What Is Lamination On A Surfboard

In this video matt holladay breaks down how to properly glass a surfboard.

What is lamination on a surfboard.

A demonstration of the process of laminating a surfboard. Sandingjohnny invited me over to explain his bagging setup and watch him pull the board out of the bag. Surfboard resins polyester surfboard resin is formulated to cure water white clear and to cure in thin laminates. The hotcoat more or less fills in the gaps left in the weave of the cloth after lamination.

Build a surfboard episode 3. Learn to make a surfboard from the famous johnny v voxlund in haiku maui continues the saga begun at build a surfboard andepisode 2. Our surfboard resin is silmar s249a which is the surfboard industry standard for laminating and hot coating. Laminating and vacuum bagging.

If not enough resin than the fiberglass can easily de laminate from the board. It is a must do stage for any surfboard. The hotcoat more or less fills in the gaps left in the weave of the cloth after lamination. It is a must do stage for any surfboard.

This not only gives you a smooth surface but helps prevent water from seeping into the board over time. Like shaping glassing your surfboard becomes much less intimidating once you break it down into clear ste. Laminating the fiberglass to the foam is step one seal coating with resin is step 2. Dystrakted surfboard laminates sells it.

No need for a shiny gloss to make this flying turtle by surf prescriptions stand out. Shapers or artists send me images that they want and what size they re after. It takes 4 7 days to print it and ship it out. This not only gives you a smooth surface but helps prevent water from seeping into the board over time.

After you laminate the top or bottom of the board you are left with what is called a lap that is where there cloth has wrapped around the rail and finished on the other side of the board. After a season of riding it into dunes and what have you the tail snapped. He demonstrates how to mix in pigments for color laminations along with a symmetri. It is a great alternative to rice paper and far less restrictive.

I moved out to long island for work and bought a surfboard. I work up a quote for approval before printing and we go from there.