never seen it done like that before Ted...but hey its the end product that counts.....so she has one layer on the deck and an inlay on the bottom right?...I am assuming you will now glass clear over the deck...if that is the case, make sure it laps well over the join on the bottom, or else you will have no strength lengthtwise....you will have impact strength but nothing lengthwise....its the glass curving over the rail that gives it strength.....as well as it will crack along the join you have created on the bottom....I would also put a small filler coat around that join first so you can sand down any high spots from weave standing up....otherwise you will have a nightmare trying to glass over them and not get bubbles...then you will have to sand through the glass you have just put down to make it flat...thus losing the integrity of that layer....good luck mate your working very neat...those thongs still look resin free

Thanks argkee - thats great advice. I had intended to wrap the 2nd layer of top glass well beyond the lap point. I will definitely do this!! I can see your point about adding a filler coat now and sanding it back a bit. I might try and do this tom as I cannot do anything else until my decal comes back from the printer. I should have held off doing the bottom until it came but got too excited. I had seen a few boards done like this on swaylocks and a couple of glassing videos I had seen as well as the other way - which on reflection I should have done. Oh well its a bit late now - hopefully it will be ok. I will make sure this is a lesson well learned! And yes the top layer will be clear. As for the thongs - lets just say its a slow road for me and Bucko keeps a very clean work environment so I am terrified of messing it up.

Thanks for yr advice - much appreciated.

Thanks for the advice arkgee - spoke to a few seasoned lads at the beach this morning who scorned me for my incompetence as well I have just put some filler coat through the join and its all ready for the top layer of glass - that will wrap well past the join! No more work on the board now until my decals come back from the printer sadly.

Did the final layer of glassing on the top this morning. Very hot day here which made for some interesting times but we got away with it thanks to a 3 man pronged attack - Dingo just happened to be floating around at the crucial time - thanks!! Next week it will be time for the finish coast, sanding, plug and fin box then a polish - need to get it done so I can take it to Byron. Starting to get very excited now.

Thanks Doggie - a few bits not as flash as they could have been with the mix trying to gel on us before we were ready but they should sand out pretty well. Its a big board to glass so 3 sets of hands on deck was required!

go hard ted norah head bravo sir,that is so so fine

i know somebody is selling a mctavish ufo with a great art design from here

doggie said...

Ted the Kiwi said...
Thanks Doggie - a few bits not as flash as they could have been with the mix trying to gel on us before we were ready but they should sand out pretty well. Its a big board to glass so 3 sets of hands on deck was required!

Can you get a type of retarder? When I was a painter we had two pack retarders and slow reducers for hotter weather. It gave us alot mote time to work with the paint. If you could get this type of addidive it would be alot easier to do a big job like this.
Just a thought

The trick is to use less hardener on a hot day - or not do it at all -which is probably better but I am running out of time. That mix is 1% at 25 degrees takes about 15 mins to go off, so at 0.5% double it....maybe we should have gone a 1/4%!! The other option is you can use the UV stuff and then you have lots of time to work it and then you stick out in the sun afterwards and it hardens up in minutes. Its a learning process for me

yes, nice work Ted.

Now get your arse out of that glassing shed and start packing for PP. chop chop

real good Ted . coming along nicely mate

doggie said...
I think I might use a UV resin for my build, looks alot easier

Yes - I recond thats a good idea. Make sure you block out the light coming into your glassing bay. When are you starting a thread so we can follow what you are making?

Ive got another blank that Im thinking of doing a egg thing like Arkgee's free range egg.

Great little boards Doggie . I am busting for a go on my kids board but he wont let me touch it until he has a go on the new nimbus

MCTEDISH the new Mctavish heaps more character and way more collectable love the board Ted and have loved following this thread

Looking good Ted mate,you will have to finish it before you do you road trip north.

62mac said...
Looking good Ted mate,you will have to finish it before you do you road trip north.

Thanks Mac - I hope so!

I am stoked with how light it is......should be a lot of fun I am a hoping.

Lfish said...
Lookin' good Ted

Great job......

about time the board maker chimed in