Question: Would a fabric inlay done on the top of the nose of a longboard look right if the fabric edges slightly overlapped free laps from the bottom glass? Or would this look pretty sloppy? Are cut laps the only way to go? The glass will be totally clear on this one - no tints or pigments. Assume 2x6oz E glass on the bottom and 3x6oz E glass on top. Thanks.
Trucha,
Firstly, that seems like an awfully heavy glassing schedule. But, you don’t say what type of foam or resin you’re using.
If it’s polyurethane/polyester, the board will be extremely heavy…Can’t speak for the epoxy proponents.
If you don’t want to go the cut lap route, why don’t you do the fabric first? Tape off the fabric area, lam it with resin only (no glass), trim to tape line. Then you should be able to free-lap a clear bottom lam as only one layer of a double bottom lam would lap the deck anyway.
Still seems awfully heavy to me.
Pete
This is going to be for a 10’6 EPS / Epoxy I’m planning. What glassing schedule would you recommend?
what density EPS?
1# definately go triple/double 6oz. If heavier density then it is up to you.
As for the inlay, you’ll want to trim the inlay unless you get it layed on just right and a really clean cut to begin with. As for the glass you should be able to free lap that.
That said, don’t be afraid to cut lap. I’d cut lap the bottom.
Are you wanting to do the inlay under or in the deck glass, or after?
You could do as suggested, do the inlay first and trim it and then free lap the whole thing.
lots of options
I was planning on using a 2lb. eps blank, so my original glassing plans may be overkill. I’m open to suggestions…
My initial idea for the inlay was to cut the fabric as cleanly as possible using a rotary fabric cutter - keep frays and threads to a minimum - and then just laminate this to the top of the deck as the first step of the glassing. But I thought that doing it this way would mean free lapping the bottom, since it would be difficult to cut the laps without damaging the inlay if they overlapped the fabric. I guess what I’m asking is if the laps will be visible over the edges of the fabric once the board is complete. If so, what’s the easiest, best way to mitigate this?
Howzit Trucha, I’ve always done free laps on the bottom of boards wwith a deck inlay and never seen the laps over the inlay. The only thing to be careful about is after you sand the lap, make sure to get rid of any sanding dust that has stuck to the fabric which could show up after glassing the deck, should come out just fine.Aloha,Kokua