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Wonder about your poly surfboard resins. Had a rep recommend it over epoxy for higher heat automotive applications of carbon fiber overlays. Thinking about a future project of doing hot rod flame patterns with veneers for a truck wood bed with clear tough enough to get a little use, so I'll need something myself..
Surfboard poly should play nice with automotive poly's.
Envirotex failed on me after a few years of Fla showcar occasional use in a dash.

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Jim C said:
Yeah that would be nice and hard and durable but this is going over artwork all done in automotive basecoat so one i dont know what kind of adhesion that has long term and im not sure of the clarity. It been 25 years since i have used clear gel and i remember it not being really super clear…..but maybe im wrong. I would need to do testing and everything first and honestly i dont hve the time for any of that anymore. I am so busy i just need to get them done asap when i am handed one
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I understand re: busy... for future reference, just like clear paints, not all gelcoats are created equally, it's abut the resin used and the additives. There are a few that are crystal clear, rock hard, and stay that way for a long time. If you have to do a lot of these, it's worth looking into at some point...
 
These originally start out as just white gelcoat
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So the wood grain is all airbrush work? Wow! :cool: That looks outstanding. Was it hard to learn how to do it? How long would one of those take you?
 
There isnt a whole lot of airbrush in it. A little. Its all kinds of stuff. Mostly actual brush work but also a little smearing with my hand. Artwork and clear might take a couple hours so its pretty quick.
 
I did a lot of woodgrain stripes on the conversion Suburbans and Vans in the 90's, mostly matching what they had sprayed. They looked similar to wood, but nothing like that! That is awesome, Jim.
 
@AAE These are for boats

epoxies get extremely soft when they get hot so those would not work.

Thanks ed and texas!
 
It's amazing to me that a company can hire you to get that level of mastery for less than just buying a damn wood table in the first place!
 
well its not necessarily cheaper. atleast for the table. the tables probably cost more but the toe rails and the transoms are definitely far cheaper than doing a real one. you have to remember that teak is extremely expensive and very hard to get. then you have the countless hours for a woodworker to make the toe rail then on top of that the teak has to have a finish put on it. once you have a nice beautiful real teak toe rail on your boat then you need to maintain it. it usually requires it to be stripped and refinished every 2 years or so. take boat like a 55ft viking. a real teak toe rail might cost somewhere around $45k to have it installed and finished. then a strip and refinish every 2 years at about $10k. the reason i have become so busy with faux wood is simply on the maintenance side. there is none. i do this for a garage door manufacturer as well. everyone wants wood look outside but no one want to deal with the maintenance.
 
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