BUILDING a TIE DYE SURFBOARD / Start to finish surfboard build

[@ADudesRotary]

It's been a little time since your last, but you sure haven't lost your touch, love your style and different looking boards. You make it I'll watch it.

[@Shrednaught]

Haha thanks mate. New space and everything feels outta touch. Few stuff ups as you probably saw 😅

[@samahasurfboards9333]

Killer! Love the dyed fabric and concave deck!🔥

[@Shrednaught]

Yew! Thanks dude

[@blonkanator]

another great video, board looks sick. cheers for the explanation at the end

[@Shrednaught]

Cheers mate 🤘

[@battsboards07]

is there a certain ratio at which you use the pigment and acetone at?

[@mrfelipehurtado]

Freaking great video man! Loved the explanation. Thanks for the effort you put into these 🤘🏻

[@Shrednaught]

Yew! Thanks for watching mate

[@James-nj4pc]

Sweet! What did you dye the glass with? Coloured resin or something else?

[@Shrednaught]

Pigment. All the colour was done before the resin and stained in the glass. You use acetone. I’ll chuck a clip on how to do it in a week or so 🤙

[@samahasurfboards9333]

Radddd! Looking forward to that clip!

[@James-nj4pc]

@@Shrednaught champion thanks mate.

[@timpresiado5808]

I can hardly wait until you put up a video on how to stain the glass. That looks so killer

[@Shrednaught]

Yew! Shouldn’t be too long mate. Just need to edit out my mumbling and swearing and it’s good to go haha

[@TotoHK]

what dye did you you for the tiedye? Does it matter? Thanks!

[@Shrednaught]

I used surfboard specific resin tints mixed with acetone 🤙

[@TotoHK]

@@Shrednaught thanks! Looks like many ways to skin a cat but this technique seems most popular. Going to give it a shot. Thanks again for the reply and your videos!

[@Shrednaught]

No worries. Just remember to let the acetone completely evaporate before glassing 🤙

[@CainanParker]

Yay!!! It feels like it’s been way too long 🤙🏼

[@Shrednaught]

🤙

[@RedSunsetProductions]

epic video. can someone explain that dying process? is it acetone dye?

[@selwynrowe378]

Nice to see you back, hope things are going well? That board looks awesome! Really enjoyed the info at the end. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@jomosky]

do you use fiber glass cloth 6x6 onz on deck and 6 onz on bottom + stringerless structure? I just want to made my 6 feet stringerless(2 pound eps) too but im not sure about the strength the wave at my home town is normally 3-4 ft.

[@Shrednaught]

Yeh triple 6 is my minimum. They’re still unbelievable strong and light. Make sure you have nice wide laps and it’ll last for ever.

[@hommedesdunes1150]

As always, love your videos.

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate. Appreciate it 🤙

[@JericoDagtiquiz]

Your great Sir Nice board

[@serenodiederichsen9776]

Very nice board. Thanks for the talk in the end of the video. Looks nice board for small to some good surf. I have never seen this type of pigmentation. Soo whats is the type of paint you use in the cloth? Have a great 2023! Best wishes from Brazil! Cheers!

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate. The pigment is done with surfboard resin tint and acetone to thin it out to water consistency.

[@serenodiederichsen9776]

@@Shrednaught Great! such a nice look!

[@joefallon6746]

This is so damn cool man!

[@glenndfid]

Nice build. Do your pinlines and dimensions last, not being under a gloss coat ?

[@Shrednaught]

Yeh mate, I do a clear acrylic sealer over the top of them. I didn’t film it in this video but it’s in some of my others.

[@daanschiltz8990]

Nice to see another video mate, really nice to hear some info about the rider you designed it for and the thoughtproces thanks for that. Congrats with the kiddo btw keep it up cheers

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate. Hopefully have a few more coming in the next few months 🤙

[@sizzleslider4334]

Great video, looks like a sick board. Great to hear your thoughts and explanations at the end aswell dude. Bummer about the nose bonk, but well saved!

[@Shrednaught]

Haha I was having a day that’s for sure. 🤙

[@Avevalentine]

hey bro what do use for coloring glass? that rad

[@Shrednaught]

Pigment and acetone. I’m editing a video atm to show the full process . Should have it up next week 🤙

[@jimmyggreg8999]

How do you measure rocker with that straight edge? does the board or the straight edge need to be level or?

[@Shrednaught]

Lay your straight edge along the board and measure from the blank to the straight edge. Should give you your number. No doesn’t need to be level as it’s all relative to the blank.

[@jimmyggreg8999]

@@Shrednaught So you just make sure to place it at the same spot on the straight edge or blank for consitency? Like a centre mark or something?

[@Shrednaught]

You don’t have to get to technical with it. The straight edge you place will always find the spot. Just like if you laid the board down on a flat floor it’ll find the balance point for you to measure the rocker from.

[@thefilthygringo9228]

EPIC!

[@maribelspecken8905]

ｐｒｏｍｏｓｍ

[@Mongiloyd]

Yew!

[@motoarchon5625]

sick work! do you seal your eps?

[@Shrednaught]

Normally no. I use a high grade and it doesn’t get too much bead tear. The small holes that I do get I just fill as I’m glassing. Doesn’t add any weight and creates a nice strong bond.

[@marvistadutch]

Aloha, Thanks for the sharing this build! Did you dilute the pigment before it was applied? If so with what substance? Did you apply pigment just the top layer to save on pigment?

[@Shrednaught]

I used acetone to dilute the pigment. I only did the top as that was the aesthetic I was chasing with the cutlap on the bottom. I’ll post a video next week on how exactly I achieved this - step by step 🤙

[@milospotuzak3251]

Brilliant vid as usual mate!! Thx for the additional info though. Btw. I had simmilar experience when I destroyed one of the tips on swallow tail on finished shaped fish few weeks ago haha:D shit happens aye:) Cheers, Milos/Apatyka

[@Shrednaught]

Yeh that’s it mate. It was a silly mistake but it happens to everyone.. if they say it doesn’t they’re lying 😅

[@claytonkr05]

That board looks like it would be a blast in some small stuff

[@centurionboards]

Yo! Huge congrats! Kids are magic, but they are time thief's! 🤣 Great video I also like the explanation at the end!

[@Shrednaught]

Haha yeh I’ve got little to zero time available these days 😅

[@fabianodesouzafranca9949]

Very good!!🤙🤙

[@Shrednaught]

🤙

[@anon8730]

Oh and the router you have a flens on it where did u get that? Thanks a lot

[@Shrednaught]

Not sure what a flens is?

[@anon8730]

I might made up my own word for it thought is was flens. But I mean the part that prevents from cutting in the routing template and guides the bit along the side of the template. I can’t seem to find one and future fins have some expensive kit.

[@Shrednaught]

All my install kits are from the manufacturers. Either fcs2 or futures. You can find them online usually.

[@joegreen9827]

thanks for the video another winner

[@sizzleslider4334]

He's back babyyyyyy

[@Shrednaught]

🤘🤘

[@anon8730]

the eps seems to have quite smaller bubbles. I hate it because it sticks everywhere when using it and also its quite light to easy to damage. Awesome job love your content

[@Shrednaught]

Yeh they get stuck with static electricity.. makes cleaning so much harder. Thanks mate

[@ZAGSurfboards]

I wish the factory wasn't so far away.. but then maybe that's a good thing.. imagine the shenanigans we'd all get up to.

[@Shrednaught]

Be some crazy boards being shaped.

[@I.Nicoll-SeaCritts]

Great to see you back in the shaping bay again. Awesome video as always. Some perfect creative work again. Love it 🤙

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate. Appreciate it 🤙

[@omertsidon]

probably your best vid! keep the coming (:

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate 🤙

[@burster7571]

Man great to see you back. we did miss you and all the knowledge you share with us. are you in a new shop?

[@Shrednaught]

Yeh mate.. as you might of been able to tell there’s a few awkward moves. New space I’m just kinda “borrowing” from another shaper.

[@hassy_3481]

☺It's a very interesting surfboard.👍

[@Shrednaught]

🤘

[@aarongillen1470]

Dude I felt for you when you dinged the nose haha, good save 😅🤙

[@Shrednaught]

I was gutted when I did it. I knew the bay wasn’t wide enough but I was feeling lazy. Luckily it was an easy fix haha

[@pierre-angebourgeois6715]

I bleed , when you broke you nose , awesome job !!! shredrule

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate 🤙

[@chrismorton1725]

So sick! Do you prefer working with eps epoxy or pu poly?

[@Shrednaught]

Cheers mate. I kinda flip flop between the two. I enjoy both but they both have pros and cons. 🤙

[@skyesreviews]

First

[@muzzashaka]

Awesome to hear the breakdown at the end, and epic pinline work!

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate. Cutlap was a bit rough so definitely needed it 🤙

[@jamesteakiii7323]

What’s up dude. How are things

[@Shrednaught]

All good mate. Cruising 😅

[@brianmccauley6545]

Great video! What’re you using for the color? Watered down acrylic? Slow epoxy? I’m curious and want to try doing it this way soon! Thanks again.

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate. I use pigment and acetone. I’m editing a video to describe the full process at the moment and hopefully have it up in a week or two 🤙

[@brianmccauley6545]

So the acetone must be fully dry before applying the glass to the blank, correct? Thx man, good stuff!

[@Shrednaught]

100%

[@lucienbramart3524]

Sick vid mate, as always, the quads with channels looks so rad !!! + the music rocks I was wondering what's the name of the tool you use to shape the concave (at 3:40) ? I'm shaping my third board and i feel this could be very useful Cheeeeeeers from france PS : gonna borrow your technique for some tiger stripes haha

[@Shrednaught]

Yew! That’s a concave / convex sanding block I bought from surfboard studio on east coast of Australia. You should be able to find something similar in France. Maybe from shapers house?

[@ETYSURF]

Loved this

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate 🤙

[@ManOfSauce]

Loved it start to finish especially the insight into the mindset behind it. You're a man of many talents both boards and videos Also love that you squeezed a Concave deck in there too. Some Concave under that front foot affords a little more travel in the back leg and I feel like there's a little more rail stability from the front foot on big cutbacks..... though I wouldn't know what stable cutbacks feels like

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate. The concave on the deck felt so nice under arm. Think I’ll add it to my next personal. And rail / finger channels for some grip. 🤘

[@ManOfSauce]

@@Shrednaught very cool. Never seen the finger grabs in the flesh it's gotta help with blending in rails to the deck. I'd love to do a comparison between 2 identical stringerless boards 1 with and 1 without just to see how much it manipulates the flex characteristics. I think there is a guy called stretch that uses them for that, I remember seeing Nathan fletcher riding one somewhere

[@Shrednaught]

Yup stretch does them. So did Vulcan when he was shaping. I’m pretty curious to see the differences so I might make an asym with different length channels each side

[@Coopoftheday2]

Sick shape! Beautiful art too

[@Shrednaught]

Cheers mates 🤘

[@J_F_R_Sports]

Wow, I love the designs of your boards! Do you sell some?

[@Shrednaught]

Yeh I sell them locally. Thanks mate 🤙

[@J_F_R_Sports]

@@Shrednaught Where to come? Magarete River?

[@jordanschaefer4814]

Sick shape, keep em coming!

[@Shrednaught]

Cheers dude 🤙

[@maverickssurfboards]

Very good. I'm a fan of your work. Congratulations. I wanted to ask a question, what kind of paint do you use on the tye die? Thanks for sharing great content.

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate 🤙 Just normal surfboard specific pigment and acetone. I’ll do a video on the technique in a week or two.

[@scottstewart6180]

@@Shrednaught was gonna ask this same question, and this is the answer I was looking for. One of my coworkers did this same technique, also with EPS, turned out really sick. Currently gonna do the same thing on a poly garage board I’m making right now. Some things that maybe you would have some thoughts on when you make your follow up video… 1) In the case of Poly, could the acetone in the pigment/cloth inadvertently exceed the 10% acetone to resin ratio and cause a softened lamination? (heard more than 10% acetone relative to volume of poly resin will cause resin to never fully harden). 2) Could this same technique work with acrylic paint used to dye the cloth instead, since acrylic is water based? If it did work for staining the cloth, would it be more ideal with epoxy or poly?

[@Shrednaught]

I did some research on the affects of acetone on fibreglass and most of the information I came across was relating to boats. When doing the acetone and pigment I allow it to dry completely. And I left it for about 2 weeks before using it with resin. Thought being that the acetone completely evaporates and leaves just the stained pigment on the cloth. Acetone on freshly laminate glass will weaken it. But I think if you let it evaporate completely it should be fine. I don’t see why you couldn’t use acrylic paint. Only downfall might be colour hold when using resin to wet out? But I honestly haven’t tried it or done any research on it so I can’t give a definitive answer.

[@martinleclaire8069]

@@Shrednaught can't wait to see this. I actually wait to glass my mini simmons with this tie dye. cheers from france

[@martinleclaire8069]

Hi, did you know the proportion of acetone/ pigment ? Thanks From France too

[@skyesreviews]

Sick vid dude

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate 🤙

[@alexmoskowitz4025]

Siiick!

[@Shrednaught]

Yew! 🤘

[@DotDotDotCovers]

Cool man!

[@Shrednaught]

🤘

[@6to6surf4]

looks sick as usual!

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate 🤘

[@6to6surf4]

@@Shrednaught can you dye the cloth like this and use polyester resin?

[@Shrednaught]

Yup 👍

[@6to6surf4]

@@Shrednaught cheers mate!

[@stevem3814]

Nice! That tie dye effect is sick, cool technique too :)

[@Shrednaught]

Thanks mate. I’ll have a video up in couple weeks about how to do it and what to use 🤙

[@trickie_dickie]

Noice! Looks great. Thanks for sharing. 🤙🏻

[@nathanielellis7980]

Where did you get that concave tool from? Looks like a super handy tool Epic video board + video mate 🤙🏽

[@Shrednaught]

Surfboard studio if I remember correctly. Most good suppliers will have something similar 🤘