Where to from here? for fun or perfection

Hello swaylockers… its been a while since I’ve posted but I have thoroughly enjoyed the threads over the last year or so… Anyway… My 9’4" noserider (after being side lined for 2 years) had its first hot coat the other night - did the deck and rails in one hit…

what a disaster!!! hahaha - I have to say it with a smile :slight_smile:

for my first board its been ok but not great - problems started when I used the wrong catalyst for the deck lam - my fault for not reading the label and hey presto - 7 min pot life. Thankfully I have glassing exp so I got it all down except for the rails which I intended to grind back and reglass.

mistake number 2 as I cut through to the foam and had to fill some areas and reglassed rails with 1 x 75mm tape 1 x 100mm tape - nice and strong :slight_smile: - very lumpy lam :frowning:

So I figured that I would put a nice thick hot coat on and sad smooth… and that’s where I’m up to…

I have under-estimated the amount of sanding and need to make a decision:

  1. Do I sand as close to the weave as I can and re-hot coat the deck hoping to fill the rails a little more, get the rails perfect and then hot coat the bottom (what’s the fix if you hit the weave?)

or

  1. Do I sand and mask off the deck (this is looking good) and hot coat the bottom going over the rails again?

what to do with lumpy rails… do I say screw it and get the board in the water asap or do I go for perfection and spend some more long hours getting it right?

Due to the LOOONG time its taken me to finish the board its yellow and dirty but I kind of like it… looks like a nasty old board from the 70’s. I’ll probably colour the base and up over the rails then line art/pencil sketch on the deck over the yellowing glass/foam. I’m happy with the shape (traced a friends wingnut noserider, added a diamond tail and touched the nose to a very slight point)

No photos yet - still too ugly :))

they will come tho!

thanks for reading!

Tape off the deck, hotcoat the bottom and rails, sand the entire board, then glosscoat with tinted resin and your board will look great.

BTW, if I tried for perfection, I’d never finish a board. there is always something that is not as I would want it. But ya know, they always catch waves.

Great! that was my gut feeling… Ive already started taping off the deck…

Cant wait to get this thing wet!

thanks for the reply :))

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oops hit send by accident…

one other thing - how do I treat areas where I have touched the weave in sanding?

cheers,

Riff

Just cover them up with your gloss coat.

And that there friends is the end of this thread!!

thanks for your help!!!

Pics of finished board will be my next post ina couple of days.

cheers,

riff