I have a new foil board build in progress.
I'm now at the lamination stage and have done the first lamination of the top deck.
Do I really need to do the hot coat? The board is Paulownia with cork rails.
Paulownia is already pretty water resistant, and with the epoxy from the lamination, is going to be pretty well sealed if you ask me.
The whole area up to where the carbon ends will be covered with a pva deckpad. The rails will be partially overlapped, and I'll put an extra coat of epoxy on them. As for the rest, adding extra epoxy for a fill coat seems to me like just adding extra dead weight. I understand why you have to do it for a foam core, to seal and remove pinholes etc, but for wood, is it really necessary, other than for cosmetic reasons?
But I have to say I don't mind the textured look of the weave.
I think the BRM paipos were something like this - or it certainly looks like it to me - the weave is definitely visible in the end product, and they seemed to hold up ok.
Thoughts anyone?