Justupright

So after going to the trouble of going all this I thought that I might try a little bit of gel coat on the deck.

Well let's just say that was a shit idea the glass and gel coat cured at different rates and all but delaminated the deck ??

Well I have different plans for the next lay up.

If you don't wreck something in the process of trying something new than are you even having a go.

We are a bit more into hotdog style skiing and found this old ski boost really well off the wash but if you want cut hard it also does that, quite a spin out for a old tech water ski .

Will be making a insert and core soon.

Unfortunately its winter down here and 6 degrees celcius at night just doesn't create yo much enthusiasm for being in the shed.

So have been a little busy with work,kids and water ski racing but still managed to get a mold knocked up

Really appreciate all the helpful pointers

@eleeski

Thanks for your advice will put some pictures up of my progress just waiting for tooling gel coat to show up.

How about hybrid twill carbon/Kevlar and carbon/glass

Just interested to know what other products people have toyed with and results they have got.

In the layup has anyone sprayed coloured gel coat first then lay up fibres before bagging, or would that process suit a neutral cure process?.

Great thread

I'm currently in the process of making a mold myself. Was wondering if you have ever used Kevlar in a ski and if you did what were the characteristics of it ?.