just finished my first effort at laminating and was mostly successful but found there were a few dry spots in the 6oz weave on the lap.Should i attempt to remedy this before I laminate the deck or should I just carry on
yes, remedy it with thined resin and squegee
Thanks Paul, followed your advise nothing left to notice…
ps- long live the school of rock.
your welcome mate. you can do the whole board before hotcoat for a crystal clean glass job. called a cheater coat
Gday Paul,
I’ve never heard of a cheaters coat before,(mind you I’m no veteran board builder), ,but if you get a moment , could you walk me through the process of what you do and the reasons why, and its affects on weight /strucural integrity.
How thin would you mix the lam resin and how do you recommend you do it?
Would a cheaters coat add risk of stress cracks etc?
No rush, I have to go to Melbourne for 2 weeks so i wont be able to hotcoat until after I return
Cheers mate, nadles
i learned this with epoxy. after lamming and it goes hard but not fully cured, mix up 70 grams and thin it bout 20 percent with xylene and squeegee it hard into the lam. let partially cure and then fillcoat with a brush. it eliminates andy dry spots and pinnies.
i heard that some glass shops do this with poly as well ( called back filling) especially round the laps ( tho its thinned with styrene obviously
If you’re using poly resin, apply some straight styrene to the dry spots, wait a couple of seconds until the cloth wets, and then brush some catalyzed lam resin over it. If using epoxy, follow Paul’s advice on using xylene and epoxy. You don’t have to overcoat the entire board if it’s just a few spots. If it was a colored lam, well there’s more to do so let us know.