Blaster B1 rocker nose!!!

[zimmy]

2 part foams is nice, but it is a pain when you have to grind it all back out. I will try the pink stuff from home depot next time, just stick a few blocks in and shave it to the form needed. I think its would be less mess, less clean up.

 

[Dirty Jersey!]

i agree with you 100% seems like spray foam or 2 part foam is just a complete mess, but on the other hand do you think the glass resin will eat away at the pink foam or is it a safe and better idea to maybe just put a thin layer of gel coat on the foam than start glassing?

 

[zimmy]

I have laid epoxy resin on the pink foam without an issue. The biggest problem was gluing the pink foam pieces together, the glues I used ate the foam up. I didn't use pink foam for the nose on my ski, I used it on the pump tunnel, so it was a smaller area.

The 2 part foam will be easier to just pour and grind, but as mentioned, clean up is a pain!

 

[Dirty Jersey!]

nevermind on what i said about gel coating the foam now that i remember i seen a video of a guy that was glassing foam and he used some type of what looked like a alluminum tape of some sort that he put over the foam before he started to glass the mold

 

[willcastner]

I suggest buying the carter b kit. I know its expensive but your time is worth something too.

 

[ridetrp]

hey man i have a shop full of materials,resin any kind of carbon ,glass youll need shoot me a pm be more than happy to helpo you out

 

[venezialeracer24]

Poor teric. His name he came up with hacked up lol

 

[Dirty Jersey!]

pm sent

 

[ajmps1]

I have laid epoxy resin on the pink foam without an issue. The biggest problem was gluing the pink foam pieces together, the glues I used ate the foam up. I didn't use pink foam for the nose on my ski, I used it on the pump tunnel, so it was a smaller area.

The 2 part foam will be easier to just pour and grind, but as mentioned, clean up is a pain!

zimmy, alota guys, when making budget surfboards for fun, use wood glue. if you use sparingly the only way people know you fudged a blank together is cause its pink or blue housing foam

 

[Scraggly]

Poly will melt the foam but epoxy won't FYI

 

[zimmy]

Good advice, thanks, I will use this on the next build!

 

[NVJAY775]

I like working with 4 lb 2 part foam from USComposites. Shapes awesome. I'd do the CarterB kit too. Looks amazing.

 

[ajmps1]

http://surfersteve.com/polystyrene.htm read the 4th paragraph zimmy it says why the foam melted

 

[Dirty Jersey!]

well guys if everything goes as planned, i will begin the process of chopping the blaster some time this week, i will be cutting the nose and also doing a little something different on the tail section :Banane09::beerchug:

 

[KTM434]

Start a build thread and post a link here

 

[Dirty Jersey!]

i will do that as soon as i start this project, and i will update pics as i go

 

[KTM434]

You are doing your own or using Carters kit?

 

[Dirty Jersey!]

i am going to do my own and see how it comes out, i have plenty of spare time at night and on the weekends so time isnt a big deal for me, i wanna do my own just for the experience of learning how to do something as hands on as this is, i know how to glass already but this is going to be pretty involved

 

[KTM434]

It's really not bad or hard. It's just very dusty and time consuming

 

[Dirty Jersey!]

thats pretty much what i was thinking to myself, just want to make sure i get all the lines right