i will be glassing my first board in the next few weeks and i am unsure of how much resin i am going to need. the board is eps and is 6’7 x17x22x17 and is made out of eps.
i will be doing two layers of 6 ounce on the bottom and three layer of 6 ounce on the top
It’s in the archives, but…
1.5oz pr. foot of board length pr. layer of 6oz plus .5oz pr. foot to wet out the blank. God bless Noodle.
Good luck.
regards,
Håvard
per foot or per sqaure foot. i dont want to buy a ton of it to just throw it away and i defiently dont want to run short half way through the process.
thanks
Here’s some info from Greg Loehr.
4. We use VERY little resin. Below is an example of our use levels for different size boards. As there is no "gel" time, any resin left over can be used on the next board. If you run short you can easily mix up additional resin to finish with. Usually we just work out of one bucket and simply keep mixing more material as needed. It isn't the same, "this bucket for this board," as polyester. These are estimates for total mixed material.6’ and under - 9 -12 oz. bottom 12-15oz. deck
7’ and under - 12 -15oz bottom 15-18 oz. deck
(Epoxy beginners should add a couple ounces to these numbers).
8’ and under - 18 - 21 oz bottom 21- 24 oz. deck
9’ and under - 24 - 27 oz bottom 27- 33 oz deck
Hot coats run just a bit more than an ounce per foot. For instance a 6’ board would take about 7 oz. per side. Longboards, 9’, take about 12-15 oz. per side. If you’re glossing use a bit less than a hot coat. We use 3" disposable white bristle brushes for hot coating. We don’t clean them. We use them for one batch and pitch em. Not only do we feel that their not worth cleaning but we’ve also had problems in the past with contamination from cleaned brushes which manifested itself in bad hot coats. New brushes always make for clean hot coats.
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