Hi,
I am currently building a 6’ x 20"x 2.5" (roughly) chambered wooden surfboard out of old pallet wood. The idea of the project is the use of recycled timber, and of course a love of woodwork and surfing. The board is being made to be surfed of course, but I am aware, being pine, it will be heavier than other boards. Fortunately I am quite light so I have come to terms with the weight thing. But I still want it to be the best board it can be.
I am in the more final stages of the project after a lot of hours sanding, a tremendous amount of time on the jigsaw and some fairly tense moments with a few temperamental clamps.
Overall, so far it’s all going to plan, as far as I know, It’s my first build, so I don’t know a lot.
With the help of Swaylocks posts, I have successfully got to the stage of thinking about, fins, resin, and finishes. And I am more confused than ever.
I’ll try to keep it simple, Im looking for my best, hopefully not too expensive options for the following:
- Bogging up holes and and gaps in the board prior to 2oz fibreglassing.
- I would like to used something that is going to either match the wood colour, (Pine) or something transparent.
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Glassing the board, I am looking at using 2oz fibreglass as a waterproof layer, structural integrity isn’t an issue. I have read that Epoxy Resin is the way to go, is there a good source of a specific type of resin for a transparent finish, (QLD) and should it be used with a slow or fast hardener?
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Should the plugs be installed after fibreglass like normal? If installed after, how do you get a good overall finish after sanding down the plugs? And, with the same resin? Do I need to add A thickener?
I have more questions but I think that will do for now,
Any and all advice is appreciated, hopefully I have made my questions clear enough, please suggest any other info if needed. Any others that need advice on the woodworking stage, I have learnt a lot along the way, and made a lot up, so feel free to ask. Thanks, Calum.
These pictures are pre-chambered, I will post an update once I have uploaded a picture of the glued, chambered board.