Help with board building process
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 3:58 pm
I've read a lot on this forum and am now ready to make my own board. I'm 65 kg, so I'm thinking of making a 143x43 and a 130x39 board. Do you think these are good sizes for a beginner? I've done snowkiting and wakeboarding, but am just starting kiteboarding. I don't have a rocker table or vacuum bagging stuff. I'm using 3/8" Baltic Birch. I have 6oz fiberglass, epoxy, graphics printed off on paper, and paint.
Does this procedure sound right?
1. paint board, let dry
2. epoxy then right away place fiberglass on and epoxy over it (or don't I need to epoxy before the fiberglass since the epoxy soaks through the fiberglass anyway?)
3. sand
4. place graphics on, then epoxy over it (or do I need to lay the paper on over wet epoxy?)
5. sand
6. epoxy again if the finish isn't to my liking
or should the graphic go on after painting?
Thanks for the help!
Does this procedure sound right?
1. paint board, let dry
2. epoxy then right away place fiberglass on and epoxy over it (or don't I need to epoxy before the fiberglass since the epoxy soaks through the fiberglass anyway?)
3. sand
4. place graphics on, then epoxy over it (or do I need to lay the paper on over wet epoxy?)
5. sand
6. epoxy again if the finish isn't to my liking
or should the graphic go on after painting?
Thanks for the help!