my first tri-color tint job--epoxy

Just did this yesterday. What ya think? Too weird? or not enough?

reminds me of the christmas lights I just hung up around the house…

or actually one of those large multicolored popcicles I used to see as kid but couldn’t afford so we were regulated to those tanaka store frozen shave ice juice in a dixicup with a stick…

very nice shine though

is that an epoxy clear coat or did you cheat and do a poly finish coat?

I’ve only gotten something that shiny and deep using kokua’s finish coat recipe.

I like it, but isn’t it supposed to be yellow in the middle?

It reminds me of those popsicles too! Although I always got ice cream sandwiches.

How did you get that gloss? that looks amazing! Definitely want that on my boards!

That shine is just the epoxy tinted gloss coat. I haven’t sanded the bottom or rails yet, which will dull the shine when the board is dry, but in the water it will shine like the deck. I won’t sand the deck so it will look just like you see it now. As far as polishing the bottom and rails, I’m just too lazy for that. I should put out the effort, but I already don’t really get paid for my work as it is, so why make it even more labor intensive? If I make a custom for someone, I just tell them what to expect. This board is actually my Christmas present to myself. That will give me a 12 day cure and I can take it out Christmas morning.

Thanks, maybe I’ll do yellow on the next one.

Cool. Then you’ll have the worlds biggest traffic light, so you can stop Hicky’s world’s biggest skateboard…

Yeah, it’s almost the same color as a “Big Stik”, ice cream headaches from those in small kid days.

The pic looks like frozen desert, Big Stik in front of one large scoop of vanilla, Santa Village or somethin’…ferro cement? Good call for this island weather. I never liked poking holes in my metal roofs. How’s living in that structure?

Ya, it ferrocement. We love living in it, except it’s been rather cold lately. But on those hot summer days it stays pretty cool in here. It did get hot last summer but after I pressure washed the black moss off the top and painted it white, the temp dropped back down into cool and comfortable. We’ve been called the flintstone house or have been told it looks like a tea kettle house on some kiddy cartoon. Either way, we dig it. Check out my storage/shaping room. Ferrocement arches and a silver tarp which as since been replaced with a custom white tarp. Just another one of my wacky ideas brought to life.

Aloha


i might be me but i looks like the monkey cage at the zoo (not the board)

The board looks really good (nice gloss coat)

but it does look like a cristmas light but good tinting

Wow. Pretty cool construction. Seems cost effective!

Tell me more ,I love the red

Did you lam with color and then do this gloss/tint thing ???

Can you tell me the brand name of the pigment or tint that you used.

I’m in the planning stages of another EPS board. Got some foam but I’m in no hurry to start. Your resin work makes the color look very deep.

Cool shed!

Used scrap steel so your looking at about $900.

Did you lam with color and then do this gloss/tint thing ???

No, it’s way too hectic to lam with so many different colors. I can barley get my lams down using clear resin. Tried to color with the hot coat, but I tend to pull my lams a little dry. That caused the colored hot coat to fill in the dry weave and it really shows by becoming really dark, looks like shit.

So, I’ve resorted to coloring my gloss coats after laming and hot coating in clear. With everything sanded smooth, the colors come out more consistent. Be sure to filter your tinted resin, before adding your hardener. Otherwise you’ll get chunks of tint making pits in your gloss coat. I’ve colored over a colored hot coat before. What will happen is your new tint will totally obscure what under it. So no need for multiple layers unless you go really light on top tint.

I bought my pigments from Fiberglass Supply. Great company to work with. Prices good too. They were all clear pigments. Be careful blending the colors. I used three foam brushes on the three colors and then used a regular brush to do the final nose to tail strokes. Didn’t get the blend I was looking for between the green and blue. You can see it up close but not from a distance. Blend from dark to light if looking for a mix like the red has.

It will look good no matter what you do though. Just don’t over work it or the colors will turn black. Good luck.

Me likey. Just wierd enough. Very unique but still attractive. There’s too much of the same out there. Good job. Interesting technique too.

Where the pigments specific to epoxy resin or are they the same pigments you can buy for poly? Also, how did you filter the resin/color combo before you added hardener?

I have Fiberglass Hawaii here in Santa Cruz…I’m assuming they carry what I need.

Yes, these were epoxy pigments. I bought mine from Fiberglass Supply in Washington. I use a little tea strainer (small metal screen) to filter the resin. Fiberglass Hawaii probably has pigments too.