Sorry, I had to step up my finish time due to the swell forecast so I have been busy.
The reason I like epoxy is it smells less and you have a little more control- time when you are setting the cork on the board. And the edge is stronger-cleaner with the epoxy ramp at the cork.
The glass under the skin comes from Bert’s advice on Compsands. A layer of 2oz wetted out has less resin than just putting it on the skin. Probably not necessary with the cork working as a bleeder for the extra epoxy, but it is easy to see the cloth get saturated and stronger.
When I do the cork by my self I peel back half of the skin and wet out the glass on 1/2 of the board. Then I back butter the edge of the cork with epoxy and repeat on the other side. Next I put down a layer of Saran Wrap over the wet parts. Then a little tape and plastic wrap- tie down material. Picking resin stuck tape off of boards is a pain! After it is wrapped I slide it in the bag and suck out the air with a shop vacuum. Then I massage the bag to wher I want it and hook it up to my vacuum pump- fridge compressor. With a new bag it ties on every 5 minutes because my connection leaks a little.
I like to take the board out of the bag when the epoxy is slightly sticky so you can fix any little trouble spots by hand or with tape.
The swell prediction on Wednesday was golden good on Surfline 12@18 seconds so I worked early gave it a quick and dirty sand job and paddled out at OB. It duck dives and floats high enough to make it over the boils in the moat between sand bars. After a good 50 minutes I made it out at Sloat and got 3 waves before dark. Fun! I only missed about one hour of my wife’s Solstice party. 
More sanding and testing needed. It’s a great start considering only two of us made it out and my other friend broke his 8’.
I haven’t been on Swaylocks in a long time.
Come back to see this thread. WooHoo!
Great looking board Ian!
I’m loving the colors and the build.
Also, the finbox fix was brilliant!
I too am a fan of the exposed cork decks.
I just put that traction pad that you gave me onto my blue twinzer and added cork in front of that.
No more wax!
you are riding that board in san francisco even better love it!
Great thread, lavarat. Thanks for putting that up. Love the colors. How’d you get the print off the cork? Did I miss something?
all the best
GregTate…
Flip it over.
The print is only on one side.
Hi Greg,
I sanded off the print in 5 minutes. The curl works better with the print up and the smooth side down. Wax is Gross.!
My friends are calling it the Rainbow Warrior…
Thanks guys,
Ian
Doh
I guess i’m the one who should say “doh”
Hahaha
Went out in some very good sharky surf today with the Stretch quad fins. My first wave was great. I waited for a bigger outside wave- only a few feet overhead. I got in early on the bouncing wedge off a cliff and made 3 sections and got in and out of a tube. Supper fast down the line. After a few long rides I let my friend try it, and he wouldn’t give it back. All ways a good sign. Fun!
Fun!
Board looks great Ian!!!
Hi Huck,
Pretty close- I put a picture of my fin set up numbers and notes on page #1.
My gun and step-up for this season.
nice boards! - thanks I went back and found it, dunno how I missed that.
I don’t wanna sidetrack this awesome thread, but how did you do that, Huck? (Estimate so closely to the actual placement from a picture.)
Crickey. How long is your real gun, Ian?
hey NSB, I just figured average fin base at approx. 4", and using that as a unit of measurement it looked like 2 fin bases up to the back edge of the rears, and a half a fin base from the front of the rears to the back of of the front fins.
If you know the length of the fin boxes installed, the placement estimate could be fairly accurate. Especially using the picture at this link:
http://www.swaylocks.com/comment/531667#comment-531667
Very nice board lavarat. I like the colors too.
10’10" --foam is your friend!
Ian - board came out killer.
Hope you keep it in 1 pc.
Thanks for posting info on the cork deck.