Got some more progress to report. Very close to being done! Thought I'd be done this weekend, but no.... Close though
Made the leash loop last weekend. Carpenter's pencil wrapped in parchment paper (doesn't stick to resin) worked just great! The leash loop is just fiberglass rope/thread, drenched in resin. Keep it bunched up and together where it's off the board, and then spread it out where it touches the board, like roots stretching out for support. Then you can sand it pretty smooth where it attaches to the board.
Tilt your head to the right here. Finished leash loop!
Then I hot-coated the top of the board last Sunday! Looked nice getting it all shiny!
Glimmering. I just tape off halfway down the rail, at the apex, and then put little tape balls on the underside, so the tape doesn't wrap around and let dripping resin flow onto the bottom of the board
Tape balls on underside
Some fins I was working on. They started to not look so good, so I've abandoned them for the time being. They will be finished though...
Then I hot coated the bottom of the board on Monday
Shiny. I then let it all dry for a few days, thinking I may just leave it all unsanded and it'd be done and ready. But my hotcoating isn't exactly perfect, so I started to sand it with fine grit sandpaper this weekend, which will eliminate the shiny-ness, but it'll at least look smoother (partly because it will in fact be smoother, and because it won't be shiny and shiny things show every little imperfection). And also I'll claim that I don't want my wooden board to look plastic-y. More photos to come of it finished!
And started on other fins since I didn't like those ones I made. I spliced a piece of cedar so that each fin has the same grain pattern. I like it... unfortunately the many layers of cloth and amber resin (bio-epoxy I've been using) on each side kinda hide the detail of the grain...Need to use clear epoxy on future ones.
They're thin, bc I need to put 7-8 layers of cloth on each side to make them strong enough to not break off when surfing, and still fit into the fin box
I put 7 layers of fiberglass cloth on each side to begin with (one at a time, but right after each other). Then I check to see if they fit into the fin boxes and adjust them to fit. I made a few sets of fins with 2 or 3 or 4 layers of cloth on each side (didn't pay too much attention to it in my first attempts), but they broke pretty quickly, so I'm sticking with at least 7 as one set has lasted long with that many.
Made the leash loop last weekend. Carpenter's pencil wrapped in parchment paper (doesn't stick to resin) worked just great! The leash loop is just fiberglass rope/thread, drenched in resin. Keep it bunched up and together where it's off the board, and then spread it out where it touches the board, like roots stretching out for support. Then you can sand it pretty smooth where it attaches to the board.
Tilt your head to the right here. Finished leash loop!
Then I hot-coated the top of the board last Sunday! Looked nice getting it all shiny!
Glimmering. I just tape off halfway down the rail, at the apex, and then put little tape balls on the underside, so the tape doesn't wrap around and let dripping resin flow onto the bottom of the board
Tape balls on underside
Some fins I was working on. They started to not look so good, so I've abandoned them for the time being. They will be finished though...
Then I hot coated the bottom of the board on Monday
Shiny. I then let it all dry for a few days, thinking I may just leave it all unsanded and it'd be done and ready. But my hotcoating isn't exactly perfect, so I started to sand it with fine grit sandpaper this weekend, which will eliminate the shiny-ness, but it'll at least look smoother (partly because it will in fact be smoother, and because it won't be shiny and shiny things show every little imperfection). And also I'll claim that I don't want my wooden board to look plastic-y. More photos to come of it finished!
And started on other fins since I didn't like those ones I made. I spliced a piece of cedar so that each fin has the same grain pattern. I like it... unfortunately the many layers of cloth and amber resin (bio-epoxy I've been using) on each side kinda hide the detail of the grain...Need to use clear epoxy on future ones.
They're thin, bc I need to put 7-8 layers of cloth on each side to make them strong enough to not break off when surfing, and still fit into the fin box
I put 7 layers of fiberglass cloth on each side to begin with (one at a time, but right after each other). Then I check to see if they fit into the fin boxes and adjust them to fit. I made a few sets of fins with 2 or 3 or 4 layers of cloth on each side (didn't pay too much attention to it in my first attempts), but they broke pretty quickly, so I'm sticking with at least 7 as one set has lasted long with that many.
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