I built some mahogany/balsa/mahogany t-bands and saw the same from the managing on a recent repair. No idea why this happens but I have sealed subsequent stringers with resin. Jury is still out but I doubt it will work since the whole stringer is coated with resin when assembled.
I’d say the difference in the modern traditional boards is the foam , not the wood…most balsa from Equador is still air dried , same as it always has been…but the foam formulas have changed quite a bit over the years.
you are all wrong, boards were built before almost all of you were born, have you noticed new generation blanks don’t do this?
in the 60’s blanks were glued with urea glues, a Montsano product consisting of a powder and liquid, went off very quickly, the chemicals are the culprit, not the wood
Mattwho - this board was shaped with the classic foam. I know my fans love it when I post my pics (again, and again, ha!), so…
I found it easy to work with and a pleasure to shape. I thought it was heavy when I was shaping it, but I used less glass than I normally do (I’m normally a heavy glasser), and I don’t even notice the weight now. And the board has seen some steady use and held up remarkably well for the past two years, maybe two small dings in all that time.
I haven’t been surfing it lately because of, well, having so many boards. But the recent glider thread has got me thinking about adding widowmaker sidebites for the larger days. If only I could find somebody to tell me just how to lay out the widowmakers… (I asked Wade at FGH and he was kinda vague about it)
