THANKS, Eric and Bert!
Well, it sounds like there’s a pretty good reason we don’t see stringerless boards around much anymore !
Although it may seem a waste of time / money to some and pointless in view of the information received, I STILL want to go ahead with making it fairly thin , perhaps with only one or a coupla 4oz layers on the deck, and with one 4oz bottom…
Why ? It may be a ‘mushy’ flex, but I’m interested to feel some flex…
[an aside: The boards I have made in the past have always ended up at least 2 1/2" thick with double 6oz decks, finbox thickness pods, 6oz bottoms [mostly flat bottoms].
IF ‘Multifins’ had made a thinner box, I’d definately have gone thinner already, with my boxed fin boards. I really like the option of boxes, ESPECIALLY on the singles I make… I’ve always loved being able to play around with different fin templates , materials, and placements !]
Bert, Eric, [Greg Loehr, if you’re there…]
I welcome your feedback on going say 2 3/8" [absolute MAX!] thickness [glassed]… with just 1 layer 4 or 6oz…epoxy only … Bad or okay idea, you reckon ?
I’m really wanting to hear from someone who has done this…what happened to the board over say six months/ or, years [IF it lasted a long time!].
Also, pitfalls with glassing with epoxy ? Rail lap problems compared with polyester… or not?!
Any gelling problems ?..I’ve read some good stuff of yours in the archives Greg, just wondering if you do/did much polyurethane blank with epoxy [in the '70’s? was that the main available blank then, or were you using polystyrene blanks from the get go ? pardon my ignorance…]
Sorry if I ask a lot of questions , guys…I just like to get as much information available as possible from EXPERIENCED people before embarking on a new project , that’s all, in the hope that my “new project” will turn out well…
So, regarding possibly using 1 layer 4 or 6oz top and bottom, when glassing with epoxy, can I have some feedback from anyone who has actually DONE this, please ?
WOULD it be too fragile with ‘normal’ resin with that setup on my stringerless blank ?
Without a stringer will the board twist / lose what flex it has over a short period of time…like the 70’s fibreglass flexi skaties my mates rode, and the flexi fin on my Wilderness 1969 s-deck ?
Bert, bluejuice, any other ‘w’ozzies’ out there… are Sorenson’s and Kirkside the best epoxy suppliers in the perth metro area, you reckon ?
Any particular thing to ask / look out for ?
…can I use normal MEKP with epoxy, or not ?
okay, thanks in advance for your help, guys !
"chip"