Fabric inlay nose patch advice....

General Discussion
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Hello all, firstly thanks for all your hard earned and generously shared knowledge…

I have just done a nose patch fabric inlay on a 9’0. I glassed the base and did a cutlap to meet the edge of the fabric where the pinline will be. All went well.

My question is - Would you do deck patch inlay of glass to meet the fabric, then one layer over the whole deck ( glass is 6oz ) or can i just do two layers as normal? I pressed the edges of the inlay down when " leather hard " so it would be nice and flat… The board is clear ( no pig or tint ) but im not fond of freelapping, I like cut laps.

So, would i just sand my lapline and glass deck as normal or do a glass inlay? or is this just personal preference?? 

Any and all advice is greatly appreciated, thanks …

 

 

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…when I make longboards all have fabric inlays and I put 3 4oz on the deck so I laminate all at once.

Also, I never put a fabric inlay only in the nose; when I do that, I put other one on the tail to compensate; but normally I put them in the middle.

 

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Don’t do a glass inlay. Feather the lap line as best possible then glass over the whole deck. 

How did you do the the cut lap?

All the best

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Reverb, 3 4oz and fabric , is that what you mean?

Greg, I taped off my pin line and papered the deck, wrapped over onto paper then shon a lamp from the bottom and turned all other lights off and used a razor to cut along tape line. Then while still " leatherhard" I pressed the lapline of glass down flush with the foam. There is now very little difference in height , maybe a light sand along lap and then the nose and tail corners. Also the fabric was very thin cotton and I used very little resin and sqeegee’d it really well to avoid air bubbles. 

So I figure sand laps lightly, blow off, then mark my cut line on base ( with pinline tool and a nail ) mask off base, then glass with 2 layers of 6 oz and carry on as normal? Does that sound right?

Thanks again for all and any advice.

 

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Yeah that’s the way to do it. Sounds like you have it under control. 

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No inlay required.  Glass the whole deck at once. 

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Very nice inlay there uncle Ed 

All the best

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I call this surfboard art at $3.99 a yard.

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did you do the bottom and cutlaps before the inlay or the inlay first?

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I can’t answer for UncleD, but I would have glassed the bottom first, then the fabric inlay, then the top glass over everything.