Cleaning an epoxy surfboard

[damo666]

A handful of flour does a similar thing (note quite as good as foam dust, but it works).

[Indo dreaming]

A handful of flour does a similar thing (note quite as good as foam dust, but it works).

Yeah I've used that too when I can't be bothered visiting my grumpy shaper, who will have a winge about me grabbing a shopping full of foam dust from the shaping room floor, works but like you said not as good, only half as good.

['llo-and Behold]

I'd hate to enter the bitching fray, but...
baking powder.

[kayu]

.....try wholemeal flour....it works better than the white stuff ,because it has more fibre......

[alakaboo]

Legion, you gotta leave the response there for long enough to get a reply...though I did see enough to try and answer from memory.

I've got a retread at the shaper waiting to be picked up, as in cork over a regular board that I'd depressed a bit. But that board was a bit too light, so it probably won't be a great test of the weight contribution. It's a good-wave board, you might wait a bit for my verdict.

The other boards are designed with the cork integrated into the board, with very lightweight cores protected by cork on top and wood on the bottom skin. There is a layer of glass under the cork, and bagging is involved.
The cork is naked over the top, and in 2mm thickness.

The technical specs are beyond me. Sounds like you understand it better.

But my understanding is that while the cork adds weight it is neutrally buoyant or thereabouts itself. So from a floating perspective you aren't any worse off. And you end up with a strong board that is lively and smooth.I've done some extensive testing, they are STRONG. Stronger than me...

The benefits of cork negate any benefits I could think of, if there are any apart from cost and effort. No wax, better grip, some give, some dampening of chatter and flex response in otherwise strong boards, which I find to be a good thing.

[bumfluff]

Problem solved.

Just needed a harder base coat.

Sex wax does the trick.

Hopefully I'll be able to put a softer wax on top of that and it'll stay on.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

[alakaboo]

Shoulda gone cork.

For Legion...a retread
Before:

After:

[PeepeelaPew]

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[alakaboo]

He's pretty rapt on it. Feral Dave is doing some cool things too, I've got a mate with a couple of his.

I didn't weigh the board before or after, but it was a bit too light before, part of the reason for the addition. If I had to guess I'd say the cork added about 400g total to the board, weight after the addition is what you'd expect from a standard board.

[Beanpole]

How about getting tan zink cream off your epoxy board?