I did my first yellow tinted resin. The resin kicked a little faster than I planned, but I was able to get most of the glass even. The problem I need help with is the concave area on the blank caused the resin to pool. Now there’s a darker area where the resin is thicker. Also, the resin has a few slight ripples in the pooled area. Is there anything I can do clean up the pooled area and ripples or am I stuck with it? I saved some of the tinted resin just in case I needed to clean up any mistakes. Thanks - Todd
The only thing I can think of is to grind it out with a hard pad and 80 grit after it is kicked really hard.Carefully, of course,only in the deepest pooled area away from cloth. Tipping the sander(usually a no-no) might be required. If it’s not really deep, I wouldn’t worry about it. That’s about the only thing I can think of.
you could tape off the outside of the concave asuming its a longboard concave. go back and paint lam resin everywhere to get the same color and do a pinline on the hotcoat. Then when your friends ask say “yea i like to accentuate the concaves a bit”. just an idea. Austin S.
I hope you carefully measured both the amount of resin and the amount of catalyst, so you won’t make this mistake again. Your dentist uses a goodly number of little syringes, get some used ones from him. Drugstores sell them too for under 2 bucks. The 5 ml or 5 cc size is real handy. Find the conversion factors and make a resin/catalyst concentration chart and use it until you know exactly what concentration works for the room you glass in, in whatever weather you have.
The resin/catalyst mix was o.k. and it gave me plenty of time to work the resin into the cloth. I concentrated on the laps (which turned out beautiful)but when I saw the resin pooling back into the concaves, I was already screwed. This site is great. I could (and have) spend hours searching and reading the archives but it seems like nothing can fully prepare you for that feeling when the catalyst hits that resin and the timer starts. I’ve learned a great deal of info from this knowledgable group of folks and each board seems to get better and better, Thanks again. Todd
so what are you gonna do? Austin S.
I have never found a way to fix a tint in the lamination.You can cover it up after it is sanded with a solid panel.Be carefull when glossing because it can pool up again.
Austin S. Looks like I’ll have to make up some great story to tell when people ask why there’s a dark yellow spot on the bottom of my board[smile] I thought about sanding down the heavy resin spot flat while being careful not to hit the weave, but I’m guessing it’ll probably be pretty obvious after it’s hotcoated and glossed. Not to mention gumming up the sandpaper with the lam resin. Do you know if it’s possible to clear hotcoat and then sand the raised area down so it is even? I’d have to be careful not to sand down too far, and then touch up with more hotcoat and sanding in that area before going ahead with the gloss. Still don’t know if it’s better to just move and leave it alone??? Todd
Why don’t you tapeoff a panel the shape of the concave and do an acid-splash with resin before you hotcoat? That would camoflauge the spot and look like you planned it. Good luck, Lance
Based on my personal experiance… move on. I’ve probably had a 90% failure rate at trying fix some little blemish and creating a bigger mess. The only thing I’ve consistantly been successful at is covering things up with more paint. Definately don’t try sanding it down to even out the color - that’s a recipie for disaster. If it’s a nose concave follow Austin’s advice and darken the teardrop - that looks pretty good.
Taping off the area and making it look like a design you planned is a great idea. But then again, if it’s really flooded to the point where you think it’ll effect performance,getting rid of some of the resin might be worth trying. Yes you can hotcoat the area to make it sand better. It’ll take a steady hand, a light touch and knowing when to quit. If it is fairly deep and has wrinkled cloth “floating” I would try it. If not, probably leave it.
How big is it? And how big are the logos you use. Slap one of those bad boys over it. Just another thought i had today. Austin S.