acrylic question

General Discussion
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I have been looking around online at some michel junod two tone longboards to get an idea for some boards that i'm gonna build. Question is about the band that goes around the entire board. Is it an acrylic spray over the hotcoat? I also saw a jim phillips that had a similar looking opaque band with super clean lines (not foam spray or resin pigment inlay). The Phillips had a logo placed over the band. Is this an acrylic spray too, and if so how does he get the cloth patch over the acrylic to bond well?

Thanks

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the bands on junod’s boards are done w/ resin by tony mikus

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it isn't done in the lam though is it? It looks like a tape off of some sort. The pignar that he does looks like a resin pour cause the line is a bit "sloppy"(in a good way though). The Two Tone is the board that i'm talking about. how does he do a clean resin line like that?After the hotcoat? before?

If jim philips reads this, I'm wondering how you did yours too. I think it was a baby blue stripe ona pig on your website. thanks

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Jims board is a resin band done on the hot coat.
The logo is taped off and is under the glass & hot coat
so it shows behind the blue band. The board is then
glossed and polished over the band. Bands and color
panels along with resin pins were at one time the norm in most shops. (pre-
60’s airbrushing).

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thanks. any tips on how to do a resin band? is it hard to get an even color? how much pigment  do you add? can you sand into it during a gloss and polish

thanks for the help

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Do a standard sanded finsh at 130 to 180 grit whatever

you prefer.  Tape off the area for the band/panel.  Mix up

a opaque batch enough to do both sides.  Break up the batch

into two portions.  Catalize one portion like your hot coat but add

a few extra drops to help with the pigment.

Brush out and walk away.  Pull the tape a little early to let the

edges flow out a little.  Do the second side the same way.  Hand

sand the rail line carefully to keep the color even.  Rough up

(light sand) the surface of the panel/band to remove all of the wax. 

Gloss as normal.  Be careful for sand-thrus on

the band.  If you get uneven color, sand down to the clear hot coat

and do it over again!  For your first one, try a darker color that

should cover better.  Just my 2c, there are better glassers than me

on this board that could give a few more hints & techniques.