Hello, I’d like the build myself some epoxy laminated EPS boards. I’ve always worked with poly and pu but since I’ve heard such good things about epoxy, I’d really like to give it a shot.
I live in Holland and building boards here ain’t easy. Most products I need to get from abroad. Blanks, polyester, finsystems etc.
Now shaping boards with EPS can give me the advantage of building my own blanks by just ordering a large eps block at the local store. But now for the resin. I did some looking in the resources and found out that there are a lot of epoxy types on the market. So wich one to get?
Aha! Resin Research Epoxy and there Additive F. additives. One problem: There not selling any back in Holland.
We do have several epoxy manufacturers who claim to have a 100% clear resin with viscosity properties suitable for laminating a surfboard. But what do they know? I think they have never ever seen a surfboard.
So basically I would like to know if it’s worth trying with other resins beside RR epoxy. Are there any universal ingredients in epoxy that make the formula suitable for surfboardlamination?
There is REA in France, and Sicomin (also French?) that do epoxies specifically for surfboards. I guess they’d have a distributor in Holland who could order you in the right product.
Sp Systems SP 115 is nice clear easy to lam and uv-stabilised. Also ok to sand. I’ve laminated one board made from extruded polystyrene and it worked out real well.
Hi Erik, There are definitely a whole bunch of epoxy manufaturers in Holland, also specialized in boatconstruction. I’ve also got the opportunity to compose my own resins, which is good! But I’m not sure which qualities to look for besides clear and wet so the resin will soak the cloth properly.
I’ll be on the look out for the SP 115 and hope others can help also.
SP116 epoxy resin: a bit cheaper than SP115, but as yellow as cheap polyester resin. Also the same viscosity as poly resin. Good if board have color or cloth inlay.
Triepox LM epoxy resin: very, very good epoxy resin. Completely clear and very low viscosity. It’s manufactured in Spain by www.gairesa.com, but they only sell it on-line, so it’s no problem where you live. See it here