Thanks much appreciated!
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i donāt knowā¦ something about riding barefoot on shattered glass just appeals to me.
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hahahaha no wonder you hate it, youāre using the medium stuff. I always use fine frit.
tempted to change your title to "bloody stump grip. "
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It looks better like that anyways!
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I left the blood on there, its nice and brown now.
@longhairedboy i like fine better for grip, but itās not so great for the image clarity. I do a mix of fine and medium most of the time.
We are severely hijacking this thread at this point tho 
apologies @Schtekarsten. I think your board looks amazing and I would very much like to try it one day.
Have you considered a double stack enclosure?
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Im glad you left it on!
No worries at all, the grip is something im looking to change and adjust. Plan right now is to spark a fire under the arse of a designer friend of mine to help out with a laser cut griptape design. im on the lookout and doing research on a laser cutter. but for now itās hard to justify all that, but down the roadā¦
I do have considered a double-decker. But for now there are plenty of amazing boards on the market that rocks a big pack.
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two words: Glow Forge. My understanding is that theyāre easy like a Silhouette Cameo die cutter but will burn through shit all damned day. Iāve been wanting one for years, specifically for making grip patterns. I doubt Iāll ever spring for one though.
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@janpom just recently got a neat desktop laser cutter, not sure if itās large enough for a full grip, but it looks pretty good. Iām sure there are plenty of decent options out there, but its always good to hear from like-minded people on their experience.
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yeah heard it a nice machine! it goes agains my natural instincts though. built a 250+kg cnc machine for under the cost of one of those. It only took me a good 1000+ hours to build and get the hang of it. I pay myself minimum wage of an African rice farmer, half that when school is hectic.
I have been eyeballing the deadly K-40 co2 laser machines.
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I would be fine with a 300x200mm laser as I plan to only put griptape more or less only where your feet are placed.
The problem is that I just dont think I have/will have the volume to justify an expensive laser.
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just get a cheaper diode laser. They will cut griptape aswell. 
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Ahhh but you can use the laser for so many types of things! Sorry, iām an enabler if nothing else 
get the laser, do the cool stuff 
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what nah? you sure?
Well the more powerful diode lasers can cut wood, Iām pretty sure a bit of paper with adhesive is no problem for them 
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hmmm.
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If I were going to frit that deck, I would use red epoxy that matches the ābutton,ā probably 2 coats to hide the carbon fiber pattern under it, and fine, clear frit.
However, at production level, that would be difficult and time consuming.
Griptape is fine, until it isnāt. From where youāre standing, it makes perfect sense. But Iād send out some extra precut strips with every board, the stuff is far from permanent after all.
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Or just donāt griptape the deck at all and instead send some griptape with the deck so the enduser can decide for himself what he wants. Donāt make it your problem, delegate where you can.
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^this. If I were to buy one, the tape would only be in my way.
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