Freestylegeek's squarenose conversion

[yamaslut]

88lbs!!! NICE!!! you're a relatively light guy also, arent you? you're gonna rip on that thing.

geek is my size... maybe a little more manly

:cool2:

 

[RiverRat]

final weight came to:
88 pounds.

Nice!!!! I must admit I was skeptical after I heard the weight of the bottom deck :hail: Nice job!

 

[douglee25]

Very sweet bro! I can't wait to see it painted!

Doug

 

[RMBC Freeride]

I'm curious to see how much weight the paint adds. Seriously... please weigh it again after paint Mr. Geek!!! It has to add some weight, right? lets see...

 

[SUPERJET-113]

Ya but the reducer flashes off, so count that out.

 

[Jawbreaker]

What? More weight for paint.....Can't have that....Who needs paint anyway...........Primer that bitch and leave her lighter.
Oh, and no decals either.:biggrin:

 

[yamaslut]

funny you mention that. i thought about that when i sanded mine down, and repainted it. i sanded through 3 coats of paint to get as much old paint off as possible.

that paints gotta add another 3 or so lbs at least i'd say. those cans are pretty heavy. my ski had one quart of primer, a quart of white, a quart of green, the activator, the reducer.

that's gotta add up.

the paint flashes, the reducer flashes... I bet it doesn't amount to much more than a lb

 

[feartheride]

I hate it when people get so much accomplished it just makes me depressed
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

 

[freestylegeek]

geek is my size... maybe a little more manly

:cool2:

I think you ment gangly...

I'm 6'-1" and 185 lbs.
I think that thing is gonna rip on me more than I can rip on it!! :hail:

 

[freestylegeek]

Very sweet bro! I can't wait to see it painted!

Doug

SATURDAY!!!!

 

[freestylegeek]

I'm curious to see how much weight the paint adds. Seriously... please weigh it again after paint Mr. Geek!!! It has to add some weight, right? lets see...

I'm sure you're right, but, I weighed it on a bathroom scale, so I would say it's accurate to about 2 lbs. It could weigh 90 lbs...
AND, if I use 2 quarts (sprayable) of paint, I doubt that will even add 1/2 lb.
But, just for you, I'll weigh it after paint. :biggthumpup:

 

[freestylegeek]

I hate it when people get so much accomplished it just makes me depressed
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

Yeah, but I didn't build a garage, so you've got me there...

 

[freestylegeek]

Nice!!!! I must admit I was skeptical after I heard the weight of the bottom deck :hail: Nice job!

I was skeptical after I bonded the top to the bottom!
I was also skeptical on how strong the thing could be and still be light, but after all the reinforcing, this sucker is BEEFY!

 

[yamaslut]

I think you ment gangly...

I'm 6'-1" and 185 lbs.
I think that thing is gonna rip on me more than I can rip on it!! :hail:

6-3, 190lbs...
:cheer:

 

[goodq]

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nuff said

 

[romack991]

saturdays over, where's our paint report? we need pics too!

 

[freestylegeek]

I'm rezising pictures right now...

 

[freestylegeek]

OK, we're going back a little bit here...
This is pouring the foam into the bondline cavities before reinforcing the sides.
It's 4 lb foam with a 20x expansion.
After it cured, I cut it down with a hacksaw blade and some sandpaper.
I cut the unidirectional glass to about 6" wide, and the biaxial twill from lip to hull.
Then, I filled in the sides of the ribs with epoxy and filler.

 

[freestylegeek]

Next was laying in the two layers of glass.
I used a 1" wide paintbrush to apply the resin, and hand pressed the cloth after I was done. I think I got just about the right resin/cloth ratio (1:1 idealy). The cloth was fully wetted, but still had a good texture to it.

Then it was time to cut the holes for the footholds. I used the left one to cut the right side and vice versa. I measured 10" back from the firewall, so they are fairly far forward (to make up for the shorter hull).

 

[freestylegeek]

The foaming was next. I leaned the ski forward against the wall, and poured through the foothold holes. I foamed the front pump intake/firewall/front gunwales first before installing the footholds. I cut an access hole in the front of the tray to make sure I got plenty of foam under the VERY THIN front part of the tray.