We are wanting to get a facility up and running to shape our surfboards. We want to know how big of an area we will need. What size should the shaping, sanding, glassing rooms be? Any help will be welcomed. Thanks, Mike
A good size for a shaping room is 10’ x 16’-18’. You want your low-level lighting fairly close to the board, so anything over 10’ might diffuse too much. The length of the room depends on how much other stuff you want to have handy. Cabinets for tools fit well at either end, or under the lights. As far as sanding or glassing…heck, I don’t know…I do it all in the same room!
A good size for a shaping room is 10’ x 16’-18’. You want your low-level lighting fairly close to the board, so anything over 10’ might diffuse too much. The length of the room depends on how much other stuff you want to have handy. Cabinets for tools fit well at either end, or under the lights. As far as sanding or glassing…heck, I don’t know…I do it all in the same room!
Hey Doug, What do you do about foam dust laying around when you glass. And what about resin drip, do you have a catch, or let it fall on the floor? Seems two of the difficulties with shaping and glassing in the same room.
Hey Doug, What do you do about foam dust laying around when you glass. And what about resin drip, do you have a catch, or let it fall on the floor? Seems two of the difficulties with shaping and glassing in the same room.
For dust: Herb uses two large/cheap fans to blow the dust towards a fine spray of mist. 5 PVC mist attachments can be purchases for about $17. Mist collects the dust, wait to dry then sweep. Fine dust usually floats higher and longer so a box attached to the ceiling with air filters on each end and a fan to pull the air should help keep the fine dust out of your lungs and glass job. Search Google for “dust controll” or “dust collection” lots of stuff out there. Resin drip: use epoxy resin and use less (w/ less drip); cardboard on the floor to collect any drips.
For dust: Herb uses two large/cheap fans to blow the dust towards a fine spray of mist. 5 PVC mist attachments can be purchases for about $17. Mist collects the dust, wait to dry then sweep. Fine dust usually floats higher and longer so a box attached to the ceiling with air filters on each end and a fan to pull the air should help keep the fine dust out of your lungs and glass job. Search Google for “dust controll” or “dust collection” lots of stuff out there. Resin drip: use epoxy resin and use less (w/ less drip); cardboard on the floor to collect any drips.
If you’re going to have a dedicated glassing room, Jon Carper has a good solution, as shown in his Glassing 101 video. He puts 2" - 3" of clean washed sand on the floor. Once a week they just rake up the hardened resin which isn’t really “stuck” to anything, and then they throw it out. Works pretty slick. Doug
If you’re going to have a dedicated glassing room, Jon Carper has a good solution, as shown in his Glassing 101 video. He puts 2" - 3" of clean washed sand on the floor. Once a week they just rake up the hardened resin which isn’t really “stuck” to anything, and then they throw it out. Works pretty slick. Doug
Rook, By the way, my “shop” is a modified closed-in horse stall with a dirt floor. For dust, I blow it out with compressed air, then wet down the floor with a mist of water before glassing. It’s not the ideal situation, but it has worked faily well. I’m like most of us; we’re trying to do the best we can with what we’ve got. With care, good results can come out of the most unlikely places. Doug
Rook, By the way, my “shop” is a modified closed-in horse stall with a dirt floor. For dust, I blow it out with compressed air, then wet down the floor with a mist of water before glassing. It’s not the ideal situation, but it has worked faily well. I’m like most of us; we’re trying to do the best we can with what we’ve got. With care, good results can come out of the most unlikely places. Doug
Howzit Doug, I’ve had a dirt floor shop for the last 6 years and even though some people shook their heads it has worked out really good. I put a layer of sand ( the kind used for mixing grout ) on top of the dirt to keep the dust down,you can also use ground up coral. At first I used beach sand but it likes to shift around and I don’t recommend it but coral and grout sand interlocks and stays put. I usually put down a layer every 6 months or so. When the resin mound gets to high I get out the sledge hammer and break it up and haul it to the dump. Aloha, Kokua
Howzit Doug, I’ve had a dirt floor shop for the last 6 years and even though some people shook their heads it has worked out really good. I put a layer of sand ( the kind used for mixing grout ) on top of the dirt to keep the dust down,you can also use ground up coral. At first I used beach sand but it likes to shift around and I don’t recommend it but coral and grout sand interlocks and stays put. I usually put down a layer every 6 months or so. When the resin mound gets to high I get out the sledge hammer and break it up and haul it to the dump. Aloha, Kokua
let your resin drip on the floor, it makes your stands really stable. If your in a building with a concrete floor some type of padding is nice.
let your resin drip on the floor, it makes your stands really stable. If your in a building with a concrete floor some type of padding is nice.
Howzit Victor, Use roofing tar paper on the floor, that way when the resin mound gets up to your ankles you can remove the paper and replace it. This is a time honored way to protect that concrete floor, since resin will stick to it and then you’ll need a jack hammer to remove it. The silica sand that JC uses works also. Aloha, Kokua
Howzit Victor, Use roofing tar paper on the floor, that way when the resin mound gets up to your ankles you can remove the paper and replace it. This is a time honored way to protect that concrete floor, since resin will stick to it and then you’ll need a jack hammer to remove it. The silica sand that JC uses works also. Aloha, Kokua
An 8 ft shett of plywood does good for for those
An 8 ft shett of plywood does good for for those
thanks for all the help!