misterbrettc said.. Ive been seeing videos where they're talking about selling the eps with everything from spak filler to paint to reduce the epoxy soaking in. Any thoughts on this?
Yanks love their spak filla coat for some reason, I think its a bit agricultural - invented by somebody when they first started using EPS and somehow caught on.... sure it reduces resin soak in, but it allows for lazy shaping too on a surfboard where you want that perfect foam under the glass. Less applicable on a SUP unless you are going for that look.
The resin and q-cell fill is much much better, I have no idea why they still use "spackle" on everything
I personally would wet out on a table, roll it up on a pvc tube and roll it on like we do building windsurf boards. You'd be amazed how much resin is
left out of the cloth. Then with hotcoat and sand you have got down to the absolute min weight without vac bagging.
On a SUP I would vac bag the deck with wood or PVC in standing area though. Glass bottom and rail tape with carbon first so it can't bend in the bag... but still use a rocker spine to be safe.
Many ways to skin a cat though....
