Here’s an order that I just finished, a bit out of the usual routine since the guy asked for a tint top and bottom but with the rails left white. It’s an 8’4" x 22" x 3" (or something like that…)
Here is the tinted 6 oz deck patch:
Same thing on the bottom:
The board has been glassed, hot-coated, glossed and is about to be wet-sanded and polished:
Another three photos in the next post…
Just out of the polishing stage:
Blue boards rule!..
…so you put 2 cloth onto the bottom? or
put 1 and a big overlap?, but in this case the board will be more fragile (1 cloth less enveloped the rails…)
Deck and bottom are the same: one tinted “patch” is cut 1" from the rail, then another 6 oz layer comes on top and overlaps the rail. That’s two layers on the rails instead of three in a “normal” combo. But when using two layers on top, the first is usually cut at the apex of the rail, only the second really overlaps. The strength (against breakage) mostly comes from the gutter-like shape of the laps. One more layer stopping at the apex is just against dings and pressure spots. So I don’t think it will be that much more fragile.
…ok…and you suppose that will be not pressure dents near the rails?, because you have 1 cloth in this area…
anyway, looks good
very nice balsa. a really different look with those clear rails. i love the quality of the finish you achieve with your boards. good on you mate.
i love the matching blue fins! nice stuff balsa!
Was your customer’s rationale that most dings occur at the rails, and that ding repair cosmetics will be easier with untinted rails? Or was it a purely aesthetic decision?
-Samiam
Balsa pour le président!!
J’aime votre balsa de travail !
Ant!
Was your customer’s rationale that most dings occur at the rails, and that ding repair cosmetics will be easier with untinted rails? Or was it a purely aesthetic decision?
-Samiam
Hi Samiam, purely aesthetics…
Balsa pour le président!!
J’aime votre balsa de travail !
Ant!
Thanks heaps, maaaaaaate!
Not sure I would make such a good president, though…