ShortBoard Nose - Extra Resin?

I have seen a lot of shortbaords in surf shops with a little extra resin beyond the nose.  I can’t find a picture of it, but it looks like maybe 1/4" of resin that follows the contour of the board and extends beyond the stringer/foam - no glass, just resin.   My question is twofold:

1- Anyone know what this “extra” resin is all about?  What function does it serve?

2- If useful, does anyone have any tips on how to add this to my board?  I am in the hotcoat phase and I am guessing this is where this comes in but not sure.

 

Thanks for any help/info.

Hobbiest warning

Like this pic? a bit of extra durability when storing boards on the nose? that’s why I do it anyway. Though I think a bead of straight resin would just crack off. cut your lam glass to leave a bit hanging off the tip when laminating bottom, the curl should form a little cup. when you flip to lam the other side let resin fill it in along with a bit of your lam glass hangin again. let it build up then when hard you can grind it shape it to your liking

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Helps stop the nose from chipping and is put “on” at the glassing stage. Making the funnel out of fibreglass and filling it with resin is a real bitch to learn though.

Perfect – exactly what I was looking for – thanks to you both.  I am building my 1st board and I am past the glass stage so I am going to have to pass on the extra resin.  I guess I will just buy one of those nose guard rubber triangles to protect my nose.  Anyway – thanks for the function and explaining how to do it!

you could tape a resin dam and fill it with choped glass and resin

Awesome Tip Bud ( no pun intended) :slight_smile:

Always did mine with a little extra hot coat resin but that would make it heaps stronger!