Freestyle Hows my glass work look?

TOBY

BNA
Location
NashVegas
looks good

hey sorry for not sending you PIxs bro looks like you got it, some pix if you need. i put one piece of 1708 and bent it to follow the top edge of the hold. hope the pixs help.
 

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icecoled007

Captain of this ship
Location
Colorado
BTW , your glass work looks marvelous


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OH YEAH!!!!


Took about 3 days to complete glassing and gluing but I took it super slow because I wanted it to be perfect. I hate when people cheap out and jimmy holds into their $3,000 ski.

Wasted tons of epoxy because I used pumps to measure out my resin and often did not use it all. I have several hardened cans in my garage now haha. I just wanted to make sure I had the right 3:1 mix.

The ice worked really well, the epoxy still hardened and it bought me just a little extra time to finish the foothold. Near the end I felt the glue getting thick even on ice however. I cut a milk jug in half, filled it with ice and sat my old empty bean can full of resin to use.


What should the fiberglass feel like when dry? I never felt freshly worked glass before.
 

icecoled007

Captain of this ship
Location
Colorado
hey sorry for not sending you PIxs bro looks like you got it, some pix if you need. i put one piece of 1708 and bent it to follow the top edge of the hold. hope the pixs help.


Thanks for the pictures.... why are my holds greenish? Looks like you have tons of glass.... surf ski strong I guess.
 

icecoled007

Captain of this ship
Location
Colorado
I had a friend ask me about some measurements on these holds. These are TOBY's second gen footholds?!?!? Correct me if I am wrong Toby.

Heres an FYI to all future potential customers and installers. I know I was wondering this stuff before the install. Just some rough measurements.

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SJBrit

Extraordinary Alien
Location
Bradenton, FL
What should the fiberglass feel like when dry? I never felt freshly worked glass before.

With the cloth you are using you should be able to skin your knuckles on it! If you use a lot of excess resin then it will be smooth and glassy, because all you are feeling is resin. If you didn't wet the cloth properly then it will feel soft like it did before you layed it up. If you got it just about right then the cloth will be very hard, but with no glassy resin excess - very rough to the touch. That's great, because it's the perfect surface to get your contact adhesive to bond to when you turf.
 

icecoled007

Captain of this ship
Location
Colorado
If you got it just about right then the cloth will be very hard, but with no glassy resin excess - very rough to the touch.


Sweeet thats what I got.... seems very rough and hard. No glossy spots!

I can most definitely skin my knuckles on it! Turf is never going to come up....
 

stanton

High on jetskis.
Location
atascadero,ca
next time you get some pesky bubbles, use a peice of plastic like from a sandwich bag to cover the area until the epoxy is fully cured. ghetto bagg but hey it works great! nice work, stop spending so much time and effort tho, its just fiberglass haha
 
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