Question for Pinliner

[Phi1]

Or anyone else who might know.

I've got a late 60's longboard and I was just wondering what the color process is on the nose. I'm assuming it was put on just before the hotcoat, and not on the foam itself (since I sanded a bit too deep fixing a ding on the nose). Is it paint, or is it just pigmented resin? I like it because it is a lot smoother and brighter than color you would see on foam, and it has this translucent, jewel-like appearance to it. You can see how it tints the stringer green in the second picture.

Is that same effect possible on a larger scale (like most or all of the board) or is that more or less part of the normal process for color tinted boards?

Just curious, and thanks in advance.

<img src="http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshots/MomentOfFame/l40180.jpg" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshots/MomentOfFame/l40181.jpg" alt=" - " />

 

[foamdust]

It might be tinted resin applied just after the hot coat before the finishing coat. Some boards had colored foam strips, but that doesnt seem to be the case with your board.

 

[Phi1]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by foamdust:
<strong>It might be tinted resin applied just after the hot coat before the finishing coat. Some boards had colored foam strips, but that doesnt seem to be the case with your board.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yep, the vertical green lines in the second picture are colored foam, but I was referring to the one that runs horizontally (and frames the nose in the first picture). I figured it was some kind of tint. The picture doesn't do it justice...good eye foamdust.

 

[yeahdanny]

its probably just a laminate.

 

[pinliner]

looks like a green resin tint on the sanded coat you can see where the logo was taped off

 

[Edge Fins]

Aloha , I can't seem to bring up the picture of your board, I'm sure I would recognize the color prosess. I have been working for Bill for 10 years now, Bill always has been excelent at resin pinlines and resin pigment art and still is. My guess is it's resin pigment. you will want to prep your repair through 320 sandpaper then tape off sandthru area, press the tape down well, mix color with finish resin then apply. Now before the pigmented resin has time to dry peal the tape so that the edges have a chance to flatten out. Then finish accordingly,Gloss or sanded ? there are a few more tricks to finnishing a pinline.

Edge Fins , Kauai