Thanks for the input. Not sure what some of the comments actually mean though, such as “shoot for a place that isn’t spoon fed” - eh?
“Think through your problems, ask yourself what your doing each step and what you are actually trying to accomplish.” - very general and to be honest meaningless to me. I do think through my problems, with what knowledge I have, which isn’t much, hence the questions when I can’t solve a problem. I know what I am trying to accomplish. I want a gloss coat on the board, so I apply a gloss coat to a board. how would any thinking about what I want to accomplish avoid streaks? There is a reason for the streaks, I have varied catalyst amounts, wax in styrene amounts, types of resin, temperatures of the room, even used a dehumidifier. I have read all instructions and watched countless videos. I don’t think I can “sit back” and “think” any more, I have done a few very nice jobs, but sometimes I get these streaks. Where do I go from here, other than asking some more experienced people for their ideas of what might be causing the streaks? That’s what I am doing here.
“how do you know those streaks are causing you to do WAY more work than anyone else???” - I have seen videos and read many tutorials on gloss coating and never seen them or read them mentioned in guides I have read, but no that doesn’t mean I can be certain other people don’t have the same problem every time too, although I doubt the pro glassers do, as sometimes I don’t get streaks so I know (through some more of that “thinking” you talked about) that it IS possible NOT to have streaks! Hence, whats left is to find out the cause, back to asking the question here, seems the next logical step to me. Receiving an answer of “sit back and think more” isn’t exactly helpful, unless you know in the deep recesses of my mind I must secretly know the solution myself.
“what was in each ingredient and how they worked together you would have a foundation to build on.” - I do know what each component and chemical is doing. I have a foundation to build on, some very nice boards, just this glitch causes me a headache so hoping someone knows the cause. If not, I will just sand them out, no biggie, but asking is the intelligent thing to do, especially when there are some serious experts available who often can solve such a problem in a short single sentence.
“It seems maybe you don’t know what you don’t know… it’s an achievement to even get to a place that you understand how much you don’t know, from their you can seek bigger answers.” - If I wanted church I would go there. :). That’s about the most meaningless platitude I have ever read. It might sound fluffy and meaningful, but it really isn’t. I do know what I don’t know, WHATS CAUSING THE STREAKS! There was a hint in my question about “whats causing the streaks”
From there you can seek bigger answers… what you mean… like my question here?! Duh,
Thanks for your input, not sure how to make use of it though really. The one thing I think I can take from it is that maybe streaks are experienced by others so maybe sanding them out is just normal and something everyone experiences. If so, that would have made a quicker and less religiously vague post. But also if so… why do some people not get streaks (i have spoken to people who said they don’t get streaks, and suggested I dehumidify, for example)???
I am not sure if I am pumped as I have no control to compare myself to. Compared to a one board a year guy I am pumped I suppose, i do love making boards and all the boards I have made are surfing well and look decent to my eye so I am pretty happy and keen to make more. I can do most of the build to a decent standard (I think), gloss coating is one of the few remaining areas which I still struggle to get right, but again, if you’re saying streaks are just fine and i need to ignore em, that’s fine too, if I know that to be the case. If so, it was worth posting the question and worth reading your answer! :0)