Used approx 21 oz. Too much, I think. Options?
Sand it down some with 100grit? But won’t it take forever to bring it back up to 600grit for polish? Board seems a little heavy.
L
How much dripped on the floor?
Is it full of runs and voids?
You can sand, but prolly NOT take off 1/2 lbs. on one side.
If it’s heavy, it was prolly gonna be heavy with any kind of gloss.
Go 100, then work your way up, takes about 20 minutes with a power sander, double that by hand.
Good exercise.
hey,
so are you saying that runs and voids are caused by to much resin? This is a recurring problem for me, I never really thought that it might be from too much resin.
thanks
simon.
Liki: Gloss resin is so thin, all the excess will run off the rails. Most problems come from not enough coverage. Sand it off and start again.
Simon: Brushing technique, low temp, resin/catalyst mix, lighting, can all cause voids and/or runs. (1) Have good lighting; no shadows or glare. (2) Do it in 70 degree F temperature without a lot of air movement. (3)Use 1 or 1-1/2% catalyst; I add extra SA and styrene to regular gloss resin (4) Brush crosswise (rail to rail) once starting at the middle. Go lengthwise twice. Use a 4" brush fairly thick bristles and not too much pressure.
There’s a fine line beween too much and too little. It’s like the hotcoat, if you puddle it on, right before it kicks it’s going to try to pull away from the main flow around the rails, just like an Iceberg breaking off. It pulls off all the wax, and your stuck with either a brain looking fissure board, or you have a sticky mess where the pull apart happened.
I always mix up too much gloss, about 16 oz per side of an 9 ft board. I put all the gloss on, spread it all over. Then I pull it off after I know that the board is completely covered. I use a huge 5 in house trim brush, super soft bristles. There is some waste on the floor, but i know that i get the exact thickness of gloss I’m looking for. What is that thickness? impossible to explain, really easy to show. There’s no rule that says you can’t sand the gloss like a hotcoat. Even if you sand through the gloss to the hotcoat you can still polish out a hot coat to a super shine. I’ve done plenty of boards with a polished hotcoat. Just don’t hit the weave. So sand your gloss with 100, then 150, then 220, then 320, then 400, then 600, then 800, then 1200, then 1500, then polish it out, then put Lemon Pledge. on it…you can make them as shiny as you want, it will be shiny
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There’s a fine line beween too much and too little. It’s like the hotcoat, if you puddle it on, right before it kicks it’s going to try to pull away from the main flow around the rails, just like an Iceberg breaking off. It pulls off all the wax, and your stuck with either a brain looking fissure board, or you have a sticky mess where the pull apart happened.
I always mix up too much gloss, about 16 oz per side of an 9 ft board. I put all the gloss on, spread it all over. Then I pull it off after I know that the board is completely covered. I use a huge 5 in house trim brush, super soft bristles. There is some waste on the floor, but i know that i get the exact thickness of gloss I’m looking for. What is that thickness? impossible to explain, really easy to show. There’s no rule that says you can’t sand the gloss like a hotcoat. Even if you sand through the gloss to the hotcoat you can still polish out a hot coat to a super shine. I’ve done plenty of boards with a polished hotcoat. Just don’t hit the weave. So sand your gloss with 100, then 150, then 220, then 320, then 400, then 600, then 800, then 1200, then 1500, then polish it out, then put Lemon Pledge. on it…you can make them as shiny as you want, it will be shiny
For the deck I only used approx 14 oz. After 5-minutes got some voids, brushed them out and took the board very slowly outside. The UV kicked in and everything looks good. The board before sanding is 6’3" 9 lbs. I will sand it down to a little gloss on, or back to hot. Gloss IS stronger, right? Might sand less on the deck.
Like everyone else, it’s a constant battle between lightness and strength. I think I’m going to venture into epoxy resin land and see what that does.
mahalo,
L