Im looking for some clear definition on the why and how of a good old tiger striping lam job.
All the wonderful info here has indicated that i should start with my undercatted colored lam resin, stripe board. Once this is completed flood with base color.
My question is, do you let the striped lam kick off before you flood (either partially or??) or do you simply pour stripes and pour base coat.
Also, im curious as to the why of this process, why not just base coat the board then add stripes right after, i dont quite understand the difference. Id love to hear from the masters. Thanks!
Help me understand the term, Tiger striping? Do you mean a resin swirl in a linear pattern, or an actual Tony the Tiger strip job? Or something that looks like a mexican blanket?
Most undefined color work is done in the layup. If you want something with crisp lines in some form of geometric shape, then it is done in colored panels on top of the hot coat. You do it on top of the hotcoat because it won’t seep or bleed if you do it properly. Resin panels on foam will always leak some, so they will have to be followed up with a pinline.
mexi blanket style. I was under the impression that it was called tiger striping (this was a term i used at channins years ago to get a board done this way…also how boards on site like the cooperfish site seem to refer to this int job by. Thanks!
here is another great example. in this pic based on the sways instructions i am to pour the multi colored stripes on the glass first the flood with the base color (orange in this case). Is this true and if so why not pour the orange first then pour on the colored lines and squeegee?
Nice Job Ken!!! Ken answered your question by saying where the color hits…it sticks. If you flood the background color first, then apply the stripes, they wont have any cloth to saturate and will not show up. Make sense??
ok guys that what i thought. Once the stripes are poured do you immidiatly flood with base color or let it kick, and or are the striped poured and squeegeed or is it all done post flood. sorry for all the questions, im just trying to wrap my head around the ‘why’ of all of this. Thanks!
Stripes can be tough to control. All you options are correct. Base your approach on the end result you want. You can pour them tight and narrow. Squeegee them to make them broad. Let them run. The beauty about stripes is they are all different and unique. Ken said it. What color hits the cloth first sticks…Background color can be squeegeed directly over the stripe with little to no change except the hue sometimes. Run a test patch on a scrap…You’ll get it.
and yuwant it all to kick at the same time about 15 min after you start for poly so it dont drain.
also get crafty with the method of application…squirt guns. suringes. if you put alot of resin on it might get out of control. visulize what you want to do , do a dry run so you know where you are going before you go.
You will never really know until you do it. The colors ,the pour , the catalyist ,the squeege ,some back fill , some clear ,say what?..move it around or let it go…let it kick ,let it flow…
