My First Real Issue

Well, I've had my first real issue with something going wrong with the board this morning. The other night, when I was glassing the bottom of my board, the box I was using as my stand was a little to wide. So I had to put something underneath the board so I could have a little bit of room to wrap the rails underneath. The only thing I really had was some of the weights that I was using the other day to weigh down each laminate. This worked pretty good last night and allowed me to finish glassing the bottom.

However, this morning, when I flipped the board over to get ready for sanding down the laps I noticed dents in the foam. First thing I thought of was some of the spackle that I used the other day. But I figured this would create a big mess and wouldn't really let me wipe down the board after I sanded down the laps. So I went with resin. I'm not really sure if this was the best idea or not, but it's what I went with. I figured it would also give me a little bit of protection when I start sanding down the laps, so I don't nick the foam again. I mixed up about 4.5 Oz of resin, poured it on, and spread it out. I made sure to keep some of the resin in the little dents on the board and right around the laps also.

I let it cure while I slept and this is what I've got:



The dents don't actually look that bad. I edited the picture a little bit so you could actually see the dents. But it seems to have worked pretty good. I just need to head up to Walmart to get some denatured alcohol (It's the only place open this late that might have it). After that, a little bit of sanding and it's time to glass the top. I'd like to get that done before I have to start work tomorrow.