Im a rookie wondering if I can get away with a good wet lam and a good wet hot coat or do I really need the 3rd coat??? Looks pretty solid after the 1st hot coat. No air bubble volcanoes or anything weird. Any thoughts from the OG’s would be greatly helpful … Hologram glitter with Amber tint 6’4" single fin swallow tail vintage throw back …
cheers from California
on how good of a sander you are, and what kind of finish you want… I would think if you threw glitter in there, you’d want a gloss & polish after you sanded… after all, fish lures need to be shiny!
I’d say I’m a 7/10 at sanding. I’m going with a behr low luster sealer so semi gloss it will be. The glitter settle nice in the hot coat so thinking sanding down to 320 grit and rub the sealer in a few times. Should sparkle a little for me in the sun
*deck hot coat done 
Depends on how smooth your lam job is.
No lumpy laps makes it possible.
If you wait a day or two, you can pre-sand the corners, and laps with 80 grit white sandpaper.
Either a block or with a sander.
Sets you up for a really gloss-like Hot Coat.
No cheater coat required.
Light and no clothy sand job.
4oz. makes it easier. Less weave.
Vals go home.
Awesome shot.
Where’s that at?
Thanks Barry, it’s off some z town website.http://selvedgeyard.com/tag/z-boys/
I shoot for 1 hot coat and just do a sanded finish. However, I almost always end up doing two hot coats because I usually hit the weave on the first one somewhere…
Thanks da5id, I went pretty thick on lam and hot coat,no puddles or runs.I will try just one hot coat this time! I will sand it lightly and hope not to hit the cloth. This is my 5th board and went 2 coats on the others ,seems to get a lot heavier . I was just curious what the norm was.
I’m with 4 oz. pretty much exclusively and find a medium hot coat, sand and a thin cheater coat results in either scotchbrite or polish and nice, which ever you like.
Dogz
I went with 1 coat and sanded down by hand, I didn’t hit any weave’s or cloth . It worked nice.all,done start to finish in 8 days and saved some resin for the next one!
Danks
