I went to that site a while back and couldn’t find any prices. I’m not ready to buy any now but I might in the future. Do you have any ballpark prices?
I checked the hemp web site. Does any one have pricing on hemp?Has anyone glassed with it? If so how does it take resin.Will it wet out?A cut line would be best to hide the lap. Is it as strong as fiberglass? Gordon
Hemp is not mairjuana. Although it grows the same leaves and looks a lot like marijuana it isn’t. The chemical, THC is not present in this plant and is legal throughout the world.
I haven’t used hemp before, but I’m guessing that using hemp cloth will make the board a whole lot stronger than regular fiberglass cloth due to the fact that is a natural substance that will absorb more rersin and will make the board stronger. I hope to try using hemp when I do my Lam process in the future.
Has anybody had a go at glassing with hemp? What were the experiences?
I’m interested in using it, but don’t know the pros / cons
Not with hemp, but I glassed the inside of my hollow wooden fish with a single layer of cotton fabric and epoxy resin. Seems to be pretty strong, but haven’t tested the board yet. Jack
Hi Jo-El Hemp and marijuana IS actually the same plant, marijuana is the flowers(buds) of the plant and the cloth is made from the fibers of the plant.
I’ve used two different types and it seems the ligther the easier to lam with. The first time it was on a PU blank and the second time on EPS. On EPS I had delam problems, I think it is becase I didn’t put any vent on it. But other than the delam problem it’s pretty strong and has different flex than fiberglass. I am going to experiment more with hemp in the near future.
My buddy ran into you a few weeks ago. Surfer/ dij player with dreds named Rich. He told me I should get in touch with you to find out about getting board building materials. Anyway, i assume it’s you, since he told me it’s a Japanese guy named Jimmy who makes boards with hemp. Can’t be too many of them around, can there?
Hey, I’m intrigued. As you are the only person on here that has used the stuff, did it wet out like glass? as i assume it is tan in colour, have you tried to tint it? how much more resin does it absorb, as compared to regular glass - say you use 12oz of poly resin on a board with glass?
Yeah, I’ve done a little lurking on here, hadn’t done any posting until recently. Now I know where to come when I come up against problems building boards. And I’m sure there will be many…
Looking for Clark foam, poly resin. I’ll check maneuverline, thanks!
I surf mostly in Kochi, Nakamura area.
Would love to see you work with hemp cloth, or other materials for that matter. Maybe some day I could check out your workshop. ?
Hi there nativeson! I don’t think I’m the only person that have used hemp around here.
I havent tried to tint it because that would ruin the beauty of the hemp IMO.
Hemp is quite thirsty…I only used poly for hemp once and cant remember how much I used. I use Epoxy now…much easier to handle and longer workingtimes which you need when working with hemp. I use about 300- 350grams of epoxy for one layer (6 foot board).
The come out pretty resonable in weight using eps. and stronger.