So I just finished it at 1 in the morning, all I need to do is sand. Just a few questions, even though theres no going back now. I installed fcs fins and I had two problems.
I got a little bit a resin on top of one of the plugs and I used my fins for jigs because I didnt feel like spending more money for them since i read you can just use fins. Will this be a pain in the ass getting that fin out or can I just crack the resin off easily and pull the fin out. Very little got on the plug.
I forgot to wipe off my plugs with acitone first. Bad new? How bad?
I got a little bit a resin on top of one of the plugs and I used my fins for jigs because I didnt feel like spending more money for them since i read you can just use fins. Will this be a pain in the ass getting that fin out or can I just crack the resin off easily and pull the fin out. Very little got on the plug.
(Sorry Bill. Using your method for replying now.)
Good luck. Certainly don’t try to take the jigs (fins) out to soon. You could run into more problems later on. (Fins that are hard to put in and take out… .) In the future try to keep an eye on it and after it gels somewhat, make sure you use a screwdriver, pocketknife, awl, etc., or something to break the excess jelly resin loose from where it is sitting. Then it will be fairly easy to pick it out once it hardens later on. As long as it doesn’t sit ‘as is’ until it hardens. The idea is to make sure you break it loose from where it sits without disturbing your install jigs. In this case, your fins. Use a magnifying glass if you have to. Then you can come back and use some sandpaper or whatever to smooth out any residue and/or chips and pieces that were left from where the resin was sitting.
I forgot to wipe off my plugs with acitone first. Bad new? How bad?
Not good, but maybe not that bad. As a point of reference: I not only wipe my plugs with acetone, I also sand them a little by hand, and a couple of other things (tricks) just to make sure the ‘install’ is there for the duration.
If the drop on/in the plug is visible, therefore accessible, you should be able to scrape/chip it out with a narrow chisel (sharpen a screwdriver?) or similar.
As for the seriousness of not cleaning the plugs with ACETONE first, it depends how clean the plugs and your fingers were when you did the install.
It’s been said lately here “there are no bad systems, only bad installs”. In your case the question is, are your plugs anchored to the deck glass? They should be… it’s not too late…
heres another question. All of these cure times ive been reading about in the archives, what point is that from? Is it from the Lam, hotcoat, sanding, etc.? Cause I just finished sanding but its been over a week since lam, about the same since hotcoat and I really want to paddle out with it tomorrow.
Howzit rss, Anchored to the deck, can you see whole circles on the deck from using the angled serrated tool. those circles are where the resin mix attach to the underside of the glass on the deck, no need to anchor the center plugs per instructions. As for kick times, when you add the hardener the clock starts ticking.Aloha,Kokua
Howzit rss, Doesn’t matter what process you are doing when you add the hardener, resin doesn’t know what you are doing it just knows that catalyst has been added and starts the clock ticking til it’s hard.Aloha,Kokua
I think rss means when are the plugs done, and you said the resin doesen’t know, but I think rss was asking which time when you add hardener, and it’s not really the lam or the hotcoat, but when add the harderner to the resin you used to install the plugs. I hope I’m making some sense, but however long your other resin took to cure, wait that long scince you installed the plugs and they should be ok.
Just trying to help out but I don’t really know if I made enough sense to.
Howzit Deathfrog, Sounds more like he wants to know when the catalyst starts reacting with resin, as for FCS or any plugs I let them usually sit over night since I do plugs last before closing shop for the day.Aloha,Kokua
its ok, i answered my own question this weekend when I rode my board for the first time and no dings or dents from not enough curing. What I was asking is when the cure time starts before the board can be riden. For example, i read thatyou had to wait at least a week or two before riding a new board so that it could fully cure. I wanted to know when that week or two began. DO you wait a week after the board had been laminated or hotcoated or whatever. Maybe this could clear things up for people who maybe had the same question.
I rode my board yesterday for the first time after waiting about a week after the hotcoat had been applied and everything is all good. Sorry if I worded my question horribly.