Quick question about glassing technique.
I’ve always glassed my decks with two layers of 4 oz. cloth at the same time. Has anyone done this in two steps?
Glass, let it dry. Then glass again?
Would this add additional weight, or just add more time to the process?
Josh
Hey Keith,
The only reason I was considering it at all is the same reason you did it. Purely for design.
Thanks for all the responses, I may try it out just for kicks.
Josh
Josh, you can do it, but why? unless you have a good reason to.
I did it on this shortboard, which had a dark green resin swirl on the bottom, a lighter resin swirl inlay on the deck, and no overlap of the two on the rails. Then a clear 4.5 oz second layer on the deck. It’s not at all heavy. (Yellow pinlines now cover the inlay cut line, in case you were wondering, but this pic was taken prior to that step).
waste of time and money. you'll use more resin I'd assume. It would weigh more unless you zipped it at the rail, then it would probably weigh the same(just a guess, never tried it). People do it with guns and such with a triple lap for a stronger and heavier board. good luck
I don´t know if I would let it dry… I´ve done it one by one, but as soon as I finished glassing the first I started with the 2nd one.
It get´s heavier than doing them 2 at once, but doing a good squeegee work you can get a decent weight.
I do it so with bigger boards, guns, classic longboards, kiteboard, were sometimes heavy weight is needed and it would be hard to glass 3 or 4 layers at once.
Get someone who assist you.
a guy that i glass boards for did this for his first attempt in glassing his long board and it was a big mess, it took him quit awhile to do and the thing wieghed a ton so i would not recomend anyone doing this, if you want a hevier board just use more cloth the first time you laminate
a glass inlay could be lighter cause the bottom layer on the deck doesnt go to the rail apex. wonder if anyone has done two tests and weighed??