Good Day All,
I need some help, I lamenated the bottom of a 6’ 4" Rounded Pin last night using the cut-laps, made the cuts today and every thing turned out fine. I had to clean-up the cuts by sanding a little, couple of bumps here and there nothing major. My question is, How do I clean up the sanded epoxy? Do I Just blow it off with air? Wipe it down with water: I know I don’t use acetone. I’m worried about contamination.
Thanks
Nebulous / John
i did the same thing with the same board a few days ago i just blew the dust off but make sure u get it all off
Hey nebulous.
After blowing it off with air, use de-natured alcohol to wipe down epoxy surfaces. Use it when you clean the cut-lap, the lam before hotcoating etc…
Skiny,
Thanks Bro, I wasn’t to sure so I thought I through it out there. How you board turn out? Post a Pic if you have one.
Nebulous
Johan1,
No problems with contamination?
It’s the recommended way to go.
I have never had any problems with the denatured alcohol and epoxy.
it only has the fiber glass cloth on i ran out of resin but should be geting some more at the end of this week (also its stringer less) but here some pics there are some mud color spots because when i was laminating the bottom a gust of wind blew it over but i got must of the dirt and such off o and making a small dint on the left rail by the nose
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not to bad for a 14 year old right?
o yeah I’m making this a single fin
another board i did my first board ever i did the same thing but i used this weird tan sealent stuff and i screwed up the color but its really loose when you can get a ride (its 4’9" but not a bad board in waist high or up to head high) sorry to kind of highjack the thread
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if you can’t see theres a bob marley "one love ablum picture on the nose in black and white
Very Nice! You should be very proud of yourself. I like your fish too.
Nebulous
O yeah the pin tail was the second board that i shaped and glasses and the fish was the first ive shaped some before but never glassed then so now im just glassin
How’s the stringerless holding up? How often do you surf it? Just curious, as I have a couple stringerless blanks I’m wondering what to do with…
well i havent been able to surf them because of two reason’s that i can’t fix (easily)
1 i dont have a wet suit anymore (my last one i sold because i grew out of it, then spent that money on epoxy)
and 2 i live around 200 miles from the beach and
3 if you count this its been around 22 degrees F this week and i haven’t surf in 126 days today (last time was a month long trip at the outer banks good swell at the end up by kill devil hills)
but yeah i wish i could help but if it any help i’m going crazy landlocked. so crazy that (when it was warmer) i took my boards to a lake that has fish that if you you’ll get canser, and just paddled around
but this might help i went skurfing with my freind on this 4’10" 3" thick fish and i was really really light and durable ( i smacked it on the boat once not a ding a small mark from the paint but nothing major) also i noticed how boyent the board (and loose) is maybe because it was 1lb foam or because it was 3" thick…
but if you plan on making a small wave board i say go for it if you are or the person you making it for are on the heavier side i would just glue in a stringer (i don’t because i’m about 115lbs and we dont get epic (tow in) days of even close half the time. but if you want to go without a stringer or don’t have the money then i would go with heaver glassing