The board looks good other than the bleeds. For what you ended up with, I would have just painted it, I don't think it would have looked any different, and paint is easier than working with resin. I only built one EPS board, spackled, and I found it kinda tricky too. Come to think of it, I shoulda just painted mine :-)
Haha gtate good one I knew the answer on that one too but since I'm not an expert I wasn't gonna tell.
Thanks Huck - appreciate the complements! I've never done poly but I'm thinking I'm going to try a PU blank with epoxy resin next. I just don't see the reason to learn poly resin aside from the beautiful artwork. Don't get me wrong - I totally appreciate the beauty of it and the fact that it's an important part of board building. I'd just rather hone my epoxy skills. It seems less toxic and maybe a little more friendly on the environment. I'm thinking of making some fin moulds to pour my extra epoxy into after each lam/hotcoat. I feel bad wasting all the resin and I bet I'd end up with a full set of fins after a few boards.
Everyone's an expert compared to me at this point so all advice is welcome.
As the pros said, your biggest mistake was using crappy tape. Another one is to use a plastic spreader (squeegie) for your foam stain, rather than a brush. The spreader gives you more control and allows you to make a thinner, more uniform thickness coverage with the resin.
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