the clear is to back fill a dry or super tight light lamination so pin air will not be a problem
cooperfish puts the second layer of clear glass so the sander can make it flat without going into the color lam or laps
we will use clear to seal up a board (usually with biofoam) but also if the board has been painted so that there is no crystallization or bleeding. sometimes you can do the resin swirl or acid splash on the foam and then do clear over, looks the same as if you do it in the lam though
coming to ireland soon!!
well I know how to do Plad
It was a pain ,needed extra hands
epoxy bottom Lam
hey i like the plaid job ken, do you use smaller cups and pour a finer line to do the squares or is it a syringe? i was gunna try a plaid/checkered pattern on my next board you and vader have inspired me. why no cut lap, are you gunna do a deck inlay?
looks good, great work
LasOlas
I used hair dye squirt bottles
1 black
1 red
1 white
all opaque
had to refill a few times
flooded with red tint
had to work fast ,epoxy wanted to go thermal
There is a cut lap now, when I took the pics it was still wet
the last pic you can see the tape line
this is the board with the veneer deck
6’2"-20"-2 1/4" Rasta Board
Recent custom request with the Rasta colors.
Acrylic paint on EPS applied with the squeeze bottles like Kensurf and squeegee’d.
That Rasta stuff was a real popular color combo back in the late 80’s/ mid 90’s.
Did my share of them on Rusty’s and G&S’s then.
hiya ken !
… does that board have fcs ?
[ i ask , because i have tartan material i can use for some side fins for it , if you like ?]
cheers mate !
ben
LasOlas
here’s the deck lamed up
you can see the cutlap now
the English Sycamore veneer has some ribbon’s in it
sweet!
ken, looks amazing. cloth inlay? u gunna do a pin line? i want to see pictures after its polished up.
really, really nice work
Chipster
Center box 10.5" and Probox side bites
I allready got a fin set up
2+1 Guy Tatayama Mantra’s
red tint of course!
no cloth inlay this time, I will do one some day
pinline’s ,yes deffinetly
gloss polish,for sure!
oh, just saw the post again i missed it the first time, i was too caught up looking at the pictures. sycamore veneer- much cooler than an inlay.
Hey Ken-
Wheres a good place to buy wood veneer here in OC? How’d you stick down the inlay-Vacuum bag maybe? I had a few customer asking about wood veneer inlays for their boards. So far I’ve either been faux painting it or been inkjet printing a wood texture on fabric and glassing that in instead, but I’d rather use the real thing.
Thanks,
-Atom
atomized
yes vacuum bag
Veneer Products in paramount
562-529-5595
ask for Rob Mars
tell him Bro Ken sent ya
Some of the stuff is exotic and pricey
made to order
Hey thanks!
All good
we should meet up and have a beer sometime
I hot/sand coated her today
heres a fresh shot of the bottom
I forgot to snap a pic of the deck before I flipped it
I’ll get one later tonight after the F’n slow ass epoxy sets
first attempt at an epoxy swirl. just need to get some proboxes…
