i read the second half ,and skimmed that as well you have suffered well grasshopper, you are greater for it, go forth and do the stteps to finish. ask what would rich harbor do? … ambrose…a fine gloss and polish with no burn throughs
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I wanna make a part 2 to this:
talk me into doing a gloss coat.
Why spend more money and hours on fine sanding and polishing to a shiny finish so you can scuff it up dragging it around on a sandy beach?
I used to do a second layer of glass after the fin boxes are set and leave it without a fill, but the initial lamination was sealed. I was thinking that a slightly textured bottom might be faster than a smooth one. I still have those boards, and they worked well.
In the early 70’s we would have a deck patch that was left textured to grab the wax better. Modern wax doesn’t need that, but the old days with the parafin wax, it helped.
Yeah we used to melt paraffin in a can and brush it on too. Was hell on the knees and tits.
I used to always wear a tee shirt to keep the stomach/tit rash to a minimum. Now it’s a rash guard or a thin wetsuit top.
go look at the old board w/out a gloss see the xposed weave? those rndom unsaturated fibers a r e the xpressway to those mysterious brown spots … appearing in undamaged areas of the aging glass job…lets make apart 3… how to pursue the disposable p.u. board, construct the plan for 1/4 ass glass job leave out the deck now the truth an the way to ancient durability boards found in the depths of the pyramids… seal after the bottom 3’’ overlap and leave out the bottom hot coat after the lam {call that a filler coat out loud } then when you color the deck hot coat that too now sand the whole board before laminating the deck tail patch i/3, then a deck patch 2/3 then the full deck of course the full deck down first then he deck patch then the tail patchon top did I say no dentatitus?… ambrose…
That usually means water intrusion over time rather than a one-off issue. What you’re seeing—the brown spots—is pretty typical when moisture slowly works its way through the fiberglass and starts affecting the foam core underneath. It’s not just cosmetic either; it suggests the seal isn’t holding somewhere.
That’s right. Knew a guy on Maui that was a hack. He had a good line of $#!t. Blew around like he was something he obviously was NOT! Shaped a crap longboard. Did a crap glass job. And then over sanded and burned through his hotcoat. Usually it took less than a month for the board to start going brown. ALL of his customers were “one offs”.
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