cloth inlays

Hi.

I’ve just bought my first cloth inlay (Hawaiian floral patern).

I’m planning on covering the entire deck of my new 9’5" and I’ve got a few questions.

1 - Should the cloth go under the lamination or between the 2 layers of glass

2 - Whats the best procedure for cutting the cloth so it follows the outline of theboard.

3 - Will the cloth inlay soak up alot of resin and add weight to the board

Any advice would be really appreciated

Brian

Brian,

The cloth should go right on the foam, tape off the rails where you don’t want the cloth to go. Then put down some resin on the foam with a paint brush, not alot just enough to hold the cloth, then put some on the top of the cloth, you want it to soaked all the way thru.

Laminate as usual, when it is tacky cut the over hanging cloth and glass along the tape line.

Yes the cloth will add some weight, if done right it shouldn’t add alot of weight.

Mark

Brian,

Make sure your cloth is 100% COTTON, SILK, or a blend of the two. NO SYNTHETICS, they will melt, and go crazy when the resin hits it. Otherwise, as described above, get the cloth down with a relatively dry (not wet) layup. My best results when trimming the cloth has been when the layup was leather hard. (soft, but not sticky) We always used a single edged razor blade for trimming, or a new blade from a razor knife. Sharp is important!

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We always used a single edged razor blade for trimming

I think it is also benificial to follow the Cleanlines tip of bending the blade in the middle. It makes it way easies to cut. You should also put a pinline around the fabric. I didn’t do that on mine and I wish that I had.

Hey Guys.

Thanks for all the advise.

I understand that I’ll have to laminate the deck first with a standard cut lap. Then laminate the hull and wrap the glass over the deck lam… This will be quite a large lap job ?

Howzit BrianK, just a few tips to add, Wash the material first and put some vinegar in the rinse cycle to set the colors and iron the material also. Another thing is to thin the resin with some styrene when you put down the cloth inlay.Aloha,Kokua

The last two boards I did had cloth in-lays. I did exactly what the ‘Master Glasser’ DVD showed and both boards came out very well. One of them is in resources

http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=1299

and one will be shortly.

If you don’t have access to the ‘Master Glasser’ DVD, follow what everyone else says. The only things I’ll add is to bend your single edge razor at about a 45 degree angle and cut parallel to the surface of the board and fold the tape up to form a crease to follow when you cut. I was able to cut the cloth with such accuracy that I could cover the edge with a 1/8" [3mm] resin pinline.

Good luck.

thats a great looking disc. i think i’d have a hard time not riding it for myself!

Kokua;

Sorry but there isn’t much about a repair cloth inlay, just new board building. I plan on sanding down the board carefully to the glass. Adding a full cloth inlay on both sides, then add a layer of 4oz cloth also on both sides. I will then do a hotcoat and buff. Sound good or am I missing something?

BTW 9 X 22 x 3

Howzit latelifer, The way I do it is to lay down the cloth first over the sanded Q-sel filler and then glass over it.Aloha,Kokua