can fiberglass stiffen?

[anarchy]

I am making a drop speed board that needs to be stiff.

Like an idiot, I bought 1/2inch birch and of course it wont be stiff enough.

I have plenty of access to fiberglass and I was wondering if 3 or 4 layers of glass on the bottom would stiffin it up enough or at all?

anyone done anything simular?

[CRASS]

Yeah it would stiffen it. So would carbon fibre and many other options. Slap 2 layers on top & bottom & overlap the sides a little. It'll be stiff & sexy.


Anarchy, eh? Heh..

[akary]

i wonder if that would be quite enough for a speedboard only .5" thick. i'd worry about the dropped trucks breaking out without reinforcement.

who knows-worth a try

[SidewalkSurfer]

if you have access to the glass and resin give it a try

[anarchy]

well it worked. ended up putting 3 full layers and 2 strips down the middle on the bottm, and 2 full layers on top. definatelly stiff enough now, I will let you know how the drop through mountings hold up once I get around to doing that.