So I gotta install my leash cup… did I mess up by not doing it prior to the hotcoat? Geez… par for the course…
Anyway searching the archives I found the following post from Cabeto which seemed to be the most appropriate:
[=1][=Black][ 2]The way I put leash cups to my surfboards is the following:
1- Outline the leash cup with a pencil on the deck, just where I wanted to go…
2- Put masking tape on top of the plug just to keep resin mix off the plug hole.
3- I use a router to drill and clean out the hole on the deck…adjust the depth cut about 1/32" deeper than the plugs height…
4- Cut two 4oz fiberglas cloth…just about the size of the plug (bottom plus sides)…
5- Make the resin mix and pour some on the deck hole…fill up to 1/3 of the hole…
6- Take the plug with fibeglass cloth wrapped around it and press it in the deck hole until it fits, try not to press it too much you must want the plug top to be slightly over the deck…
7- if needed pour more resin mix around the plug just to fill the edges…
8- I let the resin cure and sand it with 80grit sand paper until the plug surface is clean and leveled with the deck…
Be careful not to make the resin mix to hot…[/][/] [/]
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[=Black][ 2]Questions:[/][/]
- Am I in danger of hitting my finbox? Should I drill the hole between the tail edge and the finbox edge to be safe?(provided of course the tail is thick enough there, which I think it is but I have to check)
- Since I already hotcoated can I use surfacing resin instead of laminating resin to install the plug? That way I can sand it when it sets… or do I use lam resin then paint it over with hotcoat to sand down?
- If I use patches of 4oz as Cabeto suggests I assume I don’t have to use Q-cell or chopped fiber to thicken, right?
- Tinting the resin white is for cosmetic purposes only right? Do I have to do it? I’m worried about having resin spill over from the hole and end up on the deck… which isn’t tinted.
Thanks yet again guys…
Santiago
PS - Thanks Cabeto for the original post[/]