I went ahead and went for the cut lap and was surprised how easy it was. Of course though, some problems arose. First, in pic you’ll see some small lumps left ontop of the glass from when I pulled the wax paper after I’d finished cutting. How can I get rid of those lumps. Second, you’ll see in the second pic the a little mess on the foam where a little tint got ont the glass, or the glass itself is a bit rough looking. How can I go about cleaning that up? Thanks everyone for your help. You’ve made possible for me to chase one of my dreams.
Here’s what I’d do. Assuming the little bubbles are hard, I would cut them out with a razor blade, sand it smooth, and patch them with a piece of glass/lam resin. I’m not seeing anything on the foam. If resin gets on the foam, my experience is removal results in a hole where the resin pulls the foam out. I’d sand it flush. You should also cut off the little strings of glass and sand smooth your lap line before laminating the deck. Hope that helps. Mike
I went ahead and went for the cut lap and was surprised how easy it was. Of course though, some problems arose. First, in pic you’ll see some small lumps left ontop of the glass from when I pulled the wax paper after I’d finished cutting. How can I get rid of those lumps. Second, you’ll see in the second pic the a little mess on the foam where a little tint got ont the glass, or the glass itself is a bit rough looking. How can I go about cleaning that up? Thanks everyone for your help. You’ve made possible for me to chase one of my dreams.
Mahalo
Kevin
Am I understanding that the wax paper stuck to you lamination, and delaminated it when you pulled it off? And do I see strings haning off your cut lap? If so, you are trimming WAY WAY WAY WAY WAYYYYYYYY too early Wait long enough, and it will be 5x easier than you already think it is.
Howzit BammBamm, After looking at the pics I see it was a painted blank(you can see the stringer), he should of free lapped the board. The only time it’s really necessary to do taped off laps is when using pigment or tint and in my mind wax paper is a nono since the heat from the kicking resin will suck some of the wax out of the paper and leave spots that are like a hot coat. If I have to flip a board I just tape over the sticky tape with the sticky side down.Aloha,Kokua
Howzit Kokua. BammBamm is actually right. When I glassed this board I used the “one drop” tint idea and had a little green added to give it a transparent sea green. That’s why I did the cut lap.
Here are some ideas to deal with the mess on the foam. Perhaps some of the more experienced guys can comment on which of these solutions, if any, are viable.
Try to cut between the resin and foam with a REALLY sharp/new razor blade. You might get lucky, or this may result in tearing out some foam. If that happens, check the archives. I think I remember reading a post about filling dents in foam before laminating.
Sand it smooth and hide it with some white paint. Instead of just spot painting a small area, you may have to tape off the stringer & cut lap and paint the whole side to make it look uniform. Or, you could use an air brush to paint around the cut lap with a darker contrasting color. The darker color would hide the mess and you’d have a cool looking paint fade/gradation/shadow effect that runs around the board from the cut lap inward. You could even add a painted pin line while you’re at it. If you don’t have one, I picked up a very inexpensive airbrush at the local art store (Michael’s) and a can of compressed air and it works great.
How about tinting the white side to match the green?
Get some Posca Pens and turn it into art. Just kidding, but on the other hand…
Leave it and learn to love it! We all make mistake, it’s how we learn! It’s not going to hurt the board’s surfability and you’ll probably cover it with wax anyhow, so you may not even see it.
Howzit drew, Not necessary to change blades that often, just wipe the blade with acetone to get rid of the resin build up on the blade. I’ve never used more than 1 blade.Aloha,Kokua
Howzit drew, Not necessary to change blades that often, just wipe the blade with acetone to get rid of the resin build up on the blade. I’ve never used more than 1 blade.Aloha,Kokua
I’ll second that. In a pinch, I’ve trimmed 5 or 6 tanks with one blade, though you’ve got to be careful when they get a little dull. I’ll actually take a little cup of clean acetone over to where I’m trimming and leave it on the floor so I can keep cleaning the blade.
Just kidding, but on the other hand…