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Post by Richuk »

Great work! I hope it gives you what you want from you board. Looking forward to the trip report :)
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Latest board: African satinwood, full triax carbon fiber, full oak core, additional triax carbon fiber at bindings(rotated 90 degrees) for stiffness. Test run scheduled for Tuesday.
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Finally a setup to protect me from fiberglass!
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Post by doughboyshredder »

Looking good.

FYI. Rain gear works great for fiberglass. You can blow it off with the air gun or rinse it off with water. The paint suits work ok, but glass can get stuck through and still cause irritation. Also, they don't last.
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Post by MontuckyMadman »

excellent.


How did you do the topsheet logo?
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MontuckyMadman wrote:excellent.


How did you do the topsheet logo?
I'd like to know as well. Did you stencil it onto the veneer before layup or after? Details please. Thanks
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For the graphic, I bought rice paper from www.rice-paper.com. I taped the edges of the rice paper to a standard sheet of paper and then ran it through the printer. I added the logo after sanding the whole board down and then stuck it on during a polyurethane coat. It looks great except there is a slight sheen difference. I have only done 1 coat; more coats may help it blend in better. Or maybe using less glossy polyurethane.
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Post by MontuckyMadman »

huh. interesting. Why not lay it up wet? Because you would sand to finish alla happy monkey? I think a light glass over the wood veneer with logo between will be sweet, tests to follow.
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COsurfer - Thanks. I like the ability to put a graphic on after. If you put it on first during the layup and the top sheet shifts at all, the graphic will be off. If I had killer cassettes the shifting wouldn't be a problem, but.... not yet.

Also like the light glass over the veneer idea, offers a little bit more protection.

So you used poly as the glue? Will have to test it out. Thanks.
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Post by COsurfer »

Actually, I forgot to put down the logo in the layup! I had planned on doing a few coats of Poly (alla Happy Monkey) so I thought I would give it a shot and it worked great. I like the light glass idea, might try that next. I rode the board yesterday and the logo held up just fine.
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Post by MontuckyMadman »

Boards may not have the same chipping problem as skis in certain spots but after about 50 days the tips where the veneer is, is pretty worn just from the abrasion of snow I think. The same amount of wear you would expect for 3 seasons worth of use with a plastic topsheet I could surmise.

I think the light glass top will help protect the veneer more in these areas as well as a logo placement.

I have found that the bloodwood or paduk is really chipping easily so a light glass would be imperative if I would use that again.

I hope it comes out transparent.
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Post by doughboyshredder »

most of the chipping on skis is from you guys knocking your skis together. The only time boards get chipped is on the lift.
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light glass in those wear areas is a good idea. What about some heat moldable plastic molded over and epoxied in place.

At work we use a heat moldable plastic that you soak in hot water to make custom splints. It comes in lots of different colors and can be stretched to make it very thin. Something like this would be easy to fabricate and make the abrasion on the tips much less. There night even be a clear version. Kind of like you see with custom face masks on guys that have broken noses.
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Post by falls »

most of the chipping on skis is from you guys knocking your skis together. The only time boards get chipped is on the lift.
Mostly when skis run into or over your board! :)
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falls wrote:
most of the chipping on skis is from you guys knocking your skis together. The only time boards get chipped is on the lift.
Mostly when skis run into or over your board! :)
Funny, that's actually exactly what I was thinking.

Skiers tend to pay no attention to whether their skis are hitting our boards. I think it's a passive aggressive thing.

I had one guy last year that kept putting his skis on my board in line. After a few shuffles forward and him doing the same thing, I put him in his place.

This was in line for ch. 2 at alpy, which is already a seething mass of frustration. I have never been in or seen more near fist fights than in that line.

For those that don't know, it's a slow double that accesses the best steepest terrain in North America. Lines on weekend pow days can easily stretch in to the forty five minute realm.
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I was looking at this stuff...

Post by Brazen »

It's called Durafilm and I think it would work perfectly, 2nd post , can't paste a link so here it is : monosol. com/ brands .php?p=13
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