by tomcat360 » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:43 am
To glass--
Lay out the cloth, get it smooth, no bumps anywhere
Pour on the resin, dow the middle, and then using a sqeege work it towards the ouside. You must push the resin through the cloth in order to wet it out
Then take off the excess. Starting in the middle, angle your squeege (about 45*) and work it towards the rails.
Now usually on a surfboard, you would wrap the rails. However, I've tried wrapping the rails on some of my skateboards, and it is much more difficult due to the very hard curves. So if you want to wrap it (and it will create a sandwhich effect, which is very strong) lay the cloth out, and cut about two inches down. Then glass.
So then when you get the top wetted out, all of the excess resin should have gone into the rails. They should be completely clear. If not, you can add a bead of resin down the rail, and angle the squeege towards the rail and gravity should make it wet out.
Then, starting at mid rail, hold the squeege up, thumbs on the corners. Now, place the squeege on the edge, and push it back with your thumbs, in a gentle rolling action. Do that all the way down the board.
The nose and tail will need to be slit before glassing, and then grinded after glassing.
Flip it, do the bottom, hot coat, flip, hot coat.
And you should be done! If you haven't done glass work before, you're in for a treat! (just wear gloves and a respirator, you should be alright)