I picked up my fish yesterday, double six ounce on the deck and six on the bottom, sanded finish. I picked it up minutes after they finished sanding it. It had lots of dust, but I said I didn’t mind.
Took it home, hosed it off, toweled it off, and stuck it in the rack to cure for three weeks (yeah, right, I’m taking it out Monday at Lowers).
Anyway, I got to thinking about how the last board I picked up from the Lab (formerly Morning Glass) was rubbed with some kind of floor acrylic. And this new one was not.
So, I got to thinking. Is the board supposed to be sealed? Is it okay the way it is?
If it does need sealing, is it something I can do myself quickly, cheaply, and without hurting the board?
After a top notch lam job, the board is sealed. Then the hotcoat is added for hardness and extra security…sanded for the finish, and that’s sealed too.
If it still had dust on it , you were in too big a hurry to pick up your board. It could have just as easily cured at the glass shop. If you hadn’t rushed the glass shop maybe they would have taken the time to blow off the board and wipe it down with acrylic. Next time don’t be in such a hurry and maybe your glasser can finish his job. McDing
Hey, McDing, I was sittin on the beach at Lowers at about 11:00am Thursday morning, eating a banana, drinking water, and getting ready to paddle back out to head high fun surf with only about ten guys out when my cell phone rang. They said, it will be ready at 1:00. I showed up about 1:30. It was sitting in the front office waiting for me.
Is that the way YOU remember it?
Since you know more about it than I do, perhaps you can help me out. Should I rub it down with acrylic? If so, is it something I can pick up at the ol’ Home Depot?
Chances are that I’m not going to worry too much about it anyway.
I’ll surf it. And when it busts, I’ll surf another, and another, and another.
Hello Fairmont, most acrylic finishes are sprayed on in a production glass shop. You can brush it, but it won’t be as even. As McDing said, the board is sealed with the glass work (good glassing, that is). Unfortunately, sometimes the weave of the cloth will get exposed during sanding especially with light glass jobs. Exposed cloth will tend to absorb water and often wick it to a larger area. Sealing with acrylic will prevent this until it starts to wear off. So if you don’t see any weave exposed, you don’t need to coat it. If you do see some, you can touch up the area with Krylon clear acrylic spray. Do this while the board is still freshly sanded and hasn’t been in the water.
I saw a guy in a glass shop actually rubbing in some kind of floor acrylic with a small hand towel (rag). The container of acrylic was white with orange writing and was about the size and shape of a bottle of winshield wiper fluid.
Fairmount, here is what I use… I get it at Smart & Final. I put it on with a lint free cotton rag… where do you live? If your not to far from me come on over and I will apply it for you…I like to sand my sanded finished boards to 1500 grit then apply the floor acrylic finish, lighly buff it out and then I use Zymol all natural car polish…my boards come out as glossy as a gloss coated board.
My last one (first epoxy) got sanded to 1200, then I rubbed it with the back of the sandpaper, for kind of a thin gloss look. I wonder if the 'crylic will deepen the gloss any? Sealing benefits?
Fairmont----------- Most guys use the Future acrylic floor wax. It can be bought at Target or maybe Walmart. Most of the acrylic sealers for floors are of similar make-up. I put it on with a soft cotton rag or a lambs wool squeege like floor finishers use. I just try to apply it evenly and cover every spot(no misses). A second coat will take care of anything you missed. Unless you have some serious burn-thrus with a lot of weave showing this will take care of it. It gives your board a satin finish. It can be burnished with a 3M pad or buffed with a machine. Most production board builders leave it as is. Didn’t mean anything by my comments. It just sounded that your glasser rushed things a bit. Doesn’t sound like anything structurally, only cosmetics. A lot of guys ride sanded boards with no finish whatsoever. McDing