Sunday 18 November 2012

The Salad Dodger is done, an EPS core with glass under and over veneer, 16 oz over the rails with 3 stringer core, the tail block is made up of strips of Western Red Cedar and Paulonia, the deck pad is a 6mm D cell foam that has been laminated to the deck under vacuum pressure, it should provide some degree of strength to the board in the high traffic areas, the whole thing weighs in at 23lbs. The acrylic black paint works OK with the UV protection clear layer which is a high grade yacht varnish. Its been a great build using Welsh recyclable EPS and Welsh Birch veneer, the resin used is Resin Research Epoxy a really good clear resin and a good performer in my book! Fins boxes are FCS and the huge 'D' fins in the photo are made by laminating 2 x 4mm marine ply and 1 x 3mm marine ply, a simple 4oz cloth layer and a hot coat followed by clear coat and they are done. Sorry for the watering can on its side!!!!




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