i just laid the glass down (bottom) for my first board and was making my relief cuts for the nose and tail.
the board is a 6’ roundnose fish (i copied a lost)
i was laying my freelaps up by hand just to imagine how they would lay and it seems i will have bunching on the lap that carries around to the deck near the nose and tail. i haven’t seen this discussed on here at all for shortboards, just longboards. so do you guys put cuts every 6" or so along your laps? would it be a straight cut or do you do V’s? i dont want it to be sanding hell when i flip it over to lam the deck
Howzit Flatspell, I make 1 straight cut at the center of the nose. With the proper squeegee technique you should have no problem wrapping the glass,it’s not that hard to do. Aloha, Kokua
i’ve already made the rose and tail cuts. just to clarify, i was worried about the freelaps along the rail bunching up when flipped up. right now, without resin, it seems like it would. being my first board, i just want to make sure i do or don’t have to make cuts along the rail.i’m not sure if the flexibility of the glass, once soaked, will be different. thanks for the help.
Howzit Flatspell, Do you mean you are going to flip the rails up on the board to wet them out? I know there are some people who do this but it’s not really the proper way since it’s hard to get the rails to return to where they were originally. I run a bead of resin around the edge above the rail, then squeegee it to wet out the rails then wet out the the rest and squeegee. Just before I wrap the rails I lay another smaller bead of resin and rewet the rails to have maximum saturation and then wrap the rails. I had a friend come over to glass aboard at my shop and when he said he was going to flip the rails I stepped in and showed him the proper way and he said that he would never flip another rail when lamming. Less messy and a cleaner lay up. The real trick is to wet out your rails without getting drip runs that leave dry areas. Spend a little time with a pro glasser, you’ll be amazed at how much you’ll learn.Aloha, Kokua
sorry for such a confusing post. I am just talking about the glass hanging over the edge right now. ~thumbs length, which will be wrapped under once soaked. I’m worried that when i wrap the freelap under it will bunch up if there isn’t any relief cuts along the hanging glass near the nose and tail because of the curvature.
Flatspell, you can always trim the glass at the nose and tail shorter which wil make it wrap easier, the technique is to push the glass inwards as you wrap. When you see the glass starting to bunch up just stop and work it flat, you’ll figure it out and think to your self how easy it was. Aloha, Kokua