I'm having trouble with keeping the tip fill aligned with the core. I've tried using medical tape to keep the core butted up with the tip fill, but this only marginally works. I think the root cause is when I vacuum press, as it starts sucking the core down to the form, the two pieces go out of alig...

I'm in process of my first pair of skis. They have a wood veneer as the top sheet. My plan is to put on some water based spar varnish on the top and sidewalls. The top sheep ended up having about 60% epoxy on the top because of the bleed through. I knew there was going to be some bleed through, but ...