Got my shape and am ready to glass. I’m an experineced fibreglass worker, but never done a board before, and have a few questions.
Hull first I asume. I’m on clark foam superblue. I’m thinking 2 layer 6oz and on the deck 3 layer 6 oz.
Hull first? Tape off the deck about 2" inside of the rail, and lap onto the tape, and then trim when it gells. Sand lightly, and then glass the deck, but no wrap onto the hull? Just overlap the layer under it, and wrap onto the rail and let it hang down, and then cut when it gells?
Now, do I sand a little first, then apply a light resign layer, and then sand this smooth, or do I apply a resign layer before any sanding and then sand, or do i sand the glass first completely, and then apply the resign layer and sand again and polish?
Plugs. Leash plug BEFORE glassing, FCS fins afterwards?
with cut laps, should not need to sand before hot coat
when to put in leash & FCS plugs -
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Hey Corran, I had some fibreglass experience before I made my first board, which is why, probably like you, I wanted to make my own board. That experience will be a great advantage. Sounds like you already know what to do, so just do it using your learning instinct. Keith’s right about the layers of cloth, but if you want a strong heavy board, do it your way. There are a few hand skills involved, like sweegee pressure and such, but I’m sure you’ll work it out. Have fun.
4est you can wrap all three layers if you want but make sure you stagger them so you don’t have a huge line on the bottom that you have to grind down. We do mostly cut laps so on the top layer we cut the first layer of cloth inside the lap lines and the second layer we wrap around the rail giving a 2 layer wrap. We have found that the 2 layer is sufficient protection.
Corran we sink both the leash plug and fcs plugs after the hotcoat/ gloss after.
LeeDD I was curious do you always knock down your lam coat bumps with a surform? Do you like this better than a valve grinder or sander setup?
So, 1 layer on the hull of 6 oz (its a 5’11" squashtail), wrapped 2" onto the deck to a taped line, and then trimmed when gelled. Then 2 layer deck, the first cut somewhere between the lapped hull layer and the edge, and the 2nd lapped onto the hull at least 1 inch. Correct?
Fin plugs and leash plug AFTER hot coat?
Hot coat before any glass sanding at all… and sand the hot cote. Wax in the hot cote to facilitate sanding.
I might do a 2 over 2 (2 hull layers) because I’m using this on rivers and sometimes we have rock problems. Yes, it adds weight, but my last board i destroyed pretty fast hitting rocks under the surface while swimming. If I do a 2 layer hull… wrap 1 or both layers onto the deck?