Difference b/w Future floor polish and Surfboard Sealer from Fiberglasssupply.com

General Discussion
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which are you using to seal your boards?

what about using the sealer instead of future polish as the base for airbrushing?

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…man, you re a bit confused

with a floor liquid you can t seal anything

also, you only needs water or mineral water to airbrushing

if you have a bleed is because poor dilution or bad technique or not so good paint

or dry times, etc

you really don t need a floor product to thin out a paint

but yes like H S say you can use that

-to seal the board and provides some kind of “smooth rough” finish like the comp racing boats, you should use an acrylic varnish

 

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just to add some info in here for Tommy

"sealing a board" refers to a sanded finish, as to seal it with floor acrylic to seal the sand coat of which takes the place of a gloss coat which is the actual third and final step in the glassing process

Lam

sand coat

gloss/polish

performance boards are usualy left at the sanded stage then maybe sealed with future acrylic and then maybe lightly buffed with whatever is handy.

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Thanks Ken - Yeah, that’s exactly what I was asking. Can you use Future acrylic as that final sealer instead of the more expensive stuff?

I’ve looked at Safeway and 2 Orchard Supply stores and haven’t been able to find Future… anyone know where in Santa Cruz to get some?

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Hi Tommy -

Herb Spitzer has used floor finish with really good results.  Multiple coats applied with an applicatior and buffed.  Not sure which brand he used or if he's still doing it that way but I know he posted a couple different types at various times.  Future, Smart&Final, Behr and some sort of military spec'd ceramic have been mentioned by Herb if I recall correctly.

Last time I went for Future the name had been changed to Pledge "with Future Shine" below the main logo.  Same bottle, same smell... pretty sure it's the same stuff.

 

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Ya future is hard to find these days

Herb turned me on to some S&F ...worked great

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…hell o buddies,

of course you can do whatever you want

but my advice is a secure and professional way to do the stuff

think for ex all those external paints in the boards

and all saying that use rattle can clear…then with few weeks you see how start to peel off everything

and micro infiltration occurs too

so, pass your floor liquid or use the rattle can

then you ll scratch your head guessing what s wrong…

 

but I see that sometimes the guys don t wanna listen

I always try to provide proved advice not guessed things

if you re in doubt check most of my posts