I got some beautiful fins from my friend Lance Carstens out of Gresham, OR. The colors seem to fit with the balsa and cedar on the board.
I plan to hot coat and gloss coat in the next week or so.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Fast glass
It's a nice sunny day here. Perfect for glassing. First I did the bottom. Once it was in the sun it only took 3 minutes to set.
The laps got sanded. I installed the vent port and leash plug.
Then I glassed the top.
The bottom and top took about 1 hour to laminate. That's much faster than epoxy which takes about 2 days. Just saying.
Then I glassed the top.
The bottom and top took about 1 hour to laminate. That's much faster than epoxy which takes about 2 days. Just saying.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
First seal coat.
The first seal coat is on. Solarez is easy to work with and drys fast. This board is going to take a couple coats.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Closed up and ready to seal.
The top is closed up. It's time to protect the balsa with a seal coat.
For this I'm going to use Solarez before glassing. There are a couple reasons that I'm using polyester on this one instead of epoxy. I like the fact that the resin hardens from UV. That means minimal waiting for curing. The other reason is I hope this board has a little flex. All my epoxy boards are very stiff which is alright sometimes, but sometimes it's nice to have a little flex. I'm using Sun Cure for the laminating resin.
Seal balsa with Solarez.
Now I just have to wait for a sunny day.
For this I'm going to use Solarez before glassing. There are a couple reasons that I'm using polyester on this one instead of epoxy. I like the fact that the resin hardens from UV. That means minimal waiting for curing. The other reason is I hope this board has a little flex. All my epoxy boards are very stiff which is alright sometimes, but sometimes it's nice to have a little flex. I'm using Sun Cure for the laminating resin.
Seal balsa with Solarez.
Now I just have to wait for a sunny day.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Shaping up
I have been busy with a few remodeling projects on the house, so I haven't worked on the board for awhile. Shaping the rails is always a challenge I look forward to. The first pass on the top is done.
It still needs a lot more work, but it's getting there.
Now the rails are shaped.
Now the rails are shaped.
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