I’m planning on trying to take a 5’ 1# EPS ((kneeboard for me, fish for my 10 yo sister) blank home to FL over thanksgiving break for glassing. I’ve finished shaping it and will seal it before I take it, but the temperatures have suddenly dropped below 60 up here in maryland (looking at the 40s for this weekend when I was planning on glassing) and I don’t want to wait for spring to glass (since I will have todo my glassing outside). I had thought of using a hairdryer to heat the board after the glass was wetted out, but that could go wrong pretty easy (if something like this has worked for you tips would be appreciated). Anyway, barring some method of glassing in the cold, my thought was to put the blank in a box with a bunch of packing peanuts, and hope that it survives the flight does anyone have any other ideas on protecting it during the flight?
Don’t fly it…there are discussions in the archives about making cheap ovens. I’m pretty sure I remember one made of a cardboard box, foil and heat lamps. Use your packing box for the oven!
Thanks I’ll try that, I looked at the thread about the ovens, and I think I have an old electric blanket that I can wrap around the box to warm it, don’t need to keep it at more than 80 degrees or so. If I warm the resin, glass the board, put it in the box and turn the heat on I suppose it should cure just fine. Even if I don’t have the blanket, it shouldn’t cost much to build an oven of sorts.
hmm, one more question, should I install the vent plug before putting it in the oven, since the tempoerature in there could get fairly high. couldn’t find an answer to that in the archives.
One reason is that poly resin eats EPS. Why not just get a floor heater, put it in the garage, turn it on 3 hrs before laminating, heat up the room, epoxy, board, tools etc to 68 degrees…then do your business. Keep the heater on until the board kicks, flip and repeat as necessary.
Traveling with a shaped blank is a very bad idea. It’s hard enough to travel with a finished glassed board. Your just asking for trouble.
UV epoxy too. I have not used it, but it is available:
<div style="text-align:center">Item #</div> <div style="text-align:left">Solarez UV Cure Epoxy Laminating Resin, a clear, high strength, epoxy resin and with solar activated catalyst. There is no mixing required, just use it right out of the can. It gels in 5 seconds when exposed to sunlight, cures in 3 minutes. Perfect for quick repairs on epoxy surfboards & sailboards. </div> <div style="text-align:center"> Each </div> <div style="text-align:center">G40-7417</div> <div style="text-align:left">¼ Pint, Solarez Epoxy Laminating Resin</div> <div style="text-align:right"> $ 10.95 </div> <div style="text-align:center">G40-7425</div> <div style="text-align:left">½ Pint, Solarez Epoxy Laminating Resin</div> <div style="text-align:right"> $ 17.95 </div>
Solarez is not the way to go when your laminating a surfboard. Probably cost you $200 in material too. The stuff is brittle and is just one notch better than stuffing wax in your ding. As far as i know there is no UV additive for epoxy resin, there are different kick time / ratios, but no UV stuff.