Which type of board is better?
Yes they are, thinking about locking this thread right now…
Quick stop.
Great move.
Futuristic performance.
Is the epoxy board better than a polystyrene?
Definately YES, NO and MAYBE…
1st off epoxy is a type of resin like polyester is a type of resin.
The notion that epoxy defines the entire board is both positive and negative hype. Some of the popouts are good and some aren’t just like some of the pupe boards are good and some aren’t.
Certain Epoxy resins are superier resins, but does not in and of themselves make for a better board.
We (the sway crew) as the educated need to be careful making generalizations like are unfortunately being made in the rest of the marketplace.
I know what you mean 4est,
I made a board for a friend of mine with RR. Typical board, clark blank just used RR instead of poly. His brother asks him about the board and my friend says its an epoxy and his brother looks at it and says that it looks like a normal shortboard. His brother couldn’t grasp the idea that it was an epoxy board but not a surftech…we both tried to explain but to no avail.
Anyways, is epoxy better than poly? I hear pizza dough is best.
Rio
while an epoxy board is not necessarily a polystyrene board, a polystyrene board has to be epoxy, lest the styrenes that are used as modifiers in polyester resin rise up and dissolve the polystyrene foam into a horrible sort of marshmallow fluff which will gum things up terribly.
hope that’s of use
doc…
the best board is the one your riding in perfect uncrowded surf
Chipfish, Kokua, Greg, Burt, Herb, somebody is just using an alias to mess with us, right?
epoxy boards are swaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy better. with an epoxy board you can run faster , jump higher and leap tall buildings in a single bound.
and they are indestructable and make you surf like … . like … uhh… chipfish !
epoxy boards of course ! I even read somewhere here that epoxy helped with erectile dysfunction …
Jet airliners are glued together with Epoxy. Polyester is used to make cheap leisure suites. Unless you are headed to happy hour at the Holiday Inn…
how’d you guess???
NAW…SOMEONE MISS TITLED THIS THREAD,it should read; epoxy vs. polyester which is better???
Smaller surf: styro/epoxy might be better…in big waves: polyurethane/polyester still wins hands down…
rumor has it, Slater has his boards lammed with epoxy resin, not polyester…
and what the hell is polystyrene?
better check the archives
styrofoam …eps
ps KS rides whatever is handed to him…he’s not a builder and has little exp. in building boards…Trust me on this one guys and gals…
yup it’ll
make you a better surfer
make you a world champ in no time
grow back your receeding hairline
make you lose weight
make you taller
make you better looking
get you chicks
keep you off viagra
make you rich
and let you die a happy campa…
epoxy is so good you can drink it
wash your hair with it
and use it as an exfoliator…
just a board for pete sakes
its just a board
should’ve locked the thread grant…
should’ve locked the thread
Bush-Tree-Stump didn’t ask this question did he?
I guess there is no room for mistakes with all of these experts in the world…sorry for trying to learn…
it’s all about how you phrase your questions, wesley. for example, this thread was just begging to get rheamed. perhaps “what are the advantages and disadvantages of epoxy vs. polyester resin?” may have yielded more positive feedback. although i find it more likely that you’d have been met with a barrage of “search the archives”. just the same, you’d learn a lot about epoxy vs. poly.
Hey Wesley,
I think it’s because you’re quite new that you didn’t know what’s gone down in the past about Epoxy v Poly.
Wars have started, people had their names on hit lists, women pulled their children off the streets, anarchy reigned supreme, rioting mobs roamed the suburbs, food shortages etc etc…
Just type epoxy in the search box and be astounded by the results…
Noone’s trying to take the p155 out of you, just the topic…