Huh, I’ve been doing a lot research and a lot of people say sanding between coats is unnecessary.
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I agree. Sanding between coats should only be for imperfections
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I have always sanded in between. I have also not sanded before and I peels some tape that was covering the truck holes and it peeled up the layer
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Whether or not to sand is really about you application.
First coat goes down. Wait until its slightly tacky, this is when you leave a finger print behind when you touch lightly-- still slightly sticky. Now is the time for the next coat. If you go too soon, youll hurt the cure time of the lower layer and potentially make a mess if your applicator is sticking to the prior layer.
This is the time when a chemical reaction to bond the layers at the surface can still happen.
If you wait too long and the layer beneath is curing and has no tack, then you need to sand or risk poor bonding between layers. This applies to most coatings
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I’m amending my previous culinary fritting technique to say that closer to the deck is better. Not knowing or considering the deck would be solid and the frit will bounce everywhere vs a piece of protein being soft and absorbing falling bits…
Anyways…fritting in process! My first attempt and using a blank deck I had laying around as my first test job before moving to the hummie.
Sand, 3 coats water based polyurethane, light sanding, 2 coats and frit… Waiting for some dry time now then will start sealing it in with a brush.
Def the foam brush was smoother than a bristle for spreading coats IMO.
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You have to have a quality bristle brush like purdy for the smooth brush strokes.
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So I think this first job came out good! 2 layers over the frit and it feels about right amd nice n secure. I taped the ends hoping to keep the poly in a particular area but in retrospect I wont do that again due to the obvious line…but its ok… I’ll just lightly sand that line, and nose and tail, and blend it in with a few coats.
I think when I do the hummie I’ll use a little less frit so the CF shine thru more and less attention on frit itself.
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So I finally got my new board out for a ride and I think I went a little too light on the fit application. It isn’t as grippy as I was expecting. At this point, can I apply another coat, frit and finish coat?
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Don’t see why not, a bit of a sand to key it in for the next layer wouldnt hurt
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Yeah shouldn’t be a problem. I should really do a money shot picture of how much frit my boards have on them to show everyone this is how I do it and never had a problem in the 4 years I have been doing frit.
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I was actually incredibly let down at even vicious with frit being the first thing I’d ever used.
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Yes, you can still apply more coats till u are satisfied.
no problem at all.
peace
Aside from cleaning it and wiping off dirt, should I lightly sand the existing frit/urethane before I add more months after the first fritting?
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if you can sand it then yes, if you dont then spray just a tiny little bit of dilution on the area you want to “repair”. By doing so, the urethane gets a bit sticky again, wait for a while before you apply the new urethane.
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Say I wanted to get the glass chunks or whatever they’re called at a store cause I can’t get them on Amazon… Where might I look for such a thing?
Michael’s. Art stores. Depends on your local hardware store but unlikely.
Just saw these at dollar tree for $1 a bag. Not glass but would epoxy fine I imagine and look pretty cool.
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You can also use beer bottles. Put them in a pipe that would keep the fairly straight and smash them with a flat hard bottom.
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They look pretty big really. More like large frit. I only use up to medium personally.
You could smash it down a bit and filter to size.
A buddy is getting me some turquoise and I am going to hammer it up and filter it to about 1-2mm and see how that looks.
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I’d love to see some natural or gem stone crushed on a deck. My wife would die if I made her a gold and turquoise board.
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