Hi Lemat, me again, sorry haha! I’m about to start a board build the next week and reading tones on glassing, because my last schedule was not what I was expecting (strong, decent, but almost no impact resistance).
What makes you decide to use Biax on the bottom? More impact resistance for a rocky beach? I thought of using Biax mostly on top skin.
I mix biax and warp so i have a quadriaxial glass matrix it give a better elongation to break in all direction= better impact strengh and better buckling strengh. Add cork in the lam and you maximise stiffness and impact strengh.
Happy to see you posting this here. I think its a great idea.
Not exactly the same thing, but I can’t tell you how many times I have seen people posting hopelessly degraded ancient beaters with plans for a “restoration”, and I tell them if you love the shape so much, use the old board as your guide to shape a new one. It’ll be less work, and look a thousand times better. Any restoration when a board is so far gone is not really a restoration anyway, its just trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear and throwing good money after bad. In my humble opinion.
Anyway, I like it, and I think the new cloned board is the best option.
Beautiful work as always!
Well said Huck. My sentiment as well. Sometimes they are just too far gone. And when repaired are never the same. The repair on a snap especially, changes a board no matter how clean the snap or its subsequent repair are. There is always an add on in weight even if minimal it will change the boards ride. Weight in a surfboard is usually meant to be distributed evenly.
So that’s the Biaxil?
Yes, here this is 5 oz biaxial glass laminate grey then fill coated white, sand and finish coat clear waiting final sanding.
On this board deck is 4oz, 2mm cork epoxy, 5oz biax on 1.5 eps. From my test it’s strong and resilient, this skin will slightly dent but be on the bombproof side against dings, not dead stiff fragile like pvc sandwich with this light glass over.
Yes I have a good source over here for straight 5oz.E and Biaxle. Have yet to use either though.
great to see stands im using two old chairs this looks not too hard I will make something like this for next board thankyou for posting
-looks great, congrats! 
Just finished up my first custom order! The lighting got messed up when I uploaded it to my computer, but it does the job.
I like your boards - how do you manage glassing in such a cold environment? Do you have an insulated glassing bay?
I like your shaping bay - very modular and flexible and well-organized. Cheers!
