6'2" Shortboard Surfboard Construction Time-lapse

From start to finish a timelapse of building a custom surfboard for a friend. All steps from making a blank from EPS block foam, hotwiring the blank, shaping the blank, sealing, installing fin boxes, glassing, hotcoating, sanding, paint work and gloss coating with epoxy. This is around 8 hours of footage time-lasped into 12 minutes.
See the playlist for all the real time videos that were used to create this time-lapse. They are boring but might help some of you building your first surfboard.
Playlist of the real time videos:
• 6'2" Tri-colored Short...
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[@kryptoart87]

AWESOME! I'm actually having a Blue,Red, Yellow 11 foot longboard made now so its awesome to see what it might look like.

[@mcgeek5664]

love the video and the board looks great!

[@ceezb5629]

Sick board!

[@TheChriscarr1210]

Sweet board!

[@AndrewWorkshop]

Chris Carr Thanks, my friend loves it too.

[@graycooper9843]

thanks for sharing ☺☺☺

[@HJake45]

Hey man, awesome video series. Helped me heaps shaping my first board. I was wondering did you have any problems with delamination painting the blank and then hot coat like that? Cheers

[@joeyhall973]

I loved the video that board is sick, I am taking a class in school that is making fiber glass boards and I need a good design and size, were do you think I can get a template to follow for the shape?

[@goncalooliveiracardoso4197]

Hi Andrew, how are you? What's is the best between these two foams EPS and XPS ? I'm thinking about glassing my board with polyester resign. which one is the best?

[@jankobananko]

nice!

[@goncalooliveiracardoso4197]

What kind of resin and foam do the pro surfers of the asp use ? Polyuretane or EPS ? Epoxy or Polyester resin ?

[@osneiderfontalvo2597]

how long does it usually take the whole thing?

[@stokes58]

Beautiful work. Can you explain to me why the board was painted on the blank and on top of the glass with the same design?

[@AndrewWorkshop]

+Tony Stokes The paint on the blank did not come out as nice as I like so I redid the paint job. Was just being overly picky LOL

[@paulshapiro6119]

Why did you paint the glassed board after glassing at 11 minutes (when foam was already painted before glassing) and it appears to have been gloss coated twice (once before and once after the second painting). Really informative video.

[@raulft]

Can you send me the rack's dimension? I need to construct one for me.

[@h.miguelparedesdr.2324]

Super bueno ese video ... lo que me gustaria saber es que le puso para que los solbentes de la fibra no derritan la espuma flex

[@h.miguelparedesdr.2324]

Surfmus hooo ya entiendo gracias ...

[@Graf_Kupriyanov]

how do you mark out the places to install the fins? By what principle?

[@joeyhall973]

what is that tool that u used to shape the rocker

[@joaolehodey9434]

How many sheets of fibre glass were used on each side?

[@sergioquero7555]

how did u get that color on the foam?

[@prez_wso]

Where did you get the templates ?

[@jakevanslooten9026]

How many hours of work was that and was it multiple days

[@johnnyhendricks6116]

whats that tool in the way beginning when shaping the foam blank???

[@JR-mk6ow]

johnny hendricks probably an hot wire. Just a resistance iron

[@tizi2003]

It's an electric sander, later he uses a surform.

[@tylerhoagland8342]

Hey man what's the stuff that you brushed on with a paint brush?

[@joaqthewhiterabbit9510]

Tyler Hoagland Fiberglass or epoxy resin

[@NiallsDoItCenter]

Where did you purchase your EPS foam block? Just curious - thanks!

[@AndrewWorkshop]

Goncalo not sure why I can't comment directly to you. I'm not sure what the pro surfers uses, regardless they ride boards that are glassed really light and don't last very long since they are looking for performance not durability.

[@dkyasui]

Aloha Andrew, is there a reason for coloring the foam before laminating then spraying more color after sanding the hotcoat? Just curious. Nice board!

[@AndrewWorkshop]

dkyasui No reason, more of trial and error, I originally painted the foam first and then glassed to see how it came out. I wasn't happy with the result so I sprayed color directly on the sanded hotcoat then did a gloss coat over that. The color really popped after that!

[@dkyasui]

Andrew W Hi Andrew, wondering what kind of paint was used before gloss. I am thinking of painting but am afraid of the epoxy beading up on the paint

[@AndrewWorkshop]

dkyasui The paint used is acrylic paint, general rule of thumb is water based paints are safe to use. Don't use any lacquer paints and oil paints are bad because epoxy might not adhere to it.

[@Aint1S]

+Andrew W that is the way a lot of the shops are doing it, the later method with EPS. Your epoxy finish spray looks amazing! What glass schedule did you use for a good, solid EPS board? My first and last EPS board was a Santa Cruz. It lasted about 2 hours before I decide to do the first air and it broke on a landed "alley oops." It was faster than PU, but obviously weaker... After I fumed over that $800 board for a few years with it sitting up perforated in front of my deck pad, I decide to cut it open and just see the culprit... a defective stringer and porous red foam was to blame. Their red foam looks like 3/16" with a thin stringer. I figured that since I like how it rode, I'd keep the $800 board for the plans within. Your board is probably stronger than that one without the failed stringer in question. If I build an EPS, you can bet I'm looking for a carbon bagged stringer to put in the core. I think that would help EPS withstand forces like a PU board. Thanks for the video and answer to the glass in advance, it was a helpful video!🌊

[@jeffworthington8686]

What does it cost you to do the whole project? If you don't mind me asking.

[@AndrewWorkshop]

+Jeff Worthington It's hard to say since I the materials can make more than one board. But if I were to give a rough estimate, I'd say around $300, that's including fin boxes and fins.

[@minniemoocher123]

What is this song?

[@daliks]

How did you paint the blank? awesome work!

[@AndrewWorkshop]

+daliks Thanks! I used acrylic paint from the craft store or walmart.

[@daliks]

Andrew W won't it affect the bond?

[@AndrewWorkshop]

+daliks Theoretically yes anything between the foam and epoxy will affect the bond, but practically speaking it's not an issue, never had an issue. Just make sure it's fully dry before doing the lamination.

[@eon1166]

Do you know how to repaint a skimboard, with a foot grip, and gloss on it? I bought it from a pawn shop and the paint job is horrid. Nice video by the way. :)

[@AndrewWorkshop]

Thanks, sand rough and then paint with waterbased paints then clearcoat with resin, epoxy or polyester.

[@tizi2003]

Why is there a single fin plug on the nose?

[@chrisvicino659]

Tizi B it’s a vent

[@Surfmus]

@@chrisvicino659 No is not. In this case he put a FCS plug to hold his GoPro.

[@Surfmus]

FCS plug for the GoPro.

[@hiep1971]

glue A and B or la Composite

[@recsurfboard5383]

why you put a plug in the nose top of the board ?ciao....

[@AndrewWorkshop]

+rec surfboard It's a FCS plug for a GoPro mount.

[@rinarayg]

This comment is for Goncalo Cardoso. Dont use polyester resin on eps foam. It will eat the foam. You might be able if you put down a sealer but i wouldnt. Epoxy resin only. On a poly blank you can use poly or epoxy resin but not on eps foam.

[@samcartwright5812]

do you sell surf boards

[@AndrewWorkshop]

+Sam Cartwright I sometimes sell the ones I no longer ride but no not really.

[@tajsobral2817]

The music is aweful but nice video man

[@toddliebig5018]

This turned out amazing! If anyone wants to find out more information about building surfboards, check out my website www.howtomakeasurfboard.com. I will be posting a lot of useful information there that will help out anyone trying to make their own surfboard.

[@paulohenriquerodrigues1585]

Pow! vc eh fod@#/!

[@fpvwithme]

I watched to se how you colored the board🤣🤣😥😥

[@pangrac1]

Very very very strange things happening there in every step, big discrepancies in wearing safety items and lot more. Pretty crazy.

[@weisseric2]

non d un chien... tout est mélangé dans cette vidéo. intéressante mais je déconseille de la suivre... !