So I finished 2 boards and glassed them with 1 tint epoxy, free lap rails.
The boards are solid and look OK, but I still have a lot of defaults especially on the bottom and rails (drips, bumps, holes, shiny spots). I don’t mind to much, since we don’t have much tradition in boardbuilding in Belgium and most ride popout or shitty boards (including surftechs haha).
Can someone with some experience please look at my glassing schedule and advise me on the sanding?
This is how I glass:
TOP
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First I prepare the top, seal the ventplug and the leashplug with stickers;
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Put the glass over it and cut it about 2 inches under the rails;
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Epoxy the top first coat with squeegee, let it go tacky;
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Do a second coat with a 4" brush, let it go tacky;
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Wetsand with 40 grit on the bottom to get the glass down;
BOTTOM
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cut the bottomglass to match the border of the topglass;
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Laminate with epoxy (squeegee), let it go tacky;
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Wetsand with 40 grit to get the bumps around the edge of the glass out;
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Apply a second epoxy coat with 4" brush;
FINISH
This is about the result I get (board is wet on the picture). The top is pretty good, but the bottom and rails are not.
I want to sand my boards, but I hate the epoxy dust so only want to do wetsand. Can I start at a low grit to get the drips and bumps out? Is that even possible? I don’t know anything about sanding, so please excuse me if I ask dumb questions.
I don’t want a high gloss look, actually I prefer a mat look kinda like this board:
Thanks in forehand for any help I get, I will be truely grateful. I just love building boards so much I want to have a nice finish.