leash loop

I am going to try a leash loop on the board I am currently making. I have read the archives and my question is: Do you build the loop after everything is hot coated and sanded or on top of the lam coat? I was going with on top of the hot coat. Thanks, Frank

That’s the way I was taught how to do it…On top of a well sanded hotcoat. Fan both ends of the rope out, then lay a patch of 4oz. over the top of that…