Wasnt sure if i was going to get this done in time, but i have just! my build is a bamboo, fibreglass and carbon speedboard, which a bunch of will hopefully be made in the near future to sell.
First up we made a mold for the concave out of concrete. Next, layed up the bamboo and fibreglass and placed it in the mould.
After 12 hours, we pulled the blank out, but there was a bit of an issue. The resin on the top and between the layers of bamboo had gone off, but the bottom hadn't. the deck very nearly got thown in the corner, but i decided i didnt want to give up on it, and waste the materials. so i cut the shape of the board and then set about removing the bottom layer of un cured resin and glass, by peeling it off using some pliers. the original plan was to run some carbon stringers, but i gave in and decided to do a complete carbon bottom
i layed up the carbon, without using a bag, and im super impressed with the results (ill put up a how to later on)
Once the carbon had cured, i trimmed off the excess and got to work sanding the edges, wheel wells and cutting the drop though mounts. next i masked out the logo and painted it with some silver car touch up paint and then mixed up some resin and did a thin coat on the bottom of the board to try and fill some of the imperfections.
Then came the wetsanding, what a bitch of a job that was! once i was happy with how it looked it was clear coat time. there are around 5 coats of clear, with a light wet sand in between each coat.
And the finished product!!!! Im extremely happy with how it turned out for my first time at using carbon and gloss, and especially considering i was going to throw it out! oh yeah, board details, it is 1000mm long, 275mm at its widest and constructed from triax glass, 3 sheets of bamboo and double bias carbon.
cheers. ash.
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