I’m planning to do a colour work on my next board for another friend of mine, have gone through threads and vids, however I’d like your opinion on what technique to use.
What I want to do: One single colour, on the whole board (probably a yellow/mustard). I’m using epoxy on PU blank.
However, I also:
want to see the stringer
do not want to see darker overlaps
do not want to have a pin-line
Therefore, I want one smooth colour throughout.
Options I think I have available:
Do foam stain with resin tint on each side, taping off half way down the rails on each side.
Do resin tint bottom lam with deck inlay lam (also resin tint same colour)
Are there any other options? What would you recommend?
With both options, how do you get “exactly” the same colour for both deck and bottom - do you make a master batch of un-catalysed resin/tint and use half for each side (catalysing it just before doing the lam), or do you rely on very accurate mixing ratios each time to hope it comes out the same when it dries?
Sounds like you need to paint the blank mustard yellow. Doing tint or opaque will show darker overlaps, no matter what, thats why we do cut laps. And if you do bad cutlaps, then you put pinlines over them. The better the cut lap, the thinner the pinline…the worse the thicker the pinline. If you do perfect cutlaps, then you don’t need pinlines…do you do perfect cutlaps…err… it sounds like you have never done a cutlap before.
If you dont spary the blank then glass celar, then you have to do cutlaps if you want to still see the stringer. That’s the only way…no way around it. i have spoken…
Plus epoxy with color will blush and froth a bit on the rails, So you have that issue to. epoxy is best clear, or with lighter cloth,…ie 4 oz.
… why not spray the blank , mask the stringer , [strip off the masking tape , prior to laminating ] , then laminate with POLYESTER resin , since you are using a polyURETHANE blank ?
There’s probably not much point in making things hard[er] for yourself…
Thanks guys, sounds like a good easy way to achieve what I’m after.
Resinhead - thanks mate I’ve actually done more cut laps than free laps so far as I prefer the end result regardless of color/artwork or clear board.
When you’re mixing up specialty colors it’s always recommended to mix up a “master batch” in a small cup that you use to add to both the top and bottom during lamination. You’ll drive yourself mad trying to match the color and it always seems to come out a bit different regardless. Foam stains last longer and look more rich in our opinion but an airbrush is much easier.