Apologies for the redundant photos in the last. Didn't show up in the preview.
Wow. Nice swirl work. Shape, too. Bravo!
here are a few more customs i did, all boards made start to finish
6’1" thruster, 4 oz bottom and 4+4 oz deck, acid splash top and bottom. i was bummed on the deck, all the brown went to the bottom of the bucket and washed out a really cool splash when i poured the fill. oh well, live and learn
9’0" log with green tint and yellow/splash resin panels and a 6’6" single fin with opaque blue-green lam and resin flares on the deck- (this board also got some awesome free-hand pinlines after these shots were taken, ill try and post if i can get pictures
Hey Ken your board looks awesome! I have a question about the technique, may be somebody could help me! i want to design my next board with two colors. The deck should be blue and the bottom red. Is it possible to glass the deck first with blue resin (cut to the edge) and after that color the bottom with red resin (cutlap)?
will the red color cover the blue colors
If you use opaque color (solid) I think it will hide the first color. tints will show through
do the lighter color first if your gonna overlap
you could butt the colors together at the cutlap line
anything is possible
Ok Ken, thx for the fast reply! Could you tell how you have made it?
1. First color or tint the bottom (cut over the lap)
2. tape the cuted overlap..and tape it again
3. Glass the deck and cut the patch......?
Sorry for the 100 of question, but it will be my first try:)
I cannot convey my lust for those boards accurately with only words.
Dims on the 8’2"?
Chris, what I would do is this: blue foam stain on deck (masking away the future cutlap line), then glassing the bottom with red tinted resin, cutlap, then glass deck with two clear coats. Just my two (Euro) cents…
hey chris
I think you got the idea
also what balsa sugested would be a safe and easy way to go
I have yet to try a foam stain (someday)
also you should expect a little color bleed through at the cut lap line espessialy if you are using EPS foam
use good tape!
show us your stuff
Hey balsa!
I was wondering how you do the foam stain? Is there a particular product to use for it or is it just a thin layer of resin straight on the foam…? Curious, as it would be nice to be able to get this kind of effect and not have to worry about the craziness of trying to get clear resin into the laps and keeping the tinted/pigmented resin in the middle (what I tried on my last two boards with… extremely limited success… = I’ll post pics of 'em when I get some). Be nice to just not worry about colour for the deck lam…
Thanks for any tips!
…btw that big leviathan you posted earlier… epic! I would not want to take that shaping challenge on, let alone glassing… nice work.
That’s why I happily left the glassing part to Jérôme and his crew of trained craftsmen… I hear they played it safe and glassed it with two guys, one on each side… According to PierreB, the result is just great. (I haven’t seen the board in person since it was glassed, only photos).
Foam stain: easy, just make sure your deck is smoothly finished as any irregularity will show (even more so than with glass). Pure laminating resin with pigment in it. mask off the parts you don’t want to have colored, then squeegee as you would do with a “normal” lamination. Just like a lamination, you’re aiming at a regular spreading of resin, no darker or lighter spots. Here’s one I did (tangerine foam-stained deck, turquoise swirled bottom):
THX @ Balsa and Ken for all advices! I will try to do my best:)
Awesome, thanks for the extra info! Is there anything I have to do if using epoxy resin in particular? …maybe sand it a bit before lamming…? or should it be ok as long as I keep it clean between the foam staining and the lam?
I can easily imagine that it would take two people to safely glass that big board! …I would want someone to help lam and someone standing by to mix more resin in case of panic… I panic a lot when glassing! 
foam staing epoxy gives me the willies
Can’t say for epoxy, I only use PE. Better ask one of the epoxy pros.
9ft 1 green opauqe for stoked customer. no polish cuz its cheap
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8' x 23 1/2 " x 3 3/4 " triple blue lam, fake triple stringer, thruster set up
…hello Silly,
you say opaque but I can see very well the stringer from here…
the outline looking very good and the stablizers looking very tilted for a what seems 2+1
-hey Tjrm63
very nice outline may be I refined a bit the thickness in the very ends
Thank you Reverb