Middle green square and top left red square a true marble swirls. Top right blue square and bottom right pink square are new swirl patterns that we call retro swirls. Bottom left square is a resin splash.
Retro swirls are created using four (or more) smaller cups poured all together at once moving in a circular pattern (The pink board we poured in more of an “S” pattern). The more hands the better!
Resin Splash is created using a ladder and actually flinging the resin towards the board from the top. The more force the better the splash pattern! Extremely messy as you can imagine.
For bright vivid rails have someone hold out the cloth and pour your rails first! Always leave a little space for the “mud” to fill in this ties in your color pattern. Then work to the center of your board. To get the brightest color use only fresh resin (do not reuse resin running off the rails) and pour in this order: rails, nose, tail, and then slowly work up the board towards the center. This way you are pouring your new resin on fresh cloth. The old resin is running down the board, following the nature curve of the board, on top of already poured spots so it doesn’t affect the pattern. This is how you always get clean bright colors. (whatever hits the cloth first wins!) Troy
I would assume you could do this with epoxy…you are just mixing pigments. But a little heads up, epoxy is expensive and you will be using a lot of resin to get crisp swirls. You wouldnt believe the amount of resin we use for swirls.
You’re really coming along! You have always had the knack for glassing, but it looks like your shapes are getting a lot more refined too! Keep up the good work.
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It’s possible to spray acrylics and get those patterns/colors.
Our first glasser moved on to LocalMotion in like '72, and became their airbrusher of some of the most amazing phycomodelic color jobs. He made more money than the shapers, glassers, and sander/polishers combined.
Shows some peeps just care more about asthetics than function.
Aquafiend you can do the same effects with UNDILUTED acrylic paints on the foam. Do any of the oldsters remember the Corky Carroll Model Hobies with their acid splash color? all done with paint
Just like doing a lamination, pour out material, squeegee off, I never saw crystalization in the old days, Dion resin, lots of resin solids, and pure styrene, not this shit we have now.
I was at the Outer Banks last year and ran into Lynn Shell, who shapes for HIC, he showed m some board that had resin swirls squeegeed onto the foam. Area Taped off, graphics taped off, pour resin and squeegee off excess. I am sure this is being done very quick with minimal resin to attain a smooth finish for laminating over but it looked really good. The splashes were on deck. It thought it was a cool alternative to paint and you don’t have to worry about crystalization. Just the resin kicking if you fart around too long.
