Black surfboards yay or nay - Updated with pics

by **isaluteyou** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:53 pm

Went to art store today and got myself a ton of different paint. Iam thinking of doing one of my boards in black as the main coat with my logo's in yellow. Anythoughts on what the cons of doing a black board is.

Have also ordered up all my glassing thanks to kitey for the info

Cheers all.

UPDATE OF BOARD IN QUESTION

The top decal is yet to be done and i think the deck needs another coat. The flouresent yellow decal turned out kinda interesting as it left a greenish hue which i dig anyway. :wink:

Im gonna do a metalic blue board as well really eager to see that, any idea's on contrasting colours for the decal that would work with metalic blue. As im doing the art work a very much different way the results are sum what unpredictable :lol:

oh forget about about that white fish in the background thats what im using to experiment with art on :lol:

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by **Samm** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:59 pm

black boards tend to get hot on them lovely summer days

by **isaluteyou** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:32 pm

Samm wrote:black boards tend to get hot on them lovely summer days

The board is a 5'11 x 18'1/2 x 2' 1/4 this board is unlikely to see much of the summer slop :lol:

but ya thats what my concern was also i figured it would melt the wax easier if it twas too sunny :wink:

by **Samm** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:50 pm

ah k, peace bro

by **Sillysausage** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:06 pm

i think it would look class don't think it would melt the wax much different? not sure, doesn't get too hot in the uk anyway so wouldn't know

by **allyoz** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:52 pm

the colour won't make any difference at all, as the board will be under the water and it's not like your gonna leave it wax up in the direct sunlight anyway! that'd ruin any wax job regardless of colour, go for it

by **isaluteyou** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:53 am

Too late if anyone got some cons already blackened the whole thing :lol:

images to come when i put some more coats on. Got sum flouresent yellow for the decal tried it on a spare piece of foam looks a little wild :lol:

by **Sillysausage** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:54 am

...gonna look class

by **temptations_wings** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:23 pm

ive done the black board. as long as it doesnt see too much of the sun before it gets in the water, there shouldent be any problems. good luck!

by **allyoz** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:09 pm

gonna look sick

by **Samm** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:15 pm

yeah i agree, gunaa look sik

by **scuba steve** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:28 pm

They're more likely to delam, that's why manufacturers like ci surfboards use the heat sensitive technology so the board turns white in excessive heat.
But it'll look cool anyway.

by **niallhills** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:10 pm

i love them i want a black fish in the summer...as long as theres no sharks about

by **drowningbitbybit** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:59 pm

Cool as!

Looks fantastic!

by **spark6** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:03 am

Damn, that is hot!

by **CHarvey** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:55 am

Are you spraying directly on the foam or are you spraying under the hot coat?

Looks great brother. One of these days we need to paddle out together.

by **pkbum** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:04 am

Holyshit nice work! It seems like you got couple of dragon paint spraying on your other board

by **alimac2411** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:19 am

Always wondered what a black board would look like and i agree with the rest, board looks class!

by **Sillysausage** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:54 am

looks fantastic!! you putting the same on the top?

by **brummie** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:38 pm

as soon as i read the title I thought it would look wicked! always liking something different...

Black surfboards yay or nay - Updated with pics

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