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Premium Member Comment by Andrew Jenkins on June 28, 2010 at 18:08

im thinking of making a board around 1m(40") long and about 9 or 10 inches wide. im not sure about the quantaties of resin and hardener i would need to do maybe 4 or 5 layers in total.

so how much do you think ide need?

cheers

Premium Member Comment by Andrew Jenkins on June 27, 2010 at 20:06

i see.

males a lot of sense lol

thanks

Premium Member Comment by Steve on June 27, 2010 at 20:00

1 Yes but its shit
2 Yes and No. You can use printed fabrics from spotlight as a graphic with epoxy. It will have no structural integrity whatsover. If you could just use any old material why would people bother making glass cloth?

Premium Member Comment by Andrew Jenkins on June 27, 2010 at 19:35

EDIT: any old material

Premium Member Comment by Andrew Jenkins on June 27, 2010 at 19:35

can you get epoxy for glassing at bunnings???

also can u just use an old material for the cloth like from spotlight or something or do you have to buy special fibreglassing cloth

thanks

Comment by Marcus M on June 27, 2010 at 12:13

Hello all kinda new to the whole board building thing; my third board is in the press right now. It's around 32 by 9 nine inches with a kicktail, but im worried that the generic bunnings ply (lauan?) will snap if I try to ollie or anything. Bearing in mind that maple is uber expensive and rare in Sydney, anyone have any ideas as to hardwood suitable for popping against the ground regularly (without imploding)?

Premium Member Comment by charlie harris on June 24, 2010 at 22:36

yea i found a place and they sell fibreglass woven sheets for about 12 bucks per metre
how much would i need?

Premium Member Comment by Ian McGlynn on June 24, 2010 at 22:29

no as i live in perth. but if you have not previously built anything before you will probably end up spending more than $100. 2pack epoxy is expensive stuff, as is good ply and glass. for the ply start ringing timber yards and for epoxy and glass boating shops are the go.

hope this helps. peace

Premium Member Comment by charlie harris on June 24, 2010 at 22:18

yea im gonna fibreglass the bottom as well
do you know any places in adelaide to buy plywood?
also i want to be spending about $100 on the whole board

Premium Member Comment by Ian McGlynn on June 24, 2010 at 22:13

thickness you mean? well it all depends on how you are planning on laying it up. (eg, fibreglass/ stringer) but ill assume your just going for a straight ply deck and say around 10mm worth of good bb or hoop pine.

hoep this helps peace.

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