So I bought a PU board...

[retodd]

Just like everything in surfboard world , things are subjective and opinions get in the way of facts .

 

[JDJ]

all the people ordering a full resin tint plus gloss and polish will be sadly disappointed thinking the board will be similar in weight to a clear sanded finish.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

Just like everything in surfboard world , things are subjective and opinions get in the way of facts .

fact vs. fantasy

 

[sushipop]

would it be stupid to hot coat a board with gloss resin? Particularly when doing ding repair?

 

[griffinsurfboard]

Glossing resin is made with styrene to thin it and becomes more brittle than hot coat resin which is laminating with wax added

 

[casa_mugrienta]

We had a thread about this a while back.

 

[Chocki]

fact vs. fantasy

Science is science, chemistry is chemistry, etc. I would be very surprised given the backyard/DIY roots of the surfboard industry along with the thin margins, etc that they’re not lagging behind the rest of the composite using world.

Never got on with the ultralight board thing myself. Couldn’t get over the insubstantial feeling.

 

[chilly1]

Science is science, chemistry is chemistry, etc. I would be very surprised given the backyard/DIY roots of the surfboard industry along with the thin margins, etc that they’re not lagging behind the rest of the composite using world.

Never got on with the ultralight board thing myself. Couldn’t get over the insubstantial feeling.

Chocki, What's up with no viking photo now in your profile now. did you switch when you saw the episode he wen Valhalla in? This one cute and all but that was legendary! Fruggin love that epic saga!

 

[racer1]

Glaminators No likey

Is a sanded gloss that much more work? Sounds like doing a 2nd hot coat basically?

 

[griffinsurfboard]

Everything thats an upgrade is more work .

When disscussing how to not twist boards glassing said glasser told me "its the stringers" to evade that process

Stringers only saturate a tiny bit of resin before its kicks - so no way is it wet enough to twist ...

 

[Chocki]

Chocki, What's up with no viking photo now in your profile now. did you switch when you saw the episode he wen Valhalla in? This one cute and all but that was legendary! Fruggin love that epic saga!

I felt like going with something surf appropriate that represented the ever increasing commercialization of surfing along with the absurdity of the modern condition.

Starting to rewatch Vikings now. Such a gnarly show. I love how they always take the time to slip in something extra rad, ala in the middle of an epic battle they cut to some guy running around yelling Odin while bashing heads with a war hammer or the crossbow with the bird skull sight, etc.

Surprisingly historically accurate:

 

[chilly1]

I felt like going with something surf appropriate that represented the ever increasing commercialization of surfing along with the absurdity of the modern condition.

Starting to rewatch Vikings now. Such a gnarly show. I love how they always take the time to slip in something extra rad, ala in the middle of an epic battle they cut to some guy running around yelling Odin while bashing heads with a war hammer or the crossbow with the bird skull sight, etc.

Surprisingly historically accurate:

Roger that. Sorry if I gave anything away. It is a dramatized version of factual events. I liken the vikings to surfers because of the seagoing aspect we share. Not so much the conquering of new spots maybe but still.

 

[racer1]

More sessions on the PU, it's so forgiving.
I can really push it on rail and in the lip and the board just rides out.
Lovely.

 

[Maz]

My Ghost. It's a few months shy of 4 years, and has several hundred surfs on the clock. Very good glass job.

 

[racer1]

That one looks good!

 

[urchined]

4-4-4 ?
My Ghost. It's a few months shy of 4 years, and has several hundred surfs on the clock. Very good glass job.

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[Maz]

4+6/4oz

And before you call the Tailpad Police on me, that's as far back as my size 12 will go on that tail. There's already some overhang. (he said sheepishly)

 

[Muscles]

I beat the hell out of my PU small wave board. I've surfed it two to three times a week for the last 15 months. The deck is smashed in but other than that it still rides as good as the day I picked it up. It has 6x6 glass on top but the tail and deck still crushed pretty quick. I'll definitely replace it with another PU.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

My Ghost. It's a few months shy of 4 years, and has several hundred surfs on the clock. Very good glass job.

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Real Men crush their boards !!

 

[kane]

I forgot how buttery PU feels. I might sell all my alt builds and go full PU. I don't care about durability.

Oh My ! ;-)

Made in Hawaii too for only 360 .00

Undercutting all those shapers who bring work to this glasser - only in Hawaii does this exist .

Happens everywhere and that shaper isn't making much money off that board.