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Premium Member Comment by Owen on May 10, 2010 at 17:45

I think that the expanding foam would be alright, but the problem with the FSM was that he didn't have holes in the foam for the resin to soak through as you would have for vacuum bagging I think that it would be best if you have it in a press or bag.

Premium Member Comment by Matthys on May 10, 2010 at 17:33

is it that extruded polythylene foam that you can get from insulation companies?

Premium Member Comment by Matthys on May 10, 2010 at 17:31

ye, that warped fsm!
do you know how it turned out in the end?
if not expanding foam, then where can you get that airex stuff people talk about, pvc foam?
wouldnt it be really expensive here,
like the aim would be to make it as cheap as possible without going into the structural integrity...

Premium Member Comment by Owen on May 10, 2010 at 11:08

dude thats how most foamcore boards are built, lots of guys do it with evos, but not so much with expanding foam, if you have a spare board I suggest you try it.

was it the FSM or another board?

Premium Member Comment by Matthys on May 10, 2010 at 9:04

hey, guys
i just saw the coolest thing!
well what this guy on silverfish did was he got an old deck, then cut of most of the wood, only leaving a wooden frame, then filled the rest up with expandafoam, he then sanded it flat with the board. and sandwiched it between a few layers of 6oz glass
like i dont kow what the end result was, but it looked really awesome.
if this could be replicated, it could turn an old dull board that uve had 4 ages into a new lively creation,
like it wouldnt be as light as a foamcore built from scratch, but it would be a way cheaper, way easier way of making your own foamie!
what do you guys think?????

Premium Member Comment by Matthys on May 9, 2010 at 19:26

correct me if im wrong, but wouldnt it add more strenght to the board if put on the bottom?
to my understanding, fibreglass has more tensile strength than compressive.

Comment by Alex Schulze on May 5, 2010 at 21:17

I use boat fibre glass as lamination with epoxy resin usually with 4 layers 3mm ply, if I were to add stiffness to my board although minimal, am I better to add a layer of glass on top of the deck?

Comment by Norfin Longboards on May 5, 2010 at 20:10

I agree with pete that carbon done the correct way will make the boards stronger but most use it to make somethings look good. Also there is a variety of diferent carbon that do there own specific jobs.

Premium Member Comment by Steve on May 5, 2010 at 20:02

Carbon fibre is on average 3 times stronger than the same weight fibreglass. So is it better? Depends what you want in your final product. It is much harder to work with oweing to the fact that unlike fibreglass it is hard to tell when it is wet out properly and any mistake is much more costly....

Premium Member Comment by pete hill on May 5, 2010 at 19:35

carbon has different qualites to glass, if used correctly it can add strength with little weight compared to glass, putting a layer on the bottom of your board might make it look spaceshippy but will do very little to make it a stronger board.

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