I’ve been a lurker on here for quite a while. I’ve built quite a few boards for myself, friends and friends of friends. I have a lot of skills but putting a high quality polish on a surfboard is not one. I can get a pretty good polish but not quite what im looking for. Is there any one in the orange county or san diego area, that is a good polisher, that might let me watch them polish a board? I think the my polishing falls a part in the fine details and techniques.
Sorry for being so nebulous. I’m saying the abrasiveness of brown paper is about the same as 2000 grit. It’s not done because the paper falls apart and if you have not cut the board already [properly] it’s a waste of time going over 1000 or even 800 grit. The mist refered too comes from the spray can of multy surface polish, here in OZ marketed as ‘Mr Sheen’
Cheers.
Thanks for the clarification. I will see if i can track down some of that “mr sheen”
I worked as the cut and polish guy many moons ago and I’ve only just relearned all the stuff I forgot. If I were you I’d just rock up to a factory where they still practice the art because there’s nothing worthy on utube about it.
The princilpe thing about the cutting process is this… THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST. Yes I know it’s a song lol. but please remember this as it is the greatest princilpe because once you have cut and faired down to let say 240 or 400 grit without going through the substrate you can continue the cutting process by hand through 600… 800 1000 grit. Anymore cutting after that you can do with a brown paper bag and cutting compound and polishing mist is capping on the cake.
That board looks great!
Do you think you can expand on your process a bit? More spacificly your use of a brown paper bag with compound and then polishing mist… two things i have never seen done, nor even heard of being done.