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[paul cannon]

couple of new polys
 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kit Sidwell]

Thats some really pale coloured wood you've got there bro 

They look sick man, and a pretty quick build eh....
That completely sums up the reasons why Pu/Pe are still the norm
Cheap and easy, and they ride well.
After 5 or so decades, the system is dialled in!

Good on ya for extending your skills to the other medium.
To truely know surf craft, you have to experience it all.
With the amount of blanks you have, and the skills you have, i'm expecting to see some lethal boards, like you've just posted....
Poly glosses all round or just a sanded finish?
I'd go for the sanded look, NZ'ers don't know what gloss it

[Marsh]

Nice boards there paul, have you considered 2lb eps and pvc/wood stringer loher style?  Pu blanks aren't cheap in NZ, I would have thought eps/epoxy would be a similar price for beter construction?

[paul cannon]

cheers kit
nah im gunna do really good colour and gloss work, resin pins etc
just doing a few clears to get me laminating down
kit they are not much faster but more convenient
the machine cuts are a lot faster and better earners
quite happy to put a few extra hundy in cash in the home expenses kity

hey marsh
 not interested in eps unless its one pound under skins
did a few, they looked ugly and sucked water and pretty shit compared to a compsand.
i will use epoxy over polyurethane tho
may as well do something that looks good
im into classic looking boards and colour man
and traditional glassing techniques

[wouter]

he paul
why the leash plug in the foam, in the wood i-d say??
no more compsands?
and for yourself?
wouter

[huie]

pu pe to day
cdd epoxy tomorrow
wooden eps next week

 hes learning to be  able to adapt haaaaa

[huie]

oh & they do have flat bottoms& do work

[paul cannon]

faaark huie we think the same
i was sanding a concave bottom the last night in a shapers light(shows everything)
was thinking whats the fckin point
flat bottom is five minutes with a wood block and its perfect
so much better then an unevenly sanded concave bottom (of which im sure there are thousands on the shelves)

they look good

hey wouter i put theplug there they are atached to the stringer at the side
no im going back to compsands mainly
and the polys will be more colour retro boards
a standard polyboard is crap compared to airex/balsa