Hello there all. Im loving doing fabric inlays and I thought I would just throw out this question for those in the know…
" Where does the fabric inlay come from "
Cant remember who told me but someone once told me that before there was any other ways of adding color etc to a board that guys would use the back portion of thier Hawaiian shirts and glass it on. Is there any truth to this or did i just make it up after a few beers? Any info, as allways, would be greatly appreciated . Thanks.
I think you made that up.
Ha ha ! I was convinced I heard that somewhere! never mind, thanks for the info… While im on the subject , when doing an inlay, in this case a nose patch on a clear board with a deck pinline… Would you -
a - Lam the base , cut lap and then do inlay, then lam deck as normal… Or -
b - do inlay first on shaped blank, then lam base wrapping round to cutlap, then lam deck as normal. ?
Does it matter? I feel it may be easier to do inlay first but what do you think?
As always, thanks for any info.
For a cloth inlay, on the nose, on the deck, the bottom was glassed first, to a cut lap. Then the cloth inlay was done, to the cut lap. Then the deck was glassed. Always make sure you are using cotton, or silk cloth. Synthetics run the risk of melting into a wad of goo. How do you suppose I know that, eh?
In the Velzy Bio “Dale Velzy is Hawk” there’s a story told by Greg Noll about how back in the early 50’s cartoon characters were common artwork painted on the nose of many people’s boards:
But Velzy had a pair of lace panties from his latest conquest glassed onto his…
I had a Noll with a cool cloth inlay. Its the board I never should have sold.
Thanks all for the responses… I will try and upload some photos of this inlay when its finished.