when its time to work on surfboard do you select special clothes

General Discussion
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I specificly reach for special t-shirts

like the one basa brought me that was signed by velzy

the autograph wore off and I wore it so much it is in tatters

but it was my go to work shirt for years.

…ambrose…

other times I think the shirts

that come up outa the laundry

are prophetic … today I pulled the t-shirt 

with paler standing up with his best board 1965?

in front of the L.I.? house

it is moderately resin residue contaminated

then there’s the fordham longsleeve I waer to sand in

given to me by my friend that I gave shaping lessons to

max frommanasquan that I first called a manhattan monk.

All my clothes have resin drips on em

I keep good clothes seperate

but eventually I am mixing a batch and…

I have resin drips on pajamas

I wake up and feel a drip 

that I pick at tp see if it comes loose…

this occupation  of conciousness is all pervasive.

every T- shirt tells a story.

I resined between layers of 6 oz.

what I believe to be an original velzy 

San Clemente shop t-shirt that hangs over

my shop door that belonged to skip harmon

may he rest in peace … 2013…

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I usually wear my good pinstriped safari suite , and a freshly ironed black shirt with a button down collar…no tie . Steel capped boots , and clean sox ( the ones with coloured diamonds) have become optional since I installed soft rubber floor covering in my most commonly used work areas.

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After ruining many decent Tees, there’s now a rack of crappy ones in the shed, I just need to change when I start.

4

Do not be dissin on my man Nick Nolte!

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My tee-shirts go through an evolution… They start off as new “go out” shirts, then stay at home shirts, next yard work shirts, then shaping shirts and the last phase are resin shirts…  When they stand up on their own, they get tossed…

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My tee-shirts go through an evolution… They start off as new “go out” shirts, then stay at home shirts, next yard work shirts, then shaping shirts and the last phase are resin shirts…  When they stand up on their own, they get tossed…

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That’s my routine too, uncled. Except mine just die in my shaping room.

I keep my work clothes at work and don’t mingle them with other stuff. Change when I get there and blow off and change before leaving. I actually have a clean truck now after decades of PU dust on all my previous. EPS dust doesn’t follow you around nearly as badly as PU.

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You guys wear clothes when shaping / glassing?  Man…I knew I should have been checking out these forums earlier. 

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You can get these in anti-static material and foam dust (especially eps) won’t stick;  just shake it off.   After the static stuff is washed out (about a year), I use them for glassing.

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PeteC, you’ve got STYLE!

We are all “mad” maybe we could look the scientist part.

In the venerable words of Steve Allen: “Shmock Shmock!”

A WAAAY too professional look for me professor. I’m in a lesser caste.

Good idea though.

Poly dust is a way of life.

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You’re kidding right?  Those stupid little beads get static in them and stick to everything!

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Haha, I should have said “in my climate eps doesn’t follow you around”. 

Too hot and humid here for the static to be much of a problem. 

I mainly mean the dust, not whole beads. The fine dust comes off your skin much easier than PU and isn’t gritty. I don’t feel nearly as dirty at the end of the day.

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I do the same as UncleD, but after I do sanding work I rinse them off and let them dry outside. I recently threw out several pairs of jeans that were standing on their own. I got a couple of glassing shirts that are just about there now.

I thought I scored on a box of tyvex coveralls, but when I started using them, I realized that they were made from a very thin weblike material. Didn’t hold up for more than one use, and some of the fine sanding dust got through the weave. When the price seems too low, it’s probably not something you should buy.