Resin Tinting a Surf Board

Glassing my custom new surf board!
This is my humble Garage Board Shop where I make small batches of custom surf boards for the SoCal community. Developing a sweet little high volume short board designed exactly for SoCal waves!
#howtomakeasurfboard #howtoglassasurfboard #resintint #surfboardglassing #shapingsurfboards
Shirts Hats and Boards on our website!
- www.rockandseagarageboardshop...
Insta
- / rockandseagarageboardshop
Sub-Reddit Shaping forum/community to Share the Stoke and Ask Questions
- / rockandseagbshop
Safety Gear___________________________________
3M respirator - Love this one, definitely recommend
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3M Dust filters
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3M Organic Vapor Filters
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Rice Paper for Logos __________________________
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Fin Marking Jig_______________________________
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Glassing Tools________________________________
Cheap Yellow Squeegees I like
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Hot Coat Brushes_____________________________
3” Brushes I Use
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Sanders_____________________________________
Porter Cable Random Orbital sander:
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Dewalt Sander
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Festool R0150 - Ultimate Sander!
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Flexpad 8"
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Mirka Sanding Screen - My recommendation, does the best job with dust control when using a vacuum
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Festool Sand paper
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Vacuum Hose
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Planers__________________________________
Wen Planer
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Makita Planer
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Measuring Calipers _______________________
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Hand Plane______________________________
Stanley Hand Plane
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David Combie Hand plane
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Hobby Hand plane
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Shop Vacuum___________________________
Shop Vac I Use
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Scissors_______________________________
Carbon Shears
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Fiberglass Scissors I like
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Electric scissors I like
- Not as nice as ultra fancy electric scissors but works great for the hobbyist
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Air Brushing Tools/Supplies_______________
Air Brush Spray Gun
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Acrylic Paint thinner
- makes acrylic paint less viscous for easy use air brushing
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Airbrush cleaner for acrylic paint
- * definitely use after every use or your HVLP air gun will get clogged up fast!
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Sticker Cutter - Cameo 4
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Sticker Material I Use
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Epoxy resin ___________________
- slow cure if your new to glassing, gives you more time to work on the board
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- fast cure if you feel confident and can laminate a board fast
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Fiberglass Cloth ________________
- * cheapest out there for budget builds but still great quality!
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[@joncourter7719]

Was that three layers of glass on the deck? Your buddy must be stout!

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Yes sir! You lose a little bit of flex, but
boards are just so much more ding resistant and last longer with an extra layer, technically 50% heavier glass job! If your a super good surfer worth glassing lighter, but for most people heavier Glass jobs give you way more bang for your buck!

[@Logan-gi2lm]

I’m having trouble with getting the foam saturated on the bottom lap, what should I do?

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

I seriously that can be one of the most frustrating parts! The easy answer is to just start mixing more resin so you have more to work with and water fall off the rails till you get better at it. For the deck of this board I laminated with 3 layers of 4 oz cloth and used 64 oz resin so I could quickly water fall the resin and not worry about it. Some guys will fold up the lap onto the deck and dump resin on the folded lap, it takes more time than water falling but doesn’t waste nearly as much resin

[@Jonassurfer]

Aprende a hacer tablas

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Heck ya, I love to hear others out there are getting into making their own boards, it’s such a cool thing to do!

[@Logan-gi2lm]

I’m having trouble with getting the resin to bleed through on the bottom lap, what should I do?

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Are you using poly or epoxy? Epoxy is notorious for bleeding under the tape and you will get a little bit almost guaranteed at least for me. To trouble shoot 1st really push down the tape hard, easiest thing that might be causing issues. Second tip is her high quality high temp rated tape, the tape adhesive on most tapes breaks up and loses its stickiness when the resin heats up during curing and the tape doesn’t stick well letting resin leak. Gold standard is 3m 233+ tape which had that temp rating, or indasa tape, I personally really like indasa shapersupply.com/products/indasa-mty-tape-sleeve?_pos=11&_sid=91ad0cdb4&_ss=r