Whoops. I promised some final pictures/info. Here they are. https://swfuia-sn3301.files.1drv.com/y4mIeotI6oKAuf5m8LyUtPQRQkELdMNRfqQzqT--cefu74AwQCTi4sXRHN97TuSisz7E96M4Fn7onM7EVYDn_JThfMBsuWSM-Urf4t3meoX_ANzP4WtPMuX8EcvFUiecfRZ5NRPp0PvNy0EDTJcYGMXKGsnAzYD6Ra8g-TXllzjOR3M9u-Kxb1qrtSLpMAxzP4M9aEbqBbi...

Oke, the ptex base is now added to the board. First, I put the ptex+glass+peelply in the vacuum bag. I then peeled of the peelply to get a rough surface. I then added the ptex+glass to the bottom of the board, using a decent amount of epoxy, and put the whole board in the bag again to apply some pre...

huh, this might produce epoxy wrinkles on every wrinkled bag spot, unfortunately (I think). See, the vac bag wrinkles are not a problem at all, in fact, we need to use heaps of excess vac bag for the bridging (ie step down in a board, like rails, etc). BUT, for that you need to use ble+bre+peel ply...

Pretty cool downunder :) I glassed the top of my board. I'm letting it sit for a while even though the epoxy is cured 24 hours. I'm gonna take it out next year ;) The oven was set to 25 degrees Celsius with a bandwidth of approximately 2 degrees. The vacuum gauge pressure was 96 kPa and as low as 90...

Well that is not very encouraging :( . But thanks for the heads up. $30-40 is not to expensive and is probably a more elegant solution. Something to consider for a future build. Ps. The supplier of my resin warned me that 50 degrees is way to much for my particular resin since the epoxy would degas ...

It has been a while, busy doing other stuff. My personal deadline for the board is 31 December ;) I made some more test samples a few weeks ago. I experimented with bleeders breathers and peelply. I only got good results (as far as I can tell) when using the peel ply only. The breather simply absorb...

Interesting stuff :). But you guys aren't worried about the water absorbtion of epoxy over time? I have no clue how severe the absorption will be in practice. But considering your reply's I guess it won't be that critical. I dont like drilling holes in core for aesthetic reasons and possible loss of...

Second test sample. A lot better! I degassed the epoxy mixture in a vacuum chamber for 30 minutes. I then applied it to the poplar wood together with the fiberglass. I rolled out any air bublles and applied the vacuum: Simple and cheap vacuum chamber. I used a thick glas jar and a thick sheet of pla...

Thanks for the feedback guys :D. I did not really payed much attention to the allignmend of wood grains to be honest. They all looked pretty similar so I could not really figure out the best way to place them. I wish I have read your comment before I started soaking the board downunder. I kinda regr...

Hi there, Some advice along the way is more than welcome since this is my first board building attempt :). I am not a regularly kiteboarder so I decided to build a wakeboard (for a cable park) instead since I do that more often these days. I want it to be strong and durable so I can have lots of fun...