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Sliver Paddleboards

Glassing

Laminating a wood paddle board can be a bit intimidating if you haven't worked with fibreglass and epoxy before.  Most of the information you read or see on Youtube shows how professionals glass foam surfboards with polyester resin.  The information is correct if you are working in a production shop but this section is written specifically for homebuilders glassing  wooden paddleboards with epoxy resin. When you break down the steps, glassing a wood board is actually quite simple and an enjoyable part of building your own board. 

Laminating a paddleboard - Trim Fiberglass

Glassing Schedule

The first step in glassing a hollow wood board is to determining how much fiberglass is required. This is called the “glassing schedule” and it dictates the weight and final strength of your board. Wooden boards can use a much lighter glassing schedule than is used on foam boards...

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Epoxy Supplies - SilverTip Epoxy

Best Epoxy

If you have never used epoxy resin the subject can be quite intimidating. This tutorial should provide you with just enough information to safely complete your board. Two part epoxy compounds are normally supplied in separate Part A & Part B containers...

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Glassing Tutorial - Video

Glassing Tutorial

Video Tutorial - Entropy Resins has made really nice videos on how to glass a wooden surfboards. The board shown in the videos is a short wood surfboard but the steps are the same with a larger hollow wood paddle boards... 

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Video - How to laminate a wood paddle board

Video - Laminating

When laminating something as large as a SUP it helps to divide the board into sections. Starting from the middle and working towards the nose & tail helps get the epoxy out of the mixing cup quickly...

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White paper backer

Custom Logo

Adding a custom logo or your child's artwork can really make your handmade paddle board special. This tutorial shares the secretes to making a very professional looking logo at home...

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Cheater Coat - Close-up

Cheater Coat

The grain around knots, and the knots themselves, suck up more resin than the rest of the wood and can potentially leave the lamination with dry spots. Sealing the board with a cheater coat usually solves this problem...

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Glassing - Drip Skirt working

Lamination Coat

The lamination coat is the first real coat and the only coat with the glass fabric. The videos show a “professional” doing the whole board in one nice pour as he walks along but I recommend doing half the board..

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Tapeline

Cleaning the Laps

Before you can flip the board over to do the other side you need to remove the tape and remove the excess glass (drip skirt). It is important to do this step carefully as any missed bits of tape will be trapped under the new coat of epoxy....

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Hot Coating a paddleboard - Logo

Hot Coat

Hot-coating (aka fill-coating), is the second layer of resin applied to the glass with the objective of filling in the saturated weave of the fiberglass in preparation for the gloss coat...

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How to install a fin box

Installing a Fin Box

This tutorial will teach you how to install a fin box in a wooden board. If you are making your own homemade fin box jig make sure you do a test on some scrap wood before using it on your board...

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Rabbit Cut - Sup Handle Install

Leash, Vent, Handle

This tutorial shows how to install a Futures SUP handle flush with the deck using a couple of homemade jigs..

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5 inch orbital sander dust system

Homebuilder Sanding

How to sand a paddle board with a orbital sander...

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sanding - firm flex pad

Professional Sanding

This video tutorial by Fiberglass Hawaii shows how professionals sand surfboards. It is dusty to say the least!

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Sanded Sup handle

Venting

Hollow wood paddleboards require a vent so they can equalize the internal pressures. I recommend using a screw vent because they work flawlessly, are easy to install. Screw vents also provide an audible check that your board is sealed...

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SUP Tutorials intro

Gloss Coat

Coming soon....

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Wooden Paddle Board Plans

Varnish

It is recommended that epoxy is finished with some sort of varnish with UV protection. Some epoxy companies claim to have UV protection but it is nowhere near the amount of protection that varnish provides....

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Paddle Board Traction - Wax

Traction

What is the best traction for a Wood Paddle Board? The answer really depends on what your intended use is for the paddleboard. The three basic choices are wax, epoxy spray traction, or a traction pad....

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