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Hi all,
Thanks for all the content on here, it's absolutely incredible. I just finished my first board and had a blast. Wanted to ask a few questions to hopefully hone my skills
- Futures boxes was tricky on a board with moderate double concaves (modeled after Machado Seaside). Lining up and leveling the template was fine, but getting the depth right was a little tricky. Any tips on this?
- Sanding the double concave with the rotary sander was rough, I never did get it right. Any tips for tight concave spaces like that?
- Sanding the fin boxes down was also a bit of a nightmare with the concaves, was hard to get the fin boxes level without digging into the glass elsewhere.
- My laps were too big and probably contributed to the deck and bottom not being perfectly smooth. Should I just sand the heck out of the laps so they don't cause ridges?
- Carbon fiber tape was tough to get straight, especially at the ends where it came unraveled, almost seems not worth it. Any tips?
- What's the best way to deal with rail ridges on the final coats? It almost seems better to not mask them or mask at the very bottom of the rails and then sand flat? I kept burning through to the glass trying to basically reshape the rails to knock down the ridges.
- My final coat had a bunch of little "gloss" marks that were lower and didn't sand, almost looked like rain drops fell all over the board in certain light (photo below). Do I just need to sand deeper or is this contamination or bubbles?
- I have a couple spots that look like minor burn through. It sounds like I at least need to spot seal them? (photo below)
Also added a couple pics of the finished board.
Thanks in advance,
Randy
