast. there is also east coast fibreglass in newcastle and reckon on £4 ish for 100g of colour = 1:10 max ratio so 100g will do 1000g resin = one whole board lam coats. so, 100-150g resin per colour only uses 10-15g pigment = think of the number of boards you could do with that and it becomes pretty cheap) - its going to be my first go at a mexican blanket, but my fourth HWS... now, whats the worst that could happen....!
[/quote] Ahh really? I didn't think to look on ebay! I was after tint ideally though, but now I know.. sounds pretty cheap to do a lot of boards but I'd never get round to using it for a long time because I'm going away for the forseeable future in a couple of weeks, with the new board! Mexican blanket on a naturally beautfiul HWS... I see why you're worried..
Remember all you need is 3 colors. Red, Yellow, Blue. Let's review from the 2nd grade. Red+Yellow = Orange. Blue + Yellow = Green. Red + Blue = Purple. Mix them all together you get brown.
