Eric J, and oceans and bert,
thanks very much for all your input . Eric, if you want, I could send you a 'pm' with a photo or two as I [hopefully!] 'progress' in this...
My shaping and glassing skills are sad, to say the least. [But, without the practice, how would / will they ever improve ??]
I guess it’s the flex [or not], and the epoxy resin process[es] that I want to try out this time around. I’m not sure 5’9 x 18 x 2 3/8 were the dimensions I really wanted to start with, but that’s what I ended up with now the tail and fin snapped, stripping the ol’ single ! I really need to work from a new blank…maybe NEXT time !
Now, to the epoxy resin…
On say, a 70-80 degree day, how long am I looking at for it to "go off " enough to allow me to flip the board , baste the laps [if needed], and glass the other side ? Fortunately, Perth does not get really humid this time of year [our spring].
Question 2 : -
How much less noticeable/ obnoxious is the smell than polyester ? I’m laminating in a block of flats [‘apartments’], so wouldn’t want a bad smell lingering longer than the polyester does !
Thanks for your help everyone who has contributed!
ben
ps - the stringered blank I’m working on [slowly… very very slowly…] at the moment has a 13 1/2" nose and a 12 1/2 "tail, it’s a rounded pin. I wanted to leave those parts fairly wide to help with a bit of float, hopefully.
I’m used to a 7’ x 20 x 2 7/8" single fin, and a 5’11 x 20 x 2 1/2 fish - the 2 boards I ride the most from the quiver.
[Probably why I was thinking of the ‘mid-range’ / averaged size of the 6’4 x 20 x 2 1/2 [Cooper photo ] template for the stringerless polyurethane blank , I guess. My next project…]