Newbie cloth questions

Hi,

So my surfing buddy and I are close to hot wiring our first boards.  Mine is a 6’0" retro fish (2.5" thick) and his is a 6’0" (3.0" thick) single fin egg.  Both will be built from 2.5 EPS.  Anyway, I haven’t done much research regarding cloth weight and the books I am using are pre-epoxy.  Could you guys give me some basic recommendations for what weight to glass these in and maybe some online reading recommendations.  We will be using RR resin.

Thanks,

Simon

Typical construction is 2 lb foam and 6oz glass, one layer bottom, two layers deck. With 2.5 lb. foam, you might be able to get away with a lighter glass bill… maybe 4oz bottom and 6x4 deck, but I’ve never done it. Maybe somebody else here has…

2.5 pound EPS is SOOOOOOOOO nice!

You can certainly go double 4 oz on the deck with single 4oz bottom.

I would recommend a fin patch on the bottom to help reinforce the area where the boxes/fins will attach.

You can even trim the 4oz on the deck down off the nose and tail a bit so that it’s not necessarily double 4oz throughout.

2.5lb is some tough stuff…great to shape.

good luck!