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[tomcat360]

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[blizz86]

Thanks to everyone who posted. I just made my skimboard and it worked great. Better than the two I had purchased and even my brother's fiberglass one.

I bought a couple of wood ones from Big 5 Sporting Goods, but I just sunk. To be able to skim at all, I had to be in water too deep to run in. I think most skimboards are made for 14 year old boys who weigh 115 pounds. I weigh 198 lbs. I used Death Frog's response to the guy who weighed 180, and I guesstimated. My board is 30.5 inches wide and 47.5 inches long. I used the shape of the other boards and spread them wider, then narrowed the nose so it would look like a skimboard. I tried to cut it out with a skill saw and a hand saw and it didn't work at all. You really need a jig saw. I borrowed a friend's. Then I had a cheap hand planer to round the edges to feel. I also used a wood file, which also works. Then I tried to soak it in water. The wife wouldn't let me do it in the bathtub because it would scratch. I tried the kid's wading pool, but it was too short, so I used a gigantic hefty bag, bigger than 30 gallons (44), and tilted it slightly downhill with the nose inside the bag. I kept it wet for 2 days, and then added the rocker with heavy masonry bricks in the middle of the board sideways but toward the point lengthways . If you look at the boards, the nose is tilted up sharp, and the whole thing has some rocker. The shape of the whole thing holds water, and it probably has between 1 and 2 inches of rocker. You can check it as it is wet and bending. It had more rocker when the bricks were on it. Then, when it dried, I just painted it with three coats of varnish that were lying around in the basement and it works great. Amazing!
John S
PDX OR USA

i have a question, if you soaked the wood in the water to make a rocker wouldnt it get waterlogged?? and im guessing the same dimensions would work for me, similar weight

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[krob2884]

ok maybe someone can help me im making a foamboard and well ill start by telling you were i em right now. i got the stringer in and the two halfs are glued together. i guess what im asking isnt realy a question just some tips before i continue to the fiber glassing. what cloth should i use and obviously i should use epoxy ressin. but i whnt to paint it causse i got the blue eps sheets from home depot and dont realy like the dull color i shouldof gotton the white ones but oh well hahaha uhhh im jus kinda freakin out n yeah this is the first time im makin my board. but for the paint do i put wht ever color latex paint i wont on either side and then glass. one more thing i was lookin at some other home made boards adn they just seemed really dull and i was wondering if there was a way you can make it super shiny and glossy. hahah lol. =) i hope you or someone can help woops one more thing i and 5, 4 feet tall and 118 to 120. it might be to late but i made my board 36 inches long adn maybe 18 inches wide

[b123]

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[tomcat360]

Hahaha, as soon as I saw this in my email I thought....."it really will never die..."

[Kingw777]

hey thanks for taking the time to read this. I just recently got into skimming and love it but Im trying to get a board and cant afford a 500 something dollar board and REALLY wanna make my own. Im 6'2 220 lbs and dont know the size or amount of materials Ill need, or the shape I should put it into for that matter. I wanna make a wood board and a foam one. if anyone could help me out that would be AMAZING and thank you so so so much in advanced. If you could just get back to me when ever you can at Kingofskypirates@yahoo.com thanks guys

[zdanz25]

Hayy, im new to this but when your putting on the firberglass, do you wait for the first layer to harden then put another on, or do you put another layer as soon as you made the previous layer smooth? Another question.. can you sand the fiberglass or is that a bad idea? Im sorry, another question what is a hotcoat and is there anything i put over the fiberglass after it hardens

Thank you so much for your attention if possible

[sleeepee]

i wanna make a foam skimboard.. i dont think ill have any problems with the stringer and shaping the board. i think my problem will be in where to find epoxy resin and how to fiberglass and make it all shiny.. and where to buy the rest of the ingredients ive been watching a few youtube videos but some are time laps so they go to fast without any explination. i do pretty well with videos but a really nice explination step by step would do too..