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Gestalt said..
Hoop is 0.6mm thick.

Gestalt, where do you get your 0.6mm veneer and carbon tape from?

Finished sealer and ready for paint.

board currently weighs 4.7kg.

Latest update.

I've ordered a bunch of different coloured green paints from mtn.

I think the issue with the test graphics are a combination of the white sealed substrate and open weave volan. Both leaving the greens looking washed out and pastel.

With tints on surfboards the resin soaks into the foam which makes the colours pop more. The qcels means that's not possible with an eps board. Next time I try this I'll try a more sympathetic colour tint with the q cel coat to see what happens.

to test changing the substrate colour I'm going to do another 3 or 4 test panels over different coloured substrates and see what that looks like. if it doesn't work the I'll just spray the board and move on.

yeah i agree and tried that.

i wasn't happy with what the tint looked like.

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Bertie said..

Gestalt said..
yeah i agree and tried that.

i wasn't happy with what the tint looked like.

This is a paint squeegee i did a in 2015 on the deck, and did just tints on the bottom. it was poly tho. u need to use white paint where u want white bits on the board.
Look at Mark Richards instagram from some time ago for lots of paint squeegee stuff.

thx bertie. look great.

that's the idea i was going for. inspired by the mark richards stuff and also van straalen.

i was hoping to do it with tinted resin but the colours are significantly different. i am guessing because the foam is sealed and i sealed it with white tinted qcel. on unsealed foam i get the bold colours.

the example above i used 3 greens and a white and poured it onto the glass then squeegeed. the colours look pastel. the darker green for example in the pot is very very dark.

i'm going to give the resin tint one more go. feel like maybe i just need to tweak the technique.

Some extra paint arrived during the week so I tested different green backgrounds to the coloured resins.

Think I am good to go..

from here there will be 2 layers 6oz on the deck and 1 layer on the bottom.

i used normal epoxy for everything so far. qcel, carbon & veneer. strength to cost veneer is pretty hard to beat. just hard to use near rails without vac bag.

Have you tried to heat the veneer to bend it, being ever so carful of course

i like the color so far

yup. looking forward to it. a couple of weeks to go. almost there. ordering footstraps and stuff at the moment and have another fin coming

Paint is done and sanded ready for glassing.

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southseas said..
I'm wondering how the board compares to a 135L hypernut (4 in 1), for rocker etc.
Impressive effort by the way.

Hey I missed your post.

I'm going to do a 4in1 board for sure. This board was a test to see how big a waveboard could be and still feel like a short board. I kept it narrower. But I have no real issue with width in wave boards. My sups are all wider.

I've got a fanatic prowave I'll be testing this board against. slightly less volume but a lot more width. Once I finish this board I've got 2 more lined up then I'll do a 4in1. By then I should have some hours on this board so will be more informed.

Also wanted to say. I can't sup an 135lt board. It's too small for my weight which is why this is a windsurfer. When I do a 4in1 it will be bigger.

hi Matt,

i sent you a pm. you are more than welcome to try my board as well. i was going to see if the rocker works then get some other people to have a go.

time for an update.

have been on holidays for the last few days so churning through the board build.

have finished the bottom layup which ended up being 6oz volan + 4oz glass. i tried to get away with just the volan but it felt a little spongey.
deck layup is currently 6oz over 6oz patches to the nose, feet and mast track. i have one more layer of 6oz to do tonight and will decide after that if i'll finish with a layer of 4oz to the feet/mast area.

should have eva pads and footstraps in the post soon.

today am off to to pick up 2 pac and intergrip for the finish coats.

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515 said..
Great to make progress.
So keen to see how it works, to plane, catch waves and most importantly to wave riding ability in a range of conditions.

Yeah. Im keen to find out too.

so i'm on the phone to a mate working out the next meet up and i notice smoke billowing out of my garage window.....

oh... the left over pot of resin is in melt down.....
garage is ok thankfully.

i managed to get it outside and under a hose.