I got myself a nice deal on a showroom model Lieuwe shotgun kiteboard.
The problem is that there are plenty people with the same board on my homespot. So for style points and to recognise my own board I want to add some graphics to the deck.
On my home build foil board I did some ricepaper graphics in between the glass layers.
But now I need to put the graphic on top of the existing ‘’floodcoat’’.
The wear on the position where I want to place the graphic should be minimum, so I hope I can get away with placing the graphic without an extra layer of glass.
Wat is the best way of approaching this? And any tips and thoughts are welcome.
Did a sketch of the design, picture below to get an idea wat the end result should be.
After thinking about it, a light piece of glass will be the safest bet.
Somebody suggested using peelply on top, some thoughts on this?
Wat would be the advantage of this?
Skateboard deck builders would have problems applying a laminate directly to the deck without the paper edges curling up when applying.
But in theory, it is likely that Jimmy Lewis’ “Poor Man’s Vacuum” method might work well for your objective. (Uses a sheet of thin polyethylene plastic — like a cheap Walmart plastic painter’s drop cover). At 6:27 in the video below.
You could use a smaller piece of plastic to hold the rice paper laminate flat against the deck surface. Then when RP laminate bonding resin is tack free, come back with a thin final resin coat. If you don’t want to coat the entire deck with resin, you could tape off the areas needed before initial and final coats.
Do some test runs with unprinted pieces of rice paper on some scrap smooth surfaces.
BTW don’t believe peel ply leaves a smooth surface when you pull it off.
