Darks Arts EPS and Carbon Fiber Surfboards

[ReForest]

Yep….Absolutely would help. This is my quiver of poly/carbon/epoxy boards from local SoBay shaper/shredder Andy Prunuar(Proper Surf & Foil boards) - I sprayed them with water based from Montana Colors(what surfboard lam shops use when not airbrushing)

MTN Water Based 400 Spray Paint | Montana Colors

The revolutionary water-based spray paint now comes in a 400ml format. Perfect for studio or indoor work.

www.montanacolors.com

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Okay... so I've decided to keep the Vader but I took the pad off, cleaned it all up and i'm gonna paint the bad experience away.

I went to Michaels and was gonna pick up the Montana GOLD Acrylic paint. It was $13.99.



Butttt.... the cheap bastard that I am, I saw there was another on called Ironlak Acrylic Spray Paint for $7.99. So I went with the Ironlak.



Anyone have any experience with this one??

I dont think I want to do the whole deck, just the rails. My plan is to paint the rails, let it sit for 24 hours and then hit it with clear coat.

 

[sdsrfr]

You bought cheap paint for your expensive board?

that’s gonna be a regret…

 

[tedshred5]

painting the rails gold is *definitely* gonna make them feel knifier

 

[santacruzin]

Okay... so I've decided to keep the Vader but I took the pad off, cleaned it all up and i'm gonna paint the bad experience away.

I went to Michaels and was gonna pick up the Montana GOLD Acrylic paint. It was $13.99.

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Butttt.... the cheap bastard that I am, I saw there was another on called Ironlak Acrylic Spray Paint for $7.99. So I went with the Ironlak.

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Anyone have any experience with this one??

I dont think I want to do the whole deck, just the rails. My plan is to paint the rails, let it sit for 24 hours and then hit it with clear coat.

you fucked up. Not even joking. Montana gold is legit , other cans meh not so much.

 

[santacruzin]

I want to paint my AO white and bring to indo. Going to order another PU one instead.

 

[ReForest]

you fucked up. Not even joking. Montana gold is legit , other cans meh not so much.

Dang. If you're for real, I'll go back and get the Montana gold.

What's the difference though?

 

[santacruzin]

You may be allright, I would spend the extra $5.

Montana gold are the best low pressure spray cans out there. I can do the cleanest lines and the pressure is consistent. No sputtering which leads to drips and splatters.

Montana will adhere better to surfaces than cheap spraypaint and the colors are better.



And again its $5!!! I guess I choose different things to be cheap about.

 

[ReForest]

You may be allright, I would spend the extra $5.

Montana gold are the best low pressure spray cans out there. I can do the cleanest lines and the pressure is consistent. No sputtering which leads to drips and splatters.

Montana will adhere better to surfaces than cheap spraypaint and the colors are better.



And again its $5!!! I guess I choose different things to be cheap about.

 

[waxurDyl]

Brah…Go back to reply #699 & 700.
You asked & I shared…then you go buy something else to save $5???

 

[jkb]

Hey @ReForest,

I would listen to the painting advice from @santacruzin and @waxurDyl

Remember what happened last time you tried to paint a board? Your instincts cannot be trusted in this particular genre.

Also, when you go back to get that can of Montana go ahead and get literally any other color than gold....... and anything else that has sparkles.

 

[TheEl]

 

[silentbutdeadly]

 

[Retropete]

@ReForest if you buy grey paint you can sand it back to give it the Firewire Volcanic rub through look.

 

[Goodfish]

Oh, this is gonna be so good!

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Has anyone gotten a DA or other carbon board with the bottom tinted?

Maybe im missing something but it makes more sense to have the bottom be a lighter color so I could set the board down bottom side up in the sun for more than two seconds without it cooking...

The all black boards arent a huge issue here in the PNW but it sometimes sucks to be unable to chill on the beach for a few mins on a sunny day before or after a session.

White is not going to help.

It will get hot just like a white fiberglass board but delaminate.

The foil guys are well aware of this, which is why they use mirrored board bags.

Lots of DAs at the ding repair places for this sole reason.

 

[ReForest]

Well sheeet. I guess I'll go back and get the Montana. The GOLD is the type of Montana can, it's not the color.

I was thinking white rails.

 

[Aruka]

White is not going to help.

It will get hot just like a white fiberglass board but delaminate.

White boards don't get hot like black boards though.

A Dark Arts board is scorching hot in just a few minutes of direct sun.

 

[santacruzin]

Well sheeet. I guess I'll go back and get the Montana. The GOLD is the type of Montana can, it's not the color.

I was thinking white rails.

yea gold is the low pressure montana paint
Black is the high pressure paint, harder to control but good to get lots of paint up.

 

[casa_mugrienta]

White boards don't get hot like black boards though.

A Dark Arts board is scorching hot in just a few minutes of direct sun.

Prob not in Oregon, but 80+ in the sun will get a white board piping hot too.

Factor in epoxy/eps and carbon itself it really needs kid gloves when it comes to temp.

 

[JDJ]

Can you explain why a Dark Arts board painted white would be more heat sensitive than any other eps build because I don’t see how the introduction of carbon standing alone would make a difference.