Shaping and Glassing a Surfboard in my Garage

This little board rips! Started this board at the end of my time in Medical School during a gap year as I transitioned to Dental School. Ended up leaving on a surfing walk-about to travel and didn't finish the board for 6 months hahahaha.
#shapingsurfboards #glassingsurfboards #makingsurfboards #resinart #epoxyresin
Shirts Hats and Boards on our website!
- www.rockandseagarageboardshop...
Insta
- / rockandseagarageboardshop
Sub-Reddit Shaping forum/community to Share the Stoke and Ask Questions
- / rockandseagbshop
Safety Gear___________________________________
3M respirator - Love this one, definitely recommend
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3M Dust filters
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3M Organic Vapor Filters
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Rice Paper for Logos __________________________
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Fin Marking Jig_______________________________
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Glassing Tools________________________________
Cheap Yellow Squeegees I like
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Hot Coat Brushes_____________________________
3” Brushes I Use
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Sanders_____________________________________
Porter Cable Random Orbital sander:
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Dewalt Sander
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Festool R0150 - Ultimate Sander!
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Flexpad 8"
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Mirka Sanding Screen - My recommendation, does the best job with dust control when using a vacuum
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Festool Sand paper
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Vacuum Hose
- foamez.com/product/slinky-hose/
Planers__________________________________
Wen Planer
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Makita Planer
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Measuring Calipers _______________________
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Hand Plane______________________________
Stanley Hand Plane
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David Combie Hand plane
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Hobby Hand plane
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Shop Vacuum___________________________
Shop Vac I Use
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Scissors_______________________________
Carbon Shears
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Fiberglass Scissors I like
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Electric scissors I like
- Not as nice as ultra fancy electric scissors but works great for the hobbyist
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Air Brushing Tools/Supplies_______________
Air Brush Spray Gun
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Acrylic Paint thinner
- makes acrylic paint less viscous for easy use air brushing
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Airbrush cleaner for acrylic paint
- * definitely use after every use or your HVLP air gun will get clogged up fast!
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Sticker Cutter - Cameo 4
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Sticker Material I Use
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Epoxy resin ___________________
- slow cure if your new to glassing, gives you more time to work on the board
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- fast cure if you feel confident and can laminate a board fast
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Fiberglass Cloth ________________
- * cheapest out there for budget builds but still great quality!
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[@MethanWeber]

sick footage of trip to bali and surf. board looks good too

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Thanks!

[@nickborg7966]

That boards gorgeous!!

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Thanks man!! She rips as good as she looks!

[@beardedadventurer9329]

Love your work bro you make some sweet rip sticks it inspired me to make my own boards

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Bearded adventurer, you just made my day hahaha🙌🙌🙌. It’s all about sharing the stoke! Seriously it’s such a fun building niche! I’m making a build kit video right now, check out build kits, they come with all the materials and a blank! I’m definitely recommend

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Just built a board with a kit from green light surf supply, if I were to go back to the start I’d get a build kit because you can get the tools at a big discount vs buying individually

[@austinellsworth8640]

Saw this board up for sale a long time ago and almost bought it! I knew it looked so familiar, the asymm fins and the anchor made me confirm it was the same board hahaha

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Hahahah no way small world!! She ripped, super fun board! For all my personal boards I ride them about six months or so, pop them on Craigslist and shape a new quiver, it’s super fun to make personal boards and try new color schemes and tweak board shapes and volume!

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Have a few on Craigslist now selling off in preparation for next batch👍🏻

[@raddonjooste911]

What brand of acrylic paint do you use to spray your blank? and have you ever had separation issues when using spray paint and epoxy resin? Thanks!

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Hey this is a super good question that I wondered myself. (You probably know all of this but throwing it all out there for other people who are interested and might benefit). You have to use water or latex based paint. I was wondering myself if some brands were better than others and talked to some local board making masters in San Clemente, one of the hotspots of board making in America. Most of the guys just recommend your average acrylic paint found at craft stores, they were not very specific😂, no one really had a recommended favorite brand, or maybe they were guarding trade secrets😂😂?? I have been using plain old hobby lobby brand acrylic paint and it has worked great! No problems with separation or de-laminations. The key is to air brush on only a thin layer so that the resin can penetrate into the foam. I haven’t done it myself but was warned that if you air brush on a thick layer it can serve as a barrier to inhibit the resin and cloth from really laminating to the foam itself ->delam.

[@raddonjooste911]

@@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop okay thanks! I appreciate the info. I've always been to scared to airbrush because of epoxy separation issues so I mainly resin tint but I guess ill give it a try soon. Cheers!

[@adrianoconti137]

Hi, what kind of paper do you use for logo?

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Hey I print my logos on high quality rice paper! when it is glassed it turns translucent and you can only see the ink! I use art advantage rice paper when its available on amazon, or this rice paper at shaper supply.com. shapersupply.com/collections/rice-paper. good luck!

[@3blackbambi3]

Why do you sand the fiberglass cloth befote the hot coat? And what grit have you used?

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

If you have a smooth lamination, i.e there aren’t little any little sharp points of fiberglass sticking up anywhere you really don’t need to sand. No pros will ever sand their boards before hot coating, maybe just a few little little rough spots along the ends of the cloth. I did sort of a bad job laminating and had a bunch of small rough spots along the cloth edges and ended up going overboard and just sanded the whole thing smoothing out any minute little inconsistency. The board came out super clean and smooth because of it for me, but once your good at laminating you will pretty much not have to sand barely anything before hot coating! For this i normally just grind down any rough or high spots using 80 or 120 grit. For the real sanding after hot coating i sand first with 80, then 120, 240, 400, then wool pad with 1000 grit compound, then foam buffing pad with Macguires car glaze number 7

[@3blackbambi3]

Thanks! Great explaination

[@lukemercier5475]

Do you have any tips for how to get into board making. Are there any classes or something like that. Love the vids btw and that board looks amazing.

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Heck ya man, get out there and give it a try! I really like Matt Kinoshita of Kazuma surfboards. Follow him on Insta, he has a few vids on KZbin but he posts a lot of quick small tips on insta. He is sort of blowing up the shaping world right now by very openly sharing sage level tips. If your willing to put some money down he has a few classes on UDemy www.udemy.com/user/matthew-kinoshita/

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

I really ought to just make some fun simple how to DIY vids. ill tag you when I make one

[@a.pchronicles284]

@@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop bendheim boards is a good Chanel to watch for learning

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

I love Bendheim, We have messaged each other a little bit and he seems like a super cool guy and his boards are beautiful!

[@christianpycroft]

Hey man! I'm a 17 year old getting into shaping. I just have one question, how do u afford all these really nice holidays?

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Hey that’s awesome man, nothing more fun than shaping your own board and surfing it! My wife worked full time as a nurse and we saved up, she quit her job and we traveled for a year after med school before starting dent school. I owe my wife a lot of fun vacations in the future 😂😂

[@rockymacallister2581]

Do you use epoxy or polyester resin? I'm trying to decide between the two.

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Polyester resin is cheaper and has been the golden standard since the beginning of surfboards, you can’t go wrong with polyester resin. Epoxy is pretty awesome, it takes longer to cure and harden then poly but other than that it isn’t really any harder to work with than polyester resin, the plus is it is about 30% stronger depending on the manufacturer, it just costs more. So it sort of just depends, if money is an issue go for poly, if you can spare the extra money heck why not!

[@rockymacallister2581]

@@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop thanks. I have another question I'm fixing a board that was broken in half but the resin is taking ages to dry. And I read somewhere that putting some sort of wax in the resin helps with drying.

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Hey sorry just saw this! Hmm that’s weird it isn’t drying?! Are you using UV cure polyester resin, nor map resin, or epoxy? Epoxy is a heat based reaction, so if it’s not in a warm enough place it won’t cure. Depending on the brand it generally needs to be 70-80 degrees for proper curing. If it’s UV polyester resin just let it bake in the sun more, if it’s just plain polyester resin then maybe your ratio of catalyst to resin was off or something, sounds like it might have been light on the catalyst?? was it your lam or hot coat that is staying tacky?

[@rockymacallister2581]

I'm pretty sure it's a UV resin and I'm I the south of france so drying in heat shouldn't be a problem. I've started putting wax in styrene in the resin before I laminate it and now it dries much much quicker. But it feels slightly flexier than before now.

[@jamesroscoe7555]

@@rockymacallister2581 Not sure about the UV resins as I don't use them, but normally wax only goes in the top coat iirc. There's sanding resin and laminating polyester resin. The latter is meant to dry slightly tacky so the next layer adheres well to it. There will be much more info if you search on swaylocks or one of the supply shops like greenlight or shaper supply.

[@alexa-nd6fe]

Awesome board broo what are the measurements thoo??

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Thanks man, this little board rips! 5'7 x 23 x 2.5. An interesting dimension that should stand out to you here is how wide this little board is, most boards are 20 - 22 inches wide, having a little extra width really makes a big difference on these small california mushy waves!

[@alexa-nd6fe]

Surviving Dent School - JDub Hannah thx dude! Love ur vids btw🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@alexa-nd6fe]

Surviving Dent School - JDub Hannah and how much rocker does the nose have? If you still remember

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

@@alexa-nd6fe the board hides it but there is actually a bunch of subtle nose rocker, 3 3/4 inch at the nose

[@onshore1ft]

You could have just cut the other tip off. You have heard in of the 'drop swallow' tail right? Design accident that came from literally dropping the board on its tail and crushing the blank.

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

No way that’s a thing?!😂. I mean it totally makes sense hahaha. Actually just shaped an asym fish, 5’7 toe side and 5’3 heel side, shaped it with no tip and a pulled in the outline all the way to the nose! Vid on it coming soon, cuts back like a rocket!

[@onshore1ft]

@@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop JS Dropped Swallow, Lost Uber Killer there are a few out there check them out. Good luck with the asymm

[@angeloorioli7091]

Love the Videos! Do you sell any of your boards?

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Hey thanks man! And yes sir, I sell a good number of boards actually but as is it’s all just local pickup, so really just sell boards in SoCal. Are you local?!

[@angeloorioli7091]

@@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop yes, I’m in Rancho Cucamonga

[@angeloorioli7091]

Looking to transition from a long board to something shorter but not too short. Maybe a fish with some volume?

[@angeloorioli7091]

@@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop let me know if you have anything you would like to sell that may fit what I’m looking for.

[@RockandSeaGarageBoardShop]

Hey sorry I’m just getting back to you! What length board are you surfing right now? Generally speaking if your surfing 8-9 foot longboards you would probably really enjoy something around 7’0. If your a good surfer you could try out a high volume 6’6ish board, or if you want more of an intermediate step 7’0 - 7’2 might be pretty fun for you. Bigger fish are super fun, a bunch of volume to catch waves easy but so much more maneuverable, as soon as people transition over their carving typically just explodes! They are just so much more maneuverable than longboards. I don’t have any boards ready to go right now, the turn around time is about 1-2 months for customs. Shoot me a Message at Rock and Sea Garage Board Shop on insta for more info if your interested