whats happening in the Goddard shed

Better update this boy's I'm off for some fresh seafood check back on the shed,go the horses

yea she was in there also the red and white resin dipped islander is in there also but cracked it and sold her since ..that was a hot one also

Tassiedevel said...

62mac said...

Can't wait to the artwork part,spay's or tints boy's

Mac I have gone gold tint with brown pin line , sounds good

Ron calls it tobacco road , yellow tint mixed with purple .

hope everyone had a good weekend...only small around here but fun




here is one of my sons little mates having a ball on his free range egg




Ok time to skin TD's board...first job is to lay down a tape line...this is what we glass to,




I have cheeted a little here and put down a pencil line to follow...Tassie wants a pinline so it will be covered by that,




mask off enough width so you dont get any resin past the cut line,




laying of the cloth comes now...one layer of six ounce here,




the cloth is neatly cut around ten or fifteen mill past the tape line




I like to keep the cuts smooth and flowing...it doesnt really matter because your going to cut it off to the tape...but if you keep it neat you avoid getting strands that will hang down and get in your way when you roll the rail under,




I will post this now as I dont think I can load too many more shots...I might have some dinner then post the colour laminating....back soon

Take you're time Ron, I'm just popping into the kitchen to get some beer and microwave some popcorn.
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Okay Ron, I'm back, you can start now

Just about to make myself have a beer to calm my nerves whilst I wait

tints are difficult to do and probably should be avoided if you are just starting to laminate...the colour is added to the resin...in this case the top and bottom will be the same colour so I first weigh up what I will need for both sides


then the colour goes in....something going on with the colour here in real life its a tobacco colour must be the neon lights or something cause it looks yellow in these shots...dont panic Tassie its gold....back on the scales and separate into two mixes....I use around 950 to 1000grms per side but thats probably a bit lean for first timers...better to have too much than not enough,



here is where it gets tricky for me to show as I am takiing the photo's myself...I get one chance for the first shot then my hands are tied to the end...I am sure if you google surfboard laminating you will have more vidio on the subject than you can watch...one trick of the trade that I can give away is...dont put hardner in the whole mix.... pour some of your mix into a separate vessel and beef up the catalyst into that smaller mix to finish off....this way you can wet out all your cloth...get everything all even, using a slower mix..then when you are ready to finish off you can use the little bit you have separated with a hotter mix and the whole job will go off just as you finish...which is what you want...too slow a mix and you will have what are called drain outs, this is where the resin has long enough to drain out of the cloth and into the foam...too fast a mix and....well.....chaos...got a bit of flare in this shot but you get the idea


so everything is all even and its starting to gel...the time to flip it over and cut it is important, if you tap it with your fingernails and it feels a bit hard its about ready to cut....too early and all the cloth will fluff up to late and its a mother to cut... stay with it until its time, dont walk away and do something else...you forget it and come back too late and its tragic



nice sharp blade, I use a new one for every cut...work your way around the board a few inches at a time


looking good a nice clean cut



I like to leave them at least overnight before I glass the deck...they have to get hard enuogh to be able to fare the edge of the cut you have just done

Looking nice Ron can't wait to get onto her .

Love the way Ron makes it look so easy , the few patch jobs I have done have been nightmares for me .